Tag Archive: Windows 8

Aug 22

Installing .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8

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When you try to install applications require .NET 3.5 (or earlier) you get this prompt   If you installed Windows 8 from USB or any other device that is not available, the installation of the .NET Feature will fail with errorcode. 0x800f0906: “Windows couldn’t connect to the Internet to download necessary files. Make sure that …

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Aug 17

Change Product key and Activate Window 8 Enterpris RTM

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So yesterday I received an mail from an colleague of mine asking if i was able to activate my newly installed  Windows 8 Enterprise RTM machine. Since it wasnt activated I got this watermark in the right lower corner   Normally you have an option that allows you to change the Product Key. Like the screenshot below   This …

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May 11

Running Windows 8 / Server 2012 on Vsphere

  Have you got this? Then you probably got an old version of ESX(i). Update to latest and choose Server 8 as profile for your VM and you should be good to go!

Apr 10

Nice Windows 8 Import Certificate feature

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I imported a Trusted Root certificate on a Windows 8 PC. And finally we can choose install the certificate on Current User or Local Machine storeJ. No need to open MMC à Add/remove Snap-in etc….    

Feb 28

Cisco AnyConnect and Windows 8

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Seen this error when trying to use the Cisco client with Windows 8? The VPN Client driver has encountered an error. The fix for me was pretty easy. Go into registry and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vpnva Check the DisplayName data value. On my installation, it had a bit of inf information before the actual name. So …

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Sep 14

Hyper-V in Windows 8 client?

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I just installed the Windows 8 Preview today. I was very interested in what sort of windows features that is available and see what I found: It seems that Hyper-V is a feature you can enable in Windows 8. This is great. Mine is greyed out since I am running Windows 8 on a Virtual …

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