BitLocker Temporarily bypass Bitlocker encryption requirement for removable devices Microsoft allows a system administrator to set a policy that requires the users to enable Bitlocker encyption on any device before it can be written to. This is a pretty foolproof system to ensure that company data is always encrypted (except that you can always turn off encryption on a
Windows Devices Installing Windows 8.1 to a Samsung Series 7 Slate Note: I already had the latest firmware version installed. If you haven't upgraded your firmware, do so before installing Windows 8 or 8.1 RTM. For the //Build tablets this is firmware version 05WJ. If you don't your tablet will be unable to start after the installation of the RTM
Windows Drivers TIP: Don't run the AMD Driver Cleaner Utility on Windows 8 or 8.1 Ok, let me repeat this a couple of times: Do not run the AMD Driver Cleaner Utility on Windows 8 or 8.1 Do not run the AMD Driver Cleaner Utility on Windows 8 or 8.1 Do not run the AMD Driver Cleaner Utility on Windows 8 or 8.
Windows Devices Take a screenshot on a Windows 8 slate I was working on a post the other day and needed a screenshot. I didn't have a keyboard with me and that makes a screenshot very hard to take... I remembered the Windows Phone shortcut key (Win+Pwr), but that didn't work at all on the slate, either bringing up
Windows 8 Replace the default user logon screen in Windows 8 Windows 8 comes with that nice Seattle abstract image on the background, but you might want to put your own there. That turns out to be hard. There's this nice blog post that breaks down all the steps into one nice script :).
Windows 8 Windows 8 - Remote desktop tips and tricks If you're using Remote desktop a lot, you'll find that a few things are changing with Windows 8. Here are a few tips and tricks to make your life easier: On the Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise version the classic desktop version of Remote desktop comes pre-installed. To access it
BitLocker Backing up your BitLocker keys to Active Directory Ok.. So I've learned the hard way that BitLocker doesn't automatically backup the security keys to Active Directory if you join the domain AFTER you've encrypted your machine. Or if you start encryption before the group policy has been pushed to your machine. And backup of keys to Skydrive doesn't
Windows Devices Cisco responds to WPA2-Enterprise issues UPDATE: Both Microsoft and Cisco now have an official knowledge base article available for this issue: Windows 8 clients may not be able to connect to wireless network Windows 8 clients can't associate to Cisco Unified Wireless UPDATE: Detailed steps to resolve for: Broadcom Wireless-N (detailed with pictures, process is
Windows 8 WPA2-enterprise and Broadcom Wireless N network controller under Windows 8 A colleague came to me today, having heard of my attempts to get my Samsung //Build slate to work on our internal (Cisco AP) wireless network. And he was indeed experiencing the same issues, where connections would always fail at work, but not at home. Except, I had not yet
Windows Devices Installing the Apps you loved from Windows 8 CP and RP on RTM I found that a couple of apps I got very used to weren't among the apps in the Windows 8 RTM appstore, but I found that you can install them anyway. The ones that were still missing for me were Sketchbook, MetroTwit and a couple of games. To install these
Visual Studio 2012 Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Server 2012 and ALM Ranger Guidance now available! It has been a long wait for some, others, like me, have been running the beta's for months and have been impatiently waiting for the RTM release of all the tools of our trade. Yesterday Microsoft released the following products to the MSDN developer audience, and those without a developer
Windows Devices Installing Windows 8 RTM on a Samsung //Build slate Note: I already had the latest firmware version installed. If you haven't upgraded your firmware, do so before installing Windows 8 RTM. For the //Build tablets this is firmware version 05WJ. If you don't your tablet will be unable to start after the installation of the RTM bits. Samsung strongly
Visual Studio 2012 Will you be installing a leaked Windows 8 image? I've seen the links come by. If you follow news sites such as Winbeta.org or Neowin.net it isn't hard to find your way to the iso images for Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012 or even Windows Server 2012. But will you download and install them? There's quite a
Windows Devices Windows 8 freezing issue resolved! It looks like the Windows 8 freezing issues have been resolved by installing the following hotfix: Multimedia or communication activities may cause a computer that is running Windows 8 Release Preview or Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate to stop responding
Windows Devices Micro HDMI to HDMI now available through DealExtreme Given that the dock for the Samsung 7 Slate has an HDMI-A (the big one) and the slate itself has an HDMI-D (micro) connector, you either need to carry two adapter cables or.... when shopping for adapter cables you had to choose between them. It has been hard finding an
Windows Devices Installing Windows 8 Release Candidate on the Samsung //Build slate Updates: Updated post available detailing the installation for the Windows 8 RTM version. Installing apps you loved from the Windows Release Preview or the Consumer preview onto your RTM installation. Connecting the Samsung 7 Slate to a projector or external monitor. As you all probably have seen all over the
Windows 8 XBox 360 Wireless controller on Windows 7/2008r2 A friend recommended me to buy an xbox 360 controller to play Skyrim on the TV, because my TV and PC are quite far from the couch I decided to buy a wireless controller and an usb wireless connector for Windows on ebay. The one I picked looked real (had
