Windows 8
StartIsBack Review: Bringing the Start Menu to Windows 8
StartIsBack allows users to bring back the Windows 7 start menu in Windows 8 while also allowing many configuration tweaks to the start menu & screen edges
How to Run CentOS in Windows 8 Hyper-V Quickly
A guide to install CentOS Linux in a Windows 8 Hyper-V virtual machine fast. Unlike previous versions, Windows 8 Hyper-V makes CentOS installation easy...
Install Cloudera CDH4 Hadoop in Microsoft Windows 8 Hyper-V
Microsoft is pushing it’s own HDInsight server, and it has a lot of resources behind it. With that said, Cloudera is probably one of the best known Hadoop shops out there. Cloudera’s “free” platform is w...
Windows 8 iSCSI Initiator Setup in Under 3 Minutes
Today we are going to setup the Windows 8 iSCSI initiator in under three minutes. Get ready to scroll quickly because this goes fast. By way of background, iSCSI is an important industry protocol. A high-level perspective is th...
How to Run Ubuntu in Windows 8 Hyper-V Quickly
Today we are back with another quick guide. This one will focus on how to install Ubuntu on a Windows 8 desktop quickly using Hyper-V. Windows 7 XP mode was great for running Windows XP. For other operating systems, users often...
How to Install Windows 8 Hyper-V in Under 3 Minutes
Many of this site’s users have home labs for IT testing and certification. Microsoft threw these users a huge bonus with Windows 8, and something easily worth learning to deal with the “metro” UI. Microsoft...
Installing Windows 8 Using USB Drive
As someone not overly fond of optical drives, I do most installations of operating systems over IPMI or using USB drives, including Windows 8 installations. When upgrading a few machines across the lab to Windows 8, I decided t...
