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Interesting News about Windows 8
Posted Date:
03-Jun-2011
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Windows 8
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In this article, some interesting news about Windows 8 operating system are discussed. Some new features are going to be placed in the Windows 8 operating system. We are going to see a new File system, ISO Verifier, support for Windows App store etc., These are not officially declared by Microsoft, we can expect some of these features in the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.
1)Windows 8 operating system going to use a new File system called "Protogon". Since the NTFS file system was introduced with Windows NT, Windows 8 may perhaps be the OS that Microsoft will use to debut a next generation file system called Protogon. In the new file system, we are going to get a detailed information about any device which is connected to the system.
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2)Windows 8 will be having a updated windows 8 installer, which can cleanup the disk, it will be helpful while installing the OS to clean the disk. With this feature, we can check whether there is any data on the hard drive where the OS is going to install.
3)Windows 8 will have ISO verifier, which will verify the ISO image and says whether it is a legitimate image or not.
4)Windows 8 will follow you across devices.(roaming user profiles)
5)Windows 8 use's better touch screens with accelerometers and location-awareness.(in touch screen devices)
6)Windows 8 has support for the Windows App store.(you can download your apps)
7)Destroy a Virus and keep your data with a "reset".
8)Decrease in the boot time, the boot time is decreased from 40sec. to 27sec in Vista. Microsoft wants to cut this boot time to half in Windows 8 operating system.
9)Windows 8 is going to use Facial Recognition for Login.
10)Better and more intuitive system views.
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