Posts Tagged ‘windows 8’
How to prevent windows update from restarting automatically
April 12, 2013 | 
Author Have you ever experienced leaving the computer at the end of the day thinking “i’ll finish this tomorrow”, and realize the next day that everything you worked on is gone and the computer has rebooted? Well, this is usually caused by windows 
update and it’s annoying! Want to fix it? We tell you how to end it.
Windows is actually not that stupid. As we have experienced, it seems that over the time MS windows learns when you are at the computer and when your not. This way it can start doing stuff that takes alot of resources when your not using it. This is actually a really a neat feature. We are not sure if this is avalible in “Vista” and XP, but it seems to be doing this in 7 and 8. (We might be wrong about the feature as we haven’t confirmed this).
Unfortunately this also goes for the updates that is released by MS.
Updates are important and solves alot of stuff. Either in the back of the system or visually for you. So we do not recommend that you disable the windows update.
So how do we solve this?
There are 3 ways to solve this.
Option 1:
This is probably the easiest way is to download a computer registry file. Save it to the desktop and double click on it to make the change in windows update. This will change the behavior on the windows updater and stop the rebooting. (To activate the change you need to reboot the machine yourself to allow the change to be loaded).
We know that there are many sites out there that tells you to NOT click on unknown registry files (*.reg) that you find on the net. And we understand this.
Option 2:
That’s why we provide you with an option number 2. Instead of using the automatically registry file you can enter the registry yourself and make the change. This way you can be sure of what is being written to the system’s registry.
Click on start button (or enter the metro view if you have W8). Start typing “regedit” and hit enter. Navigate to this location;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows
Here you need to create a Key (right click -> new key) and name it “WindowsUpdate” and a new key in here as well and call it “AU” (No, it has nothing to do with Australia). Now in this AU key, you need to create a “32-bit DWORD“. Name it “NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers”, and double click on it. Change the value “0” to “1” (Tip: 0 means Disable, and 1 means Enable).
Now reboot.
Option 3:
The last and third option is a more visual way to do it.
Instead of typing in regedit as you did in option 2, simply type in “gpedit.msc“. This will open the Local Group Policy editor. Here you need to navigate to;
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
Find the entry “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled Automatic Update installation“, and double click on it. Normally it will be set to “Not Configured” meaning windows makes all the decisions. Set to “Enabled” and click “Apply“.
All your update reboot problems should now be gone.
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The difference between all Windows 8 editions
The new Microsoft Windows 8 has been set to be released on October 26th, but what is the difference between all the different versions this release have?
We know windows Vista and 7 came in several versions, ranging from Starter edition to Enterprise edition. But will the difference be the same as in the previous editions? Well, no. As this version of windows has more features and new layout it will be a bit different from what we previously know.
We have provided a comparison list of all the versions so feel free to see for yourself.
| Windows 8 | Windows 8 Pro | Windows 8 RT (ARM) | Windows 8 Enterprise | |
| Upgrades from Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium | YES | YES | NO | |
| Upgrades from Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate | NO | YES | NO | |
| Start screen, Semantic Zoom, Live Tiles | YES | YES | YES | |
| Windows Store | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Apps (Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, Photos, SkyDrive, Reader, Music, Video) | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) | NO | NO | YES | |
| Internet Explorer 10 | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Device encryption | NO | NO | YES | YES |
| Connected standby | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Microsoft account | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Desktop | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Installation of x86/64 and desktop software | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Updated Windows Explorer | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Windows Defender | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| SmartScreen | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Windows Update | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Enhanced Task Manager (Metro) | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Switch languages on the fly (Language Packs) | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Better multiple monitor support | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Storage Spaces | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Windows Media Player | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Exchange ActiveSync | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| File history | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| ISO / VHD mount | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Mobile broadband features | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Picture password | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Play To | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Remote Desktop (client) | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Reset and refresh your PC | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Snap | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Touch and Thumb keyboard | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Trusted boot | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| VPN client | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| BitLocker and BitLocker To Go | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Boot from VHD | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Client Hyper-V | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Domain Join | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Encrypting File System | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Group Policy | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Remote Desktop (host) | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Windows To Go | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| DirectAccess | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| BranchCache | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| AppLocker | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| VDI enhancements | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| App Deployment | NO | NO | NO | YES |
And of course, Every version comes in x86 (32-bit) & x64 (64-bit) editions.
We are really looking forward to try out the full version.
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Windows 8, Consumer Preview
OK so it’s here, Windows 8… well it hasn’t been released quite yet but Microsoft has released the Consumer Preview of the new OS. Which means it’s not done and the version will contain errors and bugs that they are still working on and it does not have all the bells and whistles that the full version will have, but it will give the consumers a good preview of what to expect and it is certainly allot more done than the Developer Preview we have written about before.
Posted in IT News, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Windows | Tags: inside windows 8, Metro, microsoft, review, Ribbon, win 8, windows 8, windows 8 on non touch, windows 8 review, Windows 8 test | 1 Comment »
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is live!
Picture: Microsoft
We’re currently downloading the freshly released version of Windows 8, the Consumer preview version that was released from Microsoft today, and we will be doing a report on it once we have tested it!
Get your copy here
English X86
English x64
Other languages
English Serial key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378TX22TX-BKG7J
On a side note! This post is our post nr. 100 :) yey!
2011 Look back
The calendar shows 2012, but we can’t help thinking about 2011, which was a great year for Nordic-Vikings, we grew and gained readers so we figured we should cap of the year and go through some of our memories from the year. Here’s a list over what we told you about last year!
The start of 2011 was a bit rough on Apple users since they’re alarm on the phones didn’t work, thousands complained about getting late to work because of this, tho the error would fix it self by 03.01.2011 there were no update or patch released to fix this so the users had to rely on the good old alarm clock for a few days.
29 Sandy Bridge lanched at CES
Intel launced 29 processors at the 2011 CES, the new Sandy Bridge line is born!
We reviewed the Linksys E3000 Wireless router and came to the conclusion that this really is a prime product; versatile, easy to use and stable as a rock! One year later and the conclusion still stands.
The theme we currently use is not how this page looked a little over a year ago but we are very happy with this look.
Qwiki closed beta review
We stumbled upon the search engine Qwiki witch takes answering your questions to a new level. In January it was closed beta testing only so we had to wait until February before we could Recommend it to our readers.
At the end of January AMD launched the HD6990 Graphics card, what a monstrosity and it still holds it’s place now a year later, not bad!
Sandy Bridge has major chipset error
Following the release of Sandy Bridge there were reports of USB port issues and even the total failure of USB 3 gbps on motherboards supporting Sandy Bridge and Intel had to cash out big time to fix the problem.
New AMD Overclock World Record
In February a guy that calls him self Mad222 set a world record in AMD overclocking, Clocking the Phenom II 965 BE to 7344.48 Mhz Durring a Gigabyte hosted overclocking event.
IOS 5 gets hacked/jailbroken
One day after the IOS 5 Beta was released and three months before the public release the operating system was rooted/jailbroken by a group of hackers/crackers.
In june a Norwegian ISP and TV provider were unable to come to terms with Discovery about prices on the airing rights resulting in a major protest and a lot of customers leaving Altibox.
In July the Norwegian government pass a law that makes people that sell E products such as E-books or downloadable content obligated to charge tax on these services to customers in Norway.
We taught you how to build your own computer with the specs you need rather than dishing out to have someone build it for you!
Janix Launch Nordic Designs
Jan launched Nordic Designs as a part of his ongoing education.
We started using Twitter in July to reach more people and spread the word!
We review the Developer preview Windows 8 in September, read more to find out what we thought about it!
Facebook Timelines Sneak preview
In September Facebook Timelines were opened to app developers and we stumbled upon a way for us mere mortals to activate the feature.
October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs founder of Apple dies 56 years old due to pancreatic cancer.
New AMD Overclock world records
In November Andre Yang set a new world record in AMD overclocking he got the bulldozer cpu stable at 8429.38 Mhz and then just a few days later he upped the ante and set it to8549.68 Mhz.
We start using Facebook to connect with our readers and gain new through spreading the word and Google+ since they opened access for other than private people.
In November we check out Bipper bSafe. It’s a handy little app that help keep you and your loved ones safe!
And we find a workaround to the Ubuntu 11.10 VNC problem
We wish you a happy new year with a personal message from our admins on new years eve!
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Windows 8 developer preview test!
Since our old test computer did’nt meet the minimum system requirements of windows 8, we had to use Vmware, but after about 3 seconds we incountered a new error and in that way also the new blue screen
this was due to our Vmware being outdated so after a quick update we were rolling
INSTALL:
The install is per this version very much the same as Windows 7′s installer
It was only at the end of the install we saw the difference
In use:
First thing that pops up when you log on is the new start screen they have made instead of the old start menu. Since we only installed it on a virtual machine we had limited resources available for graphics and also a lower resolution than if we would have installed it on our test computer, due to this the start screen was a bit laggy and slow so that spoiled some of the experience but part from that the start screen takes some time to get used to, for more expert users this might be a bit dull in a way.
The start screen looks like this and has allot of boxes floating containing apps, programs and shortcuts to settings and stuff like that so it’s basically like the old start menu but allot bigger. When opened the apps open in fullscreen and work as they normally would on windows 7. There is a social app called Sosialite this connects to your Facebook account and shows you what’s happening on there in a new but nice way and there is a twitter app called Tweet@rama which does the same for Twitter. The apps can be moved around so you can sort the most used ones at first and if you right click one you can make it smaller/larger and also quickly uninstall them without having to go through the control panel.
If you move the pointer to the lower left corner of the screen a small menu pops up that gives you access to settings and devices and the new search.
The new search is a great way to find what you’re looking for it allows you to enter a search term and then choose where to find it, like search through social medias, internet, local files, and many more
it also has a share button which allows you to share what your doing through Facebook and Twitter right now, but were assuming support for other social medias will come.
The only thing that sort of rubbed us the wrong way about the whole start screen is that there seems to be no back button as of yet so if you enter a program you have to press the start menu button to get out of it but there will probably be this in the released version of the OS.
You can customize allot from the new control panel located on the start screen, such as the lock screen image appearance of the new lock screen:
To unlock you grab the picture and slide it upwards then you can log on with the logon type you choose, there are regular password logon and there is gesture logon if you have a touch screen, which we recommend using with windows 8, even tho we don’t have a touch screen our self.
The new logon screen
Conclusion:
Windows 8 is quite nice to use actually even tho without touch screen it does present some issues, horizontal scrolling is not a task we like without touch but overall it like a boosted Windows 7 for now. Keep in mind that we are talking about a preview version here folks so alot can and probably will change from now and to the released version from the rumors we have heard and the hints Microsoft has given us. Lets all hope that the touch screen monitor price will go down a fair bit until the release. And we hope the price for Windows 8 in Norway is not the same as Windows 7 was when it was new.
The OS in it self looks and feel quicker than Windows 7 and it is rumored to be just that. We can hardly wait for the release and will follow the development of Windows 8 closely!
Posted in IT News, Recommended by Nordic-vikings.net, Software | Tags: blue screen, bsod, microsoft, windows 8, windows developer preview | 1 Comment »
Where’s our windows 8 review?
We’re working on it right now, we had some technical issues with our testing machine so we have to run it of a virtual server, this is why it’s taking longer time than expected but hang in there we always deliver:)
Nordic-vikings.net crew
Finaly Microsoft is cleaning up the Windows copy/paste dialog
The new Copy/paste UI. (Photo Microsoft)
After years of tormenting us with it’s inaccurate “time remainig” and overall information lack the copy/paste dialog is going under the knife for a remake, according to Microsoft the new dialog will appear in Windows 8 scheduled for release late 2011/early 2012.
The Windows team has implemented the ability to pause a copy and now you don’t get one UI (User Interface) for each copy/paste operation, they are now all in the same window.The Windows team has also given the users more info in the advanced information tab, it now shows the current copy speed in a visual graph with the current speed listed at the end.
Here you can see the new detailed look and also you can see how the pause works. (Photo Microsoft)
On they’re blog the team has even linked to one particular joke about the “time remaining” in the earlyer versions of Windows being way off and explain that there is not a lot to do with the accuracy of the counter due to all the various factors that come into play when making the assessment like background running program, antivirus may interfere with the copy and also if the user start doing other things while the copy operation run they have rather consentrated on giving the user the info they have so they can see how things are coming along.
They have also remade the file name conflict interface, the older ones didn’t give users enough info on which file was which so the new one let’s you choose between keeping both copy’s, overwrite or choose your self, the choose self option gives you a new window showing both copy’s of the file and all info about each copy, it even let’s you click on a link to see each copy. This should make things allot easier.
Here you can select which files to keep. (Photo Microsoft)
Below is a video of Alex Simons explaining the new features
We here at Nordic-vikings.net are really looking forward to this feature built in Windows, but if you can’t wait for Windows 8 do like us, get Teracopy it’s a nifty little program that makes life with the old copy/paste so much better!
Source: Building Windows 8 Blog
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