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Windows 10 – January Technical Preview First Review

As Microsoft has just released the January Technical Preview for Windows 10, here is a first review just after the installation. The installation went smoothly without any issue. The issue on the previous build with application which start automatically when Windows starts did not start (like Lync, antivirux, Skype…) has been solved. Tablet Mode My […]

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Windows 10 – Failed to check for new preview build. Please try again. 0x800700EA SOLVED

If you are running the preview version of Windows 10, you may be aware that an updated version is available and should be installed through the Update and Recovery section from the PC Settings in the Charm bar. Ok, but if you have enabled Media Center this operation will failed with the error code 0x800700EA.

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Windows 10 – Multiple desktops / Task Views

With Windows 10 Technical Preview, Microsoft has introduce a new feature called Task View which is in fact a way to use multiple different desktop running different applications – both Windows App or Desktop App.   This feature has been there for a long time on Linux or OSx, and has been there too long

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Windows 10 – Upgrade Surface Pro 3 from Windows 8.1

A quick post to say the upgrade process from Windows 8.1 on Surface Pro 3 (core i7 / 8 G RAM) went very smoothly and was very quick. After about 15 min, Windows has been upgraded to Windows 10 with no issue. Everything from the application (both Windows App or Desktop App), content (cached from

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Beta – New version of Windows, SQL and Azure

As you may already know, if not this is it , Microsoft has made some major announcements last week about the future version of Windows Server (Windows Server 2012 R2), SQL server (SQL Server 2014), System Center (System Center 2012 R2) and Windows Azure. So, if you want to start evaluating these new coming version

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Office – The new Office is now officially RTM

Today, Office Product team (Office, SharePoint, Exchange, Lync) has put the new version of their products to RTM. Starting now, Office 2013, Exchange 2013, Lync 2013 and SharePoint 2013 are now RTM !!! Coming soon, the general availability of these products.

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Exchange – Issues if system mailboxes are not correctly configured

Since Exchange 2003, Microsoft has introduced some specific mailboxes to manage some system operations. With Exchange 2013, these mailboxes are becoming more important. For example, these mailboxes are used to operate mailbox moves or OAB generation. Off course, this may happened that system mailboxes become misconfigured (for any reasons). To solve this, Microsoft has published

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Office – The new PowerPoint Presenter view

With Office 2013, Microsoft has improved the PowerPoint Presenter view. The new presenter view is divided in 4 main sections: Main presenter view menu Current slide Next slides Notes   Presenter view menu The presenter view menu allows you to end the slideshow (equivalent to Escape key), change the display settings or show the Windows

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Office – Office 2013 Preview Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool

Following the public availability of Office 2013 beta, Microsoft has also published Admin Template for GPO and Customization tool http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30341 ​

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