Windows Phone users have been anticipating the release of Windows 8 for their mobile systems, but don’t really know what to expect. Is Windows 8 going to be the same old Windows Phone operating system we’ve seen since its inception? Or, are we going to see something completely different, as far as carrier and desktop interaction is concerned? Windows phones have declined in popularity, particularly due to the growing popularity of Android OS and Apple’s iOS. And why not? The two operating systems have a lot to offer in the department of productivity, power usage, and application portability. Why should anyone, in their right mind, switch over to a Windows phone when Windows 8 Phone is released?
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Miguel Leiva-Gomez
How Windows 8 Phone Compares to Android OS
By | February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
4 Things We Expect From Microsoft in 2012
By | February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Many people could say that Microsoft had a bit of a difficult year in 2011, but its profits were particularly high regardless, especially with its sales figures for entertainment devices like the XBox. The entertainment side of the business grew by a whopping 45 percent in the last year, but other departments in the company that made more money have fallen considerably. While profits were high, they fell below forecast and it looks like MS has to do something this year to bring an upturn to its business. We expect Microsoft to work very hard in 2012 to bring itself back on the scene, what with the upcoming release of Windows 8 and its implementation in ARM-based tablets.
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Ask a Windows Expert – Week 2
By | February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
It’s that time again – the time to answer the questions you’ve submitted for Windows. We receive questions all the time via email and answer them in the most comprehensible way possible, with the help of a resident expert at MTE. If you would like to submit your own question, send an email to windows-help [at] maketecheasier.com. Don’t forget to replace “[at]” with “@” and remove the spaces from the address. This is your chance to make your voice heard and have your questions analyzed by one of the top experts in the field.
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Windows 8 Might Remove The Start Button
By | February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments
It probably might not be far from reality to imagine the day that you’d have to say goodbye to the Start button that’s been with us since Windows 95. In fact, you might want to meditate a bit on whether you really want to use Microsoft’s Windows 8, because the company has decided to remove the Start menu from its interface and introduce something else in its place. I don’t know about your reaction, but mine was like, “What the hell is going on with this world?!” Tomorrow, don’t be surprised if you notice some flying pigs and snowy weather near the equator.
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Microsoft Includes Ribbons in Windows 8′s Explorer App
By | February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you’ve been hoping for a large overhaul of the Windows GUI by the time Microsoft releases Windows 8, you might have been disappointed by the fact that the company has decided to keep things similar rather than delve into any major changes. However, Microsoft does plan to incorporate the same ribbons you’ve been seeing in Windows 7′s version of MSPaint within Windows Explorer. The change will supposedly make it easier to navigate through the contents of your hard drive and network and give you a new user experience. That sounds very cute, but let’s see if it was worthwhile for Microsoft to include ribbons in Windows 8 Explorer.
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Ask a Windows Expert – Week 1
By | February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
It’s time to answer all those questions that have been popping up on MTE’s inbox. Today, there are a lot of questions and, unfortunately, we don’t have the time to answer them all. All the Windows questions were excellent, and we’ve done our best to answer them in the most concise manner possible. Let’s go on, shall we?
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Five Top-Secret Windows 7 Features
By | February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
With Microsoft’s new interface adjustments in the Windows franchise, the company put a lot of features into Windows 7 that it might have forgotten to mention. After having a really close look at the infrastructure of the operating system, I’ve noticed a couple of things that might startle you a bit about the operating system, including features that make you wonder where they’ve been your whole life. While you might know some of them, I doubt you knew them all, so let’s get started and discover together what Windows 7 had in store for you but wasn’t in a hurry to let you know about.
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How to Recover Your Windows Product Key
By | February 3, 2012 | 11 Comments
Losing your product key is something that happens to the best of us, especially when you’re as accident-prone as I am and misplace the box your Windows CD came in. Many people think about calling Microsoft tech support to resolve this issue, only to realize that they’re hitting a brick wall and wasting time. Instead of ruffling through tons of different CD/DVD cases you’ve kept over the years, you might decide to purchase a new product key or an entirely new license of Windows. Don’t make that mistake and keep that debit card in your wallet! You can use the registry to fetch the product key for your particular Windows license only if you use an older version of Windows, but Vista/7 need another procedure.
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Adding Spell Check to Windows Applications Using TinySpell
By | January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments
It turns out that a large amount of people don’t even know how to spell the word “philosophy“. Perhaps you recognize you’re one of those people and think you could use a spell checker in every Windows application you use. Even if you are a strong speller, you can’t discount the fact that you might spell one or two words wrong in one thousand, especially if you have a lousy keyboard with half-dead batteries like mine. I think everyone can make use of some red lines under every word they hiccup on with their spelling. You certainly wouldn’t like to submit a legal invoice with spelling errors on it, would you?
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What Happens to Windows 7 After Changing Your Motherboard
By | January 27, 2012 | 10 Comments
I’ve been hearing the same question again and again lately from people who are going to replace their motherboards: What’s going to happen to my Windows 7 installation? And why not worry? Microsoft certainly didn’t do a good job of preventing Windows XP from getting screwed up when you replaced the motherboard of a system running the OS. I figured that, instead of answering the question 1000 times, I’ll answer it once right here. The truth is that the result normally depends on what type of Windows installation you have; namely, whether you have an OEM or retail version.
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