http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/channels/windows_8.xml en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:26 +0200 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:44 +0200 Esselbach Contentteller CMS http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_software_satisfaction_slumps.html Customer satisfaction with Microsoft's software, primarily Windows, dropped slightly in the last year, likely part of the fallout over Windows 8, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:44 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/how_to_prepare_for_windows_8_even_though_its_not_coming_to_enterprises.html Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report... Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:14 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/dell_replays_windows_8_blame_card_as_pc_sales_slide.html Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:29 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/windows_8_is_an_enterprise_non_starter_because_it_sees_no_value_in_changes.html Windows 8 faces a number of hurdles in the enterprise, but the biggest reason it won't replace the current corporate champion, Windows 7, is simple: IT shops don't think it's worth the upgrade hass... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:57 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_confirms_blue_to_be_free_for_existing_windows_8_users.html Microsoft plans to make its first update to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, free to existing Windows 8 users, company officials have confirmed.... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:05:16 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsofts_surface_pro_and_rt_firmware_updated.html Microsoft's latest firmware update for its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets have been released, which offer some WiFi improvements for the Pro version and speaker upgrades for the RT tablet. ... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:01:30 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/windows_8_1_9385_how_to_enable_hidden_items_in_pc_settings.html In the latest leaked build of Windows 8.1, there are a few settings that are hidden but with a simple application, you can enable these features and get a deeper looking into the direction of Windows.... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:05 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_fights_backsays_windows_8_changes_arent_admitting_failure.html Microsoft has defended the forthcoming changes to its Windows 8, following scathing criticism that the company would be admitting failure if it brought back features the fabled Start button.... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:22:24 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/with_windows_bluemicrosoft_may_finally_do_the_right_thing.html Call it capitulation. Call it listening to customers. But whatever you call it, making Windows 8 more usable with expected coming Blue tweaks is a positive, not a negative.... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:21:25 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/windows_8_1_build_9391_developer_preview_reportedly_being_distributed_to_oems.html Windows 8.1 build 9391 has reportedly shipped to OEMs ahead of a public preview at Build 2013 conference... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:40:15 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_wants_itunes_for_windows_8_apple_not_interested.html Microsoft would love for Apple to bring iTunes to its Windows 8 "Metro" platform, but executives at the Redmond giant say Windows 8 users shouldn't expect a touch-friendly version of the ... Fri, 10 May 2013 18:21:15 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/are_microsoft_updates_like_blue_really_more_than_service_packs.html Are Microsoft's new, more rapidly delivered releases like Windows Blue and the Visual Studio 2012 updates just 'service packs in chunks'? One Microsoft exec explains why they're not.... Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:13 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/windows_8_1_is_microsofts_return_to_earthsays_acer_ceo.html Microsoft's Windows 8.1 could be a significant improvement over the current state of Windows 8, if statements made by Acer executives are any indication... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:44:27 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/computer_renamed_to_this_pc_in_latest_windows_8_1_build.html A screenshot from an unspecified build of Windows 8.1 has revealed some minor changes, including a renaming of 'Computer' to 'This PC', and a removal of the Libraries feature in favor of folders ... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:40:33 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_missing_wacom_drivers_coming_to_surface_pro_soon.html Current and potential Microsoft Surface Pro users who've been pining for lacking Wacom driver support for pressure-sensitive applications like Photoshop: Your wait may soon be over.... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:49:20 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/estimates_peg_59m_windows_8_devices_in_use.html Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used?... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:57:56 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/microsoft_confirms_public_preview_of_windows_blue_in_late_june.html Microsoft Windows engineering chief Julie Larson-Green says a public preview of Windows Blue will be out for all Windows 8 users at the end of June.... Wed, 08 May 2013 10:42:06 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/windows_8_sales_reached_100_million_licenses.html 100 million Windows 8 licenses has been sold so far. The Windows blog posted a Q&A session with Tami Reller, Microsoft's Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer.... Tue, 07 May 2013 10:03:13 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/is_microsoft_bringing_photosynth_to_windows_8_1.html A new report claims that an examination of the source code inside a recently leaked build of Windows 8.1 shows that Microsoft could be adding the Photosynth feature to the OS... Sun, 05 May 2013 09:19:13 +0200 http://www.ntcompatible.com/news/story/retailers_didnt_do_windows_8_any_favors.html Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today.... Fri, 03 May 2013 22:00:32 +0200