March 2012

Windows 8 – Hyper-V platform can’t be installed on every x64 processor

As you may already know, Microsoft has included (finally) his hypervisor (Hyper-V) on the Windows 8 client. However, Hyper-V 3.0 can’t be installed on every x64 processor – such Intel Centrino 2. Indeed, your x64 processor must have a second level address translation capabilities. For checking if you can enable Hyper-V 3.0 on your computer, […]

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Windows 8 – Error when activating .Net Framework feature

If you are trying to enable .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows 8 Customer Preview, you may encored the following error – NOTE this doesn’t occur on all machine Windows could not download necessary files from Windows Update. Check your network connection. Error code: 0x800f0906   To solve the issue: Mount the ISO file used to

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Windows 8 – Unable to logon after installing drivers

Et voilà, my first big issue with Windows 8: unable to logon after installing Ricoh Multi Card Reader drivers on Lenovo T 520. The drivers have installed successfully and after the reboot, the logon screen was plain – no more way to enter credentials With this important issue, I also discovered that return to ‘Last

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Windows – Windows 8 beta is now available to download

This is it, Windows 8 beta has been released to download. There is 2 installation methods: Customer Preview Setup: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup will check to see if your PC can run Windows 8 Consumer Preview and select the right download. Setup also features a compatibility report and upgrade assistance. Built-in tools for creating

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