Microsoft Windows Desktop

• Fixing Your Computer Absolute Beginner's Guide: Troubleshooting Device Problems
• By Paul McFedriesAug 23, 2013

Paul McFedries covers some of the built-in Windows tools that can help you troubleshoot problematic hardware.

• Switching to Windows 8: A Quick Guide for Current Windows Users
• By Michael MillerOct 15, 2012

Michael Miller shows you what’s new in Windows 8, and helps you learn how to do all your old tasks the new Windows 8 way.

• Catching Up with PC Backup in 2012
• By Ed TittelSep 12, 2012

What's the best backup regimen for your systems, now that online backup is dirt cheap, and disk drives even cheaper? Quick answer: Multiple backups.

• Your Data Everywhere, Part 2: Exposing LightSwitch Data as OData Services to Other Clients
• By Alessandro Del SoleJul 10, 2012

Continuing his three-part series on LightSwitch support for Open Data Protocol (OData) in Visual Studio's 2012, Alessandro Del Sole, author of Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed, demonstrates the power you gain by being able to expose data sources to OData services in a wide array of clients.