Windows 9 disguise as Windows 10

Finally the D day has come and microsoft has skipped windows 9 and made Windows 10 as it new OS.
Today in san fransico microsoft has unreviel the new OS .

New OS is having old start menu which was point of critism from windows 8.

Preview download is also avalilable for download

IRCTC apps for Windows 8 Desktop and Mobile Device

After Microsoft has acquire NOKIA now Microsoft has started a new Indian railways train ticket booking apps. It seems Microsoft is mood to provide windows 8 based mobile phone to everyone :D. Since most of computer todays run on Windows Platform and now it has acquires NOKIA so it will be a good flavour to user using same OS on desktop and Mobile device.For Android IRCTC has already provided such kind of apps on Google Play .

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) today launched a new application for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices to facilitate the users with a new channel of booking e-tickets in addition to the existing portal.
The new IRCTC App, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, is expected to enhance access to its existing e-ticket portal.This application can be download from Microsoft apps store  For Desktop user manual click here . For Mobile user click here to download user manual.
The app has been made available exclusively for Windows devices. The users of Windows Phone, Windows 8 Desktop, Tablet, laptop can download this application free of cost as per their requirement from the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store respectively.
Using this new app one can plan a trip, make railway reservations, check the PNR status and perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC website.
The booking using this apps will not be available between 8 am and 12 noon, and 11.30 pm and 12.30 am as per the existing guidelines.This restriction is also available on IRCTC Android apps

Can’t copy File larger than 4GB on USB drive,Here is Solution

Have you ever noticed that using your 8GB or 16GB USB flash drives(pendrive) to copy larger single having having more than 4GB? If you have done so then you might get some windows error message stating that You don’t have enough space.(such as: There is not enough free space on the drive, or similar.) Does this sound familiar?

If you have faced such a problem, most probably it’s caused by the fact that your flash drive comes with  FAT32 file system from factory. This type of a file system has a built-in limitation on the size of the files that it may contain. Although the total size of the files that you can copy to a FAT32 drive could be as large as 2TB (or the physical capacity of the drive, whichever is smaller), the size of each individual file may not exceed 4GB.Such file system (FAT32/FAT) will not support copying file which is greater than 4GB.Here i want to mention that I am talking about file size of single file should not exceed 4GB.

This limitations is quite unwanted in present context but when FAT32 was designed no body anticipated that we would deal with large files as we are dealing today.Or, maybe the designers hoped that by the time such large files become common, the use of the FAT32 system would be replaced by the more modern systems.

But in any case we need to resolve the solution . This problem can be solved using NTFS file system.The latter does not have the 4GB file size limitation, and it also allows for many other functions not supported by FAT32: file security, encryption, compression, etc.

On the other side there are some limitations of NTFS also the older versions of Windows (such as Windows 95, 98, or Windows Millennium do not support the NTFS file system. If you plan on using the drive with such old computers, then DO NOT format the drive with NTFS, because you won’t be able to get the old Windows to recognize it anyway. If, however, you only plan on using the drive with the more recent versions of Windows, such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and of course Windows 7, such computers should work with the NTFS drives just fine.

Now I am going to tell you how you can change your FAT32 USB devices to NTFS in Windows Xp. Normally it is very easy in case of Windows vista/Windows 7 but it is little bit tricky in case of Windows Xp

By default Windows Xp will not allow you to format USB to NTFS. When you select “Format” in context menu of USB drive there you won’t have any option for NTFS.

Step to enable NTFS format of USB in Windows XP

1.      Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port.

2.      Click Start, type devmgmt.msc in the Search textbox and press  Enter.

3.      Find Disk Drives and expand it.

4.      Find the USB flash drive you want to format, and double-click it. It opens the  Properties dialog box.

5.      Click Policies tab.

6.      By default, the  Optimize for quick removal option selected, switch it to Optimize for performance and then pressOK.

7.      Now open My Computer. Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select Format. The Format dialog box now appears.

8.      Select NTFS in the File System field.

9.      Press Start and wait while the process will be completed.

10.   Now your USB Flash Drive is formatted with NTFS format.

Steps to format USB in Windows vista/Windows 7

1. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port.

2.  Now open My Computer. Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select Format. The Format dialog box now appears.

3.  Select NTFS in the File System field.

4. Press Start and wait while the process will be completed.

5. Now your USB Flash Drive is formatted with NTFS format.

Get Windows 8 for just Rs. 699

If you buy a qualified Windows 7 PC between June 2, 2012 and January 31, 2013, you may purchase a download of Windows 8 Pro at a special promotional price that varies by region.
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Windows 7 Professional; or
Windows 7 Ultimate
Note: Windows 7 Starter Edition is not eligible for this offer.
This upgrade offer allows you to purchase a downloadable version of Windows 8 Pro using the Windows Upgrade Assistant.
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Windows 8 Beta for Consumer Download from Feb 29

Did you know that 2012 is a leap year and Microsoft plans on making good use of the day, which comes just once every four years. Microsoft will release Windows 8 Beta for public download from February 29,. The Beta will officially be known as “Windows 8 Consumer Preview” and will be made available to users to download and try out. Like all public Betas from Microsoft, there will be an expiration date, telling you till when you’ll be able to use it, but like always, there will be a hack out that will allow you to bypass that and use it for a longer period.

>Microsoft previewed Windows 8 to customers– First look of Windows 8

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Microsoft recently previewed Windows 8 to customers, partners and media at the Computex show in Taipei. Vice President Mike Angiulo ran the system on tablets, notebooks and desktop systems made by Dell Inc, Asustek Computer Inc, and Quanta Computer Inc using chips and technology from ARM Holdings Plc, Qualcomm Inc, Texas Instruments Inc and Nvidia Corp.

Here are — things you need to know about Windows 8 which Microsoft claims 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface.
The tile-based Start screen replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps. The design of the software is similar to the tile interface on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile handset software. Similar to it, tiles in Windows 8 can be automatically updated to display information from apps on the computer’s start screen, so a weather app can tell the user that it’s forecast to be sunny without requiring them to open the application.
The Windows 8 demo showed that the new OS will run on a range of hardware devices from traditional PCs to laptops and tablets, using both touchscreen and mouse and keyboard commands. The company said that while the new user interface is designed and optimized for touch, it works equally well with a mouse and keyboard.

Underneath the new OS is the old Windows that most users are accustomed to. It will run old Windows apps. If the apps are not optimized for touch, it is just fine as it would run them in the old interface with a keyboard and mouse.
Windows 8 also offers users the ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so that they can multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
Windows 8 uses a different application programming model — basically, HTML5 and JavaScript, which are used for Web apps today.

The demo also showed smooth movement between existing Windows programmes and new Windows 8 apps. The full capabilities of Windows will continue to be available to users, including the Windows Explorer and Desktop, as does compatibility with all Windows 7 logo PCs, software and peripherals.

Windows 8 uses a different application programming model — basically, HTML5 and JavaScript, which are used for Web apps today.
The demo also showed smooth movement between existing Windows programmes and new Windows 8 apps. The full capabilities of Windows will continue to be available to users, including the Windows Explorer and Desktop, as does compatibility with all Windows 7 logo PCs, software and peripherals.
The operating system also will be the first full version of Windows capable of operating on chips made with technology from ARM Holdings. US chip maker Qualcomm Inc too said it would collaborate with Microsoft on the next version of Windows for its Snapdragon family of processors

Microsoft is also said to be working to integrate Internet telephone service Skype into the new system, following its agreement to purchase the company last month. Windows 8 uses Internet Explorer 10 as the Web browser.
Restricts PC vendors
Microsoft has reportedly told chipmakers who want to use Windows 8 for tablets to work with only one manufacturer to speed up the delivery, sparking worries among some PC vendors that they will be left out.
Some Taiwanese vendors are concerned that the reported restrictions mean they would have to be chosen by chipmakers to make tablet PCs for the new Windows operating system. Previously PC vendors could choose their own partners.
Release date
The release date is a “Defense Department secret”, joked a Microsoft official, adding that it would not be this year. Analysts believe that Microsoft typically aims for 24 to 36 months between major Windows versions, suggesting a launch date for the next Windows between October 2011 and October 2012
Biggest risk ever
Windows 8 is the biggest operating system change the company has made since Windows 95, said Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft vice president. Late last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer termed Windows 8 as Microsoft’s riskiest product ever.