Windows

While installing a line of business application for a client who was upgrading from Windows XP (x86) to Windows 7 (x64), I was presented this dreadful error message: “The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.” After doing some troubleshooting, and of course, some Google’ing, I came across many people with a similar error trying to do the same thing:...

Today, Paul Thurrot confirmed that Windows 8.1 was going to bring back the Start button, boot to the desktop, and use your desktop wallpaper as the Start background too. Unfortunately, these do not fix (m)any of the user experience issues that have been brought up by a majority of the users. The Start button is slightly less than obsolete (we’re still clicking in the bottom left to bring up the Start screen, does it really matter if a button is there or if an icon shows up when our cursor is in the bottom left)?...

Windows 7 introduced us to libraries, which are supposed to make it easier to find, work with, and organize files across your computer and network. Each library brings related files together in one place – regardless of where they are actually stored on your computer or network. However, you could not add a non-indexed (either locally or remotely) network location to your Windows 7 libraries! Optimistically, I was hoping that with Windows 8 I would be able to easily add these non-indexed network locations like the folders on my QNAP NAS through the normal menus....