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TRANSITIONING BETWEEN "WINDOWS XP", "WINDOWS 7", "WINDOWS 8", AND “WINDOWS 8.1 ”. 1. Web location for this presentation:. http://aztcs.org Click on “Meeting Notes”. 2. SUMMARY. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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TRANSITIONING BETWEEN "WINDOWS XP",
"WINDOWS 7", "WINDOWS 8", AND
“WINDOWS 8.1”
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Web location for this presentation:
http://aztcs.orgClick on“Meeting Notes”
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SUMMARYAs of April 8, 2014, Microsoft has discontinued support for "Windows XP" so here is a comparison between "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1" to help you select between them.
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TOPICS
oBeyond "Windows XP"oHardware Requirementso "Start Button" IssuesoRunning Old Software
Applications That Only Run In "Windows XP"
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TOPICS (continued)
o "Windows Media Center"o "Extended Support" End Dateso "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1"
Have "File History"o The "Pro" and "Enterprise"
Editions of "Windows 8" And "Windows 8.1" Have "Hyper-V"
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TOPICS (continued)o "Windows 8" And "Windows
8.1" Have "Storage Spaces"o Hardware Driver
Improvements In "Windows 8" And "Windows 8.1"
o "Spot Verifier" Service For Hard Drives in "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1"
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TOPICS (continued)o Appendix 1:
Windows Product Time Line
o Appendix 2: Confusion Between "Update To 8.1" and "Update for 8.1"
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP"--
THE BIG CHANGES FOR THE
COMPUTER USER
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP"
• Microsoft made five big changes to the configuration of "Windows.." when they moved from "..XP" to "..Vista". They kept these five changes for "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1":
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• "Printers and Faxes" in the "Control Panel" Became "Devices and Printers":
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• "Scanners and Cameras" Has Been Merged Into "Devices and Printers":
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• The "Documents and Settings" Folder Became the "Users" folder:
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• "Add or Remove Programs" in the "Control Panel" Became "Programs and Features":
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• "Add Hardware" in the "Control Panel" No Longer Exists:
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BEYOND "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
• These changes are explained in more detail at http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8.1/beyondWinXP.pdf
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
WINDOWS 7
REQUIRES AT LEAST A 1+ GIGAHERTZ PROCESSOR
WITH AT LEAST 1 GB OF RAM
WINDOWS 8 + REQUIRES PROCESSOR WITH PAE, NX, and SSE2
WINDOWS 8.1
+ REQUIRES PROCESSOR WITH PAE, NX, SSE2, and, if you have a 64-bit processor: CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW,
and LAHF/SAHF
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued)
• Computers with Intel "Pentium 4" processors have had exceptionally durable life spans. They were sold from 2000 to 2008 and many of them are still alive and well. Most of them were sold with "Windows XP" installed.
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR OLD "PENTIUM 4" COMPUTERS
WINDOWS 7REQUIRES A
"PENTIUM 4" (OR HIGHER) PROCESSOR
WINDOWS 8RUNS ON 30 PERCENT
OF "PENTIUM 4" COMPUTERS
WINDOWS 8.1
RUNS ON VERY FEW "PENTIUM 4" COMPUTERS
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued)
• Two ways to determine If your old "Pentium 4" computer can run "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1: Method 1: Run "coreinfo.exe" Method 2: Attempt to install the free "Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation" or the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation"
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) • Method 1:
Run Microsoft's free "coreinfo" to determine if your old "Pentium 4" Computer can run "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1": See http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/old-computer-Win8.pdf
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued)
• Method 2: Attempt to install the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation" or the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation".
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued)
• Method 2 (continued): To download and attempt to install the free "Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation", see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn407368 or http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/win8enteval.pdf
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (continued) • Method 2 (continued):
To download and attempt to install the free "Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation", see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx?ocid=wc-tn-wctc or http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8.1/win8.1enteval.pdf
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES
WINDOWS 7"START BUTTON"
IS AVAILABLE
WINDOWS 8 "START BUTTON"IS MISSING, BUT..
WINDOWS 8.1
WHITE "START BUTTON" BUT IT
MAINLY TAKES YOU TO THE "START
SCREEN"
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• "Windows XP" has a "Start Button" and a "Start Menu" that looks like this:
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• "Windows 7" has a "Start Button" and a"Start Menu" that looks like this:
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• "Windows 8" has an invisible "zero pixel Start Button" in the lower left-hand corner of both the "Desktop" and the "Start Screen":
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• In the Desktop of "Windows 8", when you hover the mouse cursor over this invisible "zero pixel Start Button", a thumbnail of the "Start Screen" will pop up:
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• In the "Start Screen" of "Windows 8", when you hover the mouse cursor over this invisible "zero pixel Start Button", a thumbnail of the "Desktop" will pop up, if you have already been to the "Desktop" at least once:
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• "Windows 8.1" has a white "Start Button" in the lower-left corner of the "Desktop":
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) • "Windows 8.1" has a auto-hiding
white "Start Button" that pops up when you hover the mouse cursor in the lower-left corner of the "Start Screen":
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• If you are in the "Desktop" of "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1" and you (left) click on the invisible "Start Button" of "Windows 8" or the white "Start Button of "Windows 8.1", it takes you to the "Start Screen":
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• In other words, for both "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1", the "Start Button" in the Desktop takes you to the new-fangled "Start Screen" (instead of to a "Start Menu" like it did in "Windows 95" through "Windows 7").
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• If you use your RIGHT mouse button to click on the "zero pixel Start Button" of "Windows 8" or the "Start Button" of "Windows 8.1", you get a "Windows Key + x" pop-up menu = "Power User Menu" which is useful but it only contains a fraction of what used to be in the "Start Menu" in "Windows 7":
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• If you are in the "Start Screen" and you have never been to the "Desktop" and you click on the "zero pixel Start Button" of "Windows 8" or auto-hidden "Start Button" of "Windows 8.1", it takes you back to whatever screen of "Metro" app you were in earlier.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• If you are in the "Start Screen" and you (left) click on the "zero pixel Start Button" of "Windows 8" or the auto-hidden "Start Button" of "Windows 8.1", it takes you back to the "Desktop", if you have already been to both the "Desktop" AND the "Start Screen" at least once.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued) • Having an old-fashioned
(Windows 7-style or Windows XP-style) "Start button" and an old-fashioned "Start Menu" is important because many "Windows.." applets and many third-party software programs depend on the "Start Menu" as a key menu interface for you.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• Two workarounds for the loss of the "Start Button" in "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1o Third-party programs to put back
a "Start Button"o You can make three toolbars that
pop-up from the "Taskbar" to replace the "Start Button"
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• Many third-party, utility software programs bring back the "Start button" for "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1". Some are free and some are not free.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• Jim Evans of APCUG recommends the not-free "Start8" program by "Stardock Corporation". See http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• For a list of free and not-free programs that bring back a "Start Button" and a "Start Menu" for "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Start_Menu_replacements_for_Windows_8
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• However, all of these software programs run "memory resident" in the background. Like all "memory resident" programs and they use up RAM and CPU cycles that affect the speed and reliability of your computer.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• To get back the functionality of the "Start Button" with minimal "overhead" utilization of RAM and CPU cycles, you can right-click on the "Taskbar" of the "Desktop" to make yourself three pop-up toolbars that replace the original start button.
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• This workaround replacement for the "Start Button" makes use of three pop-up toolbars on the "Taskbar": One is called "Start Menu". One is called "Program Files (x86). One is called "Program Files".
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"START BUTTON" ISSUES (continued)
• For step-by-step pictorial instructions on how to create the three replacement "toolbars", see http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/TaskbarToolbars-StartButton.pdf
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RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE
PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN
"WINDOWS XP"
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RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN "WINDOWS XP"
• Let's compare the native, bundled capabilities of "Windows 7", "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1" for running old software programs that only run in "Windows XP":
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"WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL",
"WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE", OR
"WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE"
"WINDOWS XP MODE" CAN BE DOWNLOADED
FOR FREE (="WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL")
RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN "WINDOWS XP"
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"WINDOWS 8 PRO" OR "WINDOWS 8
ENTERPRISE")
TURN ON "HYPER-V" TO RUN YOUR COPY OF
"WINDOWS XP"
"WINDOWS 8.1 PRO" OR
"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE")
TURN ON "HYPER-V" TO RUN YOUR COPY OF
"WINDOWS XP"
RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN "WINDOWS XP" (continued)
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RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN "WINDOWS XP"
• "Windows 7 Professional", "Windows 7 Enterprise", and "Windows 7 Ultimate" all have the ability to download and run a free copy of "Windows XP called "Windows XP Mode" at no additional cost.
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RUNNING OLD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ONLY RUN IN "WINDOWS XP"
• "Windows 7 Starter", "Windows 7 Home Basic", and "Windows 7 Home" premium do not allow you to download "Windows XP Mode".
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"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER"
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"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" ("WMC")
WINDOWS 7
"WMC" IS BUNDLED IN WITH THE "WINDOWS 7
HOME PREMIUM", "WINDOWS 7
PROFESSIONAL", AND
"WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE"
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WINDOWS 8
"WMC" CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE
FOR "WINDOWS 8 PRO" EDITION OF "WINDOWS
8"
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" ("WMC") (continued)
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WINDOWS 8.1
"WMC" CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE FOR "WINDOWS 8.1 PRO" EDITION OF
"WINDOWS 8.1"
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" ("WMC") (continued)
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"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
• If you have a copy of any edition "Windows 7" (that is not "Windows 7 Starter"), then it will have a "Windows Media Center" bundled in it.
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According to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windowhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/feature-packss-8/feature-packs
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• If your PC is running Windows 8.1, you can get Windows 8.1 Pro Pack and enjoy all the features of Windows 8.1 Pro as well as Windows Media Center for $99.99 USD ERP.
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• If your PC is running "Windows 8.1 Pro" and you'd like to watch and record TV with "Windows Media Center", you can get "Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack" for $9.99 USD ERP.
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"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued) • If you have a copy of "Windows
8.1", it will probably be a copy of the "Windows 8.1" ("core") edition of "Windows 8.1". Any ad for a computer that says "and Windows 8" or "with Windows 8" implies that the "core" "Windows 8" edition of the "Windows 8" product present.
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"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
• To get "Windows Media Center" for a "Windows 8" core computer, you first have to purchase and install upgrade to "Windows 8.1 Pro" edition with the "Windows 8.1 Pro Pack". Then you have to purchase and install "Windows Media Center".
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• Start with "Windows 8.1" ("core") edition of "Windows 8.1" Upgrade it with "Windows 8.1 Pro Pack" ($100) so that it becomes "Windows 8.1 Pro" edition of "Windows 8.1 Then install "Windows Media Center" ($10) by buying it in the online "Windows Store".
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• For most "Windows 8.." computer users, the cost of installing "Windows Media Center" is $110.
• Most "Windows 8.." computer users are better off using the free "VLC Video Player" which can be safely downloaded only from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
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• A detailed description of most of the features of the free "VLC Media Player" can be found athttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html To play Blu-Ray Discs in "VLC Media Player", you have to add a few drivers as described in great detail athttp://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/699817-playing-blu-ray-discs-windows-8-using-vlc-media-player.html
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
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• The only feature that the free "VLC Media Player" is missing is the ability to provide "Television Inside PC" with a USB, PCI, or PCIe television tuner.
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
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• Hauppauge's "WinTV", which is bundled in with their USB, PCI, or PCIe television tuners, is a better choice for "Television inside PC" relative to paying $100 + $10 for "Windows Media Center".
"WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" (continued)
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"EXTENDED SUPPORT" END
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"EXTENDED SUPPORT" END DATES
WINDOWS 7EXTENDED SUPPORT ENDS
ON JANUARY 14, 2020
WINDOWS 8
JANUARY 8, 2016 (WINDOWS 8.1 UPGRADE
FROM THE "WINDOWS STORE" BECOMES
MANDATORY ON THIS DATE)
WINDOWS 8.1
EXTENDED SUPPORT ENDS ON JANUARY 10, 2023
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"EXTENDED SUPPORT" END DATES (continued)
• "Windows 8.1" will have a longer period of "extended support" into the future relative to "Windows 7".
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"WINDOWS 8" AND
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"FILE HISTORY" APPLETWINDOWS
7DOES NOT HAVE "FILE HISTORY"
WINDOWS 8
HAS "FILE HISTORY" APPLET IN THE
"CONTROL PANEL"
WINDOWS 8.1
HAS THE "FILE HISTORY" APPLET IN
THE "CONTROL PANEL"
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "FILE HISTORY"
• The "File History" feature of "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1" automatically stores "frozen" copies of changed data files at designated intervals of time.
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF
"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1"
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "HYPER-V"
• "Hyper-V" is a virtual machine program that is bundled with the "Pro" and "Enterprise" editions of "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1".
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1 HAVE "HYPER-V"
WINDOWS 7"HYPER-V" IS NOT
AVAILABLE
"WINDOWS 8 PRO" AND
"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE")
"HYPER-V" IS AVAILABLE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
"WINDOWS 8.1 PRO" AND
"WINDOWS 8.1 ENTERPRISE"
"HYPER-V" IS AVAILABLE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "HYPER-V"
• The Microsoft-proprietary "VMbus" technology of "Hyper-V" lets you create faster virtual machines relative to any third-party virtual machine program.
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "HYPER-V"
(continued)
• Instead of "Hyper-V", "Windows 7 Professional", "Windows 7 Enterprise", and "Windows 7 Ultimate" all have the ability to run the older "Windows Virtual PC" virtual machine program instead.
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "HYPER-V"
(continued)
• Unlike the free third-party "virtual machine programs", Hyper-V has no direct "USB support" and difficult sound card support. In comparison the free "VMware Player" excels at these two features.
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THE "PRO" AND "ENTERPRISE" EDITIONS OF "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "HYPER-V"
(continued)
• For details about using the "Hyper-V" virtual machine program in "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1", see http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/virtualmachines/Hyper-V/Hyper-V.pdf
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1"
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "STORAGE SPACES"
WINDOWS 7
"Storage Spaces" is not available.
Windows 8
"Storage Spaces" is available from inside the
"Control Panel"
Windows 8.1
"Storage Spaces" is available from inside the
"Control Panel"
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "STORAGE SPACES" (continued)
• The "Storage Spaces" feature of "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1" lets you mirror two hard drives for redundancy (= "software RAID 1").
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "STORAGE SPACES" (continued)
• A failure of a single hard drive in a "two-way mirror" pair of hard drives will not cause you to loose data files because the data files also reside in the other hard drive.
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "STORAGE SPACES"
• Using "Storage Spaces in "Windows 8.." for Real-Time Automatic Backup of Data Files and Folders": http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/StorageSpaces-howto.pdf
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"WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1" HAVE "STORAGE SPACES" (continued)
• "Storage Spaces" Successes and Failures See http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8/StorageSpaces-successesand.pdf
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HARDWARE DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS IN "WINDOWS 8" AND
"WINDOWS 8.1"
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HARDWARE DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS IN "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1"
• Faster, sharper graphics and video rendering in both the "Windows Store apps" and legacy desktop application, with a greater improvement in "Windows Store apps" relative to legacy desktop applications.
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HARDWARE DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS IN "WINDOWS 8" AND "WINDOWS 8.1"
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• Native USB 3 support instead of vendor-suppled drivers for "USB 3" adapters/controllers.
• V4 Printer Drivers—faster, smaller, fewer printer drivers
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD
DRIVESIn "Windows 8" and
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES
• "Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1" have a "Spot Verifier" service that keeps a real-time list of possible bad spots on your hard drives:
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES
WINDOWS 7DOES NOT HAVE "SPOT
VERIFIER" SERVICE
WINDOWS 8 HAS "SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE
WINDOWS 8.1 HAS "SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES (continued)
• When you start "Error Checking" in a "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1" computer, you get a notification that either says "We haven't found any errors on this drive." OR "We found potential errors on this drive."
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES (continued)
• This is because Windows 8 new "Spot Verifier" service keeps a real time, constantly-updated record of the locations of any hard drive errors.
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES (continued)
• The "Spot Verifier" dramatically reduces the time that it takes to do the "Error Checking" maintenance procedure on a hard drive.
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"SPOT VERIFIER" SERVICE FOR HARD DRIVES (continued)
• The "Spot Verifier" service is implemented as C:\Windows\System32\svsvc.dll
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APPENDIX 1: "WINDOWS.."
PRODUCT TIME LINE
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE
• October 22, 2009--General availability release of Windows 7.
• October 17, 2013--General availability release of Windows 8.1
• October 17, 2014--Non-mandatory, free upgrade called "Update To Windows 8.1" for existing Windows 8 computers.
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• April 8, 2014--End of Extended Support for Windows XP
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• April 8, 2014--Update for Windows 8.1 (= "Update 1 for Windows 8.1" = KB 2919355) for existing Windows 8.1 computers was released by means of "Windows Update"
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• May 13, 2014--Update for Windows 8.1 (= "Update 1 for Windows 8.1" = KB 2919355) became a "mandatory" "important" update for existing Windows 8.1 computers.
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• July 2014--Publicly-available preview of "Windows 8.2" which might also be known as "Update 2 for Windows 8.1".
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• August or Summer 2014—"Update to Windows 8.2" or "Update 2 for Windows 8.1" for existing Windows 8.1 computers will be released by means of "Windows Store"
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• January 2015—Publicly-available preview of "Windows 9" (= "Threshold")
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• April 2015—Probable general availability release of "Windows 9" (= "Threshold")
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• July 14, 2015--End of updates for "Microsoft Security Essentials" installed into "Windows XP"
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APPENDIX 2: CONFUSION BETWEEN
"UPDATE TO WINDOWS 8.1" AND "UPDATE FOR WINDOWS 8.1":
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• January 8, 2016--Update to Windows 8.1 via the "Windows Store" becomes a mandatory important update for existing Windows 8 computers
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• April 11, 2017—End of Extended Support For Windows Vista
• January 14, 2020—End of Extended Support For Windows 7
• January 10, 2023—End of Extended Support For Windows 8.1
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• There is no super urgency or justification to upgrade existing "Windows Vista" and "Windows 7" computers up to "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1":
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WINDOWS PRODUCT TIME LINE (continued)
• There is no rush to upgrade existing Windows 8 computers to Windows 8.1 since you can do it for free from October 17, 2013 to January 8, 2016.
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CONFUSION BETWEEN "UPDATE TO 8.1" AND "UPDATE FOR 8.1"
• Please do not confuse "Update for Windows 8.1" (="Update 1 for Windows 8.1"= KB 2919355) which was released on April 8, 2014 with the "Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8" which was released on October 17, 2013:
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CONFUSION BETWEEN "UPDATE TO 8.1" AND "UPDATE FOR 8.1" (continued)
• "Update for Windows 8.1" (="Update 1 for Windows 8.1"= KB 2919355) is a free update for "Windows 8.1" which makes cosmetic and usability changes to "Windows 8.1" and which becomes a "mandatory" "important" update for "Windows 8.1" computers on May 13, 2014.
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CONFUSION BETWEEN "UPDATE TO 8.1" AND "UPDATE FOR 8.1"
(continued)
• "Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8" is a free upgrade for "Windows 8" which takes you from "Windows 8" up to "Windows 8.1" and which becomes a "mandatory" "important" update for "Windows 8" computers on January 8, 2016.
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REFERENCES
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_8
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_8