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The successor to Microsoft Windows 7 that focuses on a new interface style for touch-based devices and tablets.

Windows 8 is the successor to Microsoft Windows 7. Windows 8 is another addition to the Windows NT family.

The "Windows 8 User Interface," formerly named Metro, has been designed to make it better suitable for touchscreen input in addition to the traditional mouse and keyboard input. The new design focuses on tablet and mobile integration. Applications targeting the new UI () can be hosted in Windows Store () and submitted via the IDE. These must be developed using and either , + or (DirectX can be mixed with XAML).

Windows RT (not to be confused with WinRT or Windows Runtime) is a version of Windows 8 exclusively for microprocessors that only supports the new user interface developed with , while Windows 8 for the microprocessors from Intel and AMD also supports traditional desktop user interface developed with technologies such as , or .

A full description of Windows 8 can be found on Wikipedia.

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Can you force Visual Studio to always run as an Administrator in Windows 8?

In Windows 7, you could go into a programs compatibility settings and check off to always run as an Administrator. Is there a similar option in Windows 8? I've always disabled UAC on my machines, and did the same after my Windows 8 upgrade, or so I…
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The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

We are unable to connect to an HTTPS server using WebRequest because of this error message: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. We know that the server doesn't have a valid HTTPS certificate with the path used, but to…
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Signtool error: No certificates were found that met all given criteria with a Windows Store App?

I'm trying to sign a Windows 8 appx package with a pfx file I have. I'm using a command like so: signtool.exe sign /fd sha256 /f "key.pfx" "app.appx" And from this, I get: SignTool Error: No certificates were found that met all the given…
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Cannot serve WCF services in IIS on Windows 8

When I try to serve a WCF service on IIS in a Windows 8 machine, I get the well known error The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be…
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Allowing Untrusted SSL Certificates with HttpClient

I'm struggling to get my Windows 8 application to communicate with my test web API over SSL. It seems that HttpClient/HttpClientHandler does not provide and option to ignore untrusted certificates like WebRequest enables you to (albeit in a "hacky"…
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Why is WinRT unmanaged?

Windows 8 introduces WinRT, which is like .NET but unmanaged. Why is it unmanaged? Is it a performance issue? Does it mean garbage collection is not suitable for lower level APIs?
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Python command not working in command prompt

When I type python into the command line, the command prompt says python is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file. What should I do? Note: I have Python 2.7 and Python 3.2 installed on my computer.
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File extension for PowerShell 3

All of us probably know .bat for Batch files. But what is the file extension for PowerShell 3 scripts? I found .ps1 and some other endings but they're only for version 1.
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Making WPF applications look Metro-styled, even in Windows 7? (Window Chrome / Theming / Theme)

I like the window chrome on the new Office Suite and Visual Studio: I'm still developing applications for Windows 7 of course, but I'm wondering if there's a quick and easy way (read: WPF style or Windows Library) to emulate this style. I've done…
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How can a Metro app in Windows 8 communicate with a backend desktop app on the same machine?

In a situation where you have the UI frontend built using the new Metro style of apps for windows 8, and would like it to communicate with a .NET application running on the desktop on the same local machine (e.g. a windows service app). What forms…
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IE10 renders in IE7 mode. How to force Standards mode?

On microsoft's site they claim that simple doctype declaration is enough. But even a document as short as this falls back to IE7 mode: http://d.pr/i/fvzb+
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What is a simple/minimal browserconfig.xml for a web site

I don't want to do anything special or tricky with respect to Windows 8 and pinning, I just don't want to see the 404 Not Found messages as IE looks for browserconfig.xml scrolling by in my log files. Is there a trivial browserconfig.xml file that I…
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Viewing localhost website from mobile device

I have an ASP.Net website hosted on my Win8's localhost, the site seems to be running as expected on the desktop, but now i also want to test the site website on mobile device to check how it renders Is there anyway i can access the website from my…
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How can I set / change DNS using the command-prompt at windows 8

How can I set my DNS settings using the command-prompt or bat file at windows 8 I tried this: netsh interface ip set dns name="Local Area Connection" source=static addr=none but not worked.
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ListViewItem won't stretch to the width of a ListView

I'm currently designing a windows 8 store app using XAML but I have a minor sizing issue. I have a ListView with a DataTemple. The code for my ListView & DataTemplate are below:
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