[dba-Tech] Windows 8

Is the start menu back yet?

- Hans

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On 2012-04-21, at 9:19 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Jim
> 
> The phone emulator will be fixed, of course, but no date yet.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
>>>> accessd at shaw.ca 21-04-12 17:24 >>>
> "...no more Acrobat Reader updates... "; excellent. 
> "...ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click..."; catching up
> with Linux?...maybe no need for a emulator then?
> "...the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows..."; odd?
> 
> VirtualBox?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:24 AM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version.
> 
> Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader)
> is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as
> a drive by a single click.
> 
> But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and
> the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible.
> Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who
> would run 32-bit OS these days?
> Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have
> to use some other emulator.
> 
> /gustav
> 
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