Tag Archives: Windows 8

Windows 8 doesn’t detect my sound card!

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Scali

Or does it? When I recently installed a Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-e card in a Windows 8-system, nothing appeared to happen. When I looked at the Device Manager, there was no Creative X-Fi card to be found. No … Continue reading →

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nVidia stability issues on GeForce 400/500 series

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Scali

I am still using the trusty old GeForce GTX460 in one of my machines. When I upgraded my drivers to version 320.18, I started having problems. Every now and then, the driver would reset, and in some cases it would … Continue reading →

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Just keeping it Metro

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Scali

Yes, Metro, not Retro. Or actually I should say Windows Store App now. As in, the new interface for Windows 8, mainly aimed at tablets and smartphones. Namely, I got myself a Windows 8 Pro update early on, at a … Continue reading →

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First Fedora, now Canonical

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Scali

Following the move made by Fedora to support UEFI secure boot, Canonical has announced that they are going to support it as well. Canonical is taking a slightly different route however. They are dropping Grub completely (as they explain, Grub’s … Continue reading →

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Linux and UEFI secure boot, or: Linus Torvalds as the voice of reason

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Scali

As you may recall, I wrote a blog about linux and the problems with UEFI secure boot a while ago. Since there have been some changes regarding secure boot in the linux world recently, this calls for an update. My … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 and Visual Studio 11 go public beta

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Scali

If you want to have a look at Windows 8, you can now get the Developer preview here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download (Or go directly to the ISOs here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso) And if you want to try Visual Studio 11, you can get the … Continue reading →

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Intel Medfield vs ARM

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Scali

I did an article on ARM and x86 about a year ago, since multicore ARMs were up and coming, and Windows 8 would allow them to be used in netbooks, notebooks or even desktops, as competing solutions to x86. That … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t use linux (and why you shouldn’t either)

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Scali

As you may know, I have nothing against open source software. In fact, I am both a user of FreeBSD, and a developer of open source projects. But linux never sat well with me. It’s not so much the software … Continue reading →

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