• Get the Visual Studio 2022 UI Refresh Now

    If you, like me, have been waiting patiently for over a year, for the new Visual Studio UI refresh, wait no longer. You can enable it on non-preview builds: https://albertakhmetov.com/posts/2024/visual-studio-ui-refresh/

  • Windows Server 2025 as a Desktop OS

    You’re stuck. You have a PC that doesn’t meet the Windows 11 minimum requirements and Windows 10 is barreling toward end-of-life. Maybe you have a first generation AMD Ryzen PC, or Threadripper. It has plenty of horsepower but appears destined for the dustbin. What to do? You have a few options: #5 is an intriguing…

  • Windows 8: A Chance for a Fresh Start  

    Note: This post originally appeared on GoWindowsGo.com, a fan site for Windows and Windows phone. With Windows 8, Microsoft has a chance to make fundamental change to the way they update Windows.  In a day and age where consumer products are updated as fast as six months and rarely slower than a year, Microsoft is…

  • Windows Phone: The Accessories Problem

    Note: This post originally appeared on GoWindowsGo.com, a fan site for Windows and Windows phone. RIP Windows Phone. One of the best things about the iOS ecosystem is the plethora of first and third party accessories for each of the devices.  On Windows Phone, these accessories are close to non-existent.  Sure, our friends at Windows…

  • Microsoft Research Apps Rundown 

    Note: This post originally appeared on GoWindowsGo.com, a fan site for Windows and Windows phone. It’s very interesting to see what kinds of apps that Microsoft was working on for Windows Phone in 2012. Microsoft has a large and vibrant research department.  They also make quite a few experimental apps for Windows Phone, Android, and…

  • Windows Phone/Windows 8 Tip:  Wallpapers from InterfaceLift

    Note: This post originally appeared on GoWindowsGo.com, a fan site for Windows and Windows phone. If you are interested in awesome landscape photography wallpapers for your PC, you probably already know about InterfaceLift.  If not, let me introduce you.  InterfaceLift offers free, incredible photographic wallpapers of many scenes around the world.  Some are computer-generated wallpapers…