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Hi All, Just after a bit of advice, my girlfriend has recently got a new laptop and unfortunately she doesn't like it, despite me loving Windows 8.1. She would like to try Windows 8 but is going back to Uni soon so would like Windows 7 as a back-up dual booted. I've shrunk the partition and...

The screenshots was released by the WinUnleaked.tk site, the music player is one of the apps that can be downloaded from the store. The music player follows the metro design guidelines, and the images can be checked out here

A recent video has been released showing that users can close metro style apps just by using touch gestures, this video has been released on the WinUnleaked.tk web site. In the developer preview of Windows 8 users are only able to close metro apps using the Task Manager. To view the video go...

I wonder if it will be released in the beta version, haven't seen anything about it in the development preview.

Henry - Its a application that is built into Windows 8, that lets you view and create images and videos from your webcam

I am asking for help on how to extend the space of my c:\, Thanks

The saga of the Windows store has been full of fakes and misinformation. But it now appears that we are finally getting more reliable information that has been uncovered within the Windows 8 leaks. The information comes courtesy of Windows8italia.com as they have uncovered the information...

Thanks, I've managed to find a way to enable the new webcam application, here it is.

I've managed to get the webcam application working, 1.Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\GRE_Initialize". 2.Create a new DWORD Value called "RemoteFontBootCacheFlags" with the decimal value of "4111". 3.Open up webcam.exe in System32.

Looks very interesting, can't wait to see more info about it! Reminds me of Live Labs Pivot, a application by Microsoft Research

I'm able to open pdf files with it, here is a screenshot;

Here you go To activate the new PDF reader 1. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Capabilities" 2.Create a string value and call it "CLSID" and set its value to "{D3E34B21-9D75-101A-8C3D-00AA001A1652}" 4.Open glcnd.exe That should work

I have managed to get it working now, I had a good look on the internet and have managed to find the right drivers and they work, definitely looks alot better with aero, Thanks Ben

The video on the first post has been edited to play now, or are you one about the video posted above this post?

I reckon in programs such as Microsoft Office, they should give users a chance to change between the new metro look and old ribbon.