Windows 8.x RT

Windows 8.1 RT

1. Adding search providers (SEE Internet Explorer RT Editions page)

Windows RT v. NT

• 1. Main differences between NT 8.x and RT 8.x Operating Systems

  2. Windows NT 8.x

     1. Designed for and runs on the Intel processors

     2. Both Desktop (DT hereafter) and Touchscreen (TS hereafter) exist

     3. Both NT and RT programs can be installed

  3. Windows RT 8.x

• • 1. Designed for and runs on the ARMs processors

    2. Both DT and TS exist

    3. Only RT programs can be installed

       1. All RT programs are designed to run on both Intel and ARMs processors

       2. Most NT programs are designed to run only on Intel processors

       3. In effect,only well known NT program that could run on Windows RT was Microsoft Office RT

1. Other differences/limitations

   1. Windows Settings

      1. Windows Updates settings became limited in Settings/Control Panel

         1. Of 5 selections for Automatic Updates configuration menu, "never check for updates" that allows manual check for updates has become unavailable

         2. "Never Check for Updates" can still be configured through Group Policy Editor or through Registry Editor

            1. Group Policy Editor: run GPEdit.msc

               1. Procedure is to be added

            2. Registry Editor: run regedit

• • • • • 1. Procedure is to be added

1. 1. 2. Just as in Windows NT 8.x, "roaming profile" is required to use certain Microsoft programs

• • • 1. Roaming Profile

         1. Of two different types of user profile, Local Profile and Roaming Profile, a Local Profile is the User that people creates on each computer to log into the OS and a Roaming Profile is the User that people registers on each computer to log into the OS by using the ID and password associated with their Microsoft online services account

         2. To use Roaming Profile, a Microsoft Live Account is required

         3. For more information about the Live account, please see This Blog,under which, Onine Services, under which, Microsoft Live

      2. Microsoft programs that require roaming profile

• • • • 1. OneDrive

           1. OneDrive can no longer be used through the File Explorer (or Windows Explorer) by using a protocol for network drives in Windows 8.x NT/RT

              1. OneDrive can still be used through network drive protocol in previous versions of Windows

              2. By using OneDrive client, cloud method of file management is used

           2. In Windows RT 8.0, OneDrive DT application has not been made avaiable for RT

           3. By Windows RT 8.1, OneDrive released a single RT application that combined DT and TS applications has been integrated into the OS making it impossible to separately install OneDrive DT application

           4. No other popular online storage providers released their DT client for RT

           5. In Effect, Roaming Profile is required--thereby making Live Account required--to use OneDrive on Windows RT 8.x or to use an online storage cloud client

        2. Skype

• • • • • 1. Skype DT application was not made available for RT platform

          2. Skype TS application required use of Roaming Profile thereby requiring MS Live Account

          3. Update: Skype Web has been made available during 2015, and now the Skype can be used from a web browser as the website has abilities to chat, voice chat, and video chat. In effect, This made Skype available for use on Windows without the Live Account

1. 2. Programs

• • 1. Internet Explorer

       1. As Internet Explorer DT and TS have been combined into a single progam that has been integrated into the OS for Windows 8.x NT/RT, it became impossible to remove only one UI of Internet Explorer

          1. For example, IE for DT cannot be removed without also removing TS or the other way around

          2. However, IE of both UI can be removed by removing the IE from Control Panel, under which, Add or Remove Programs, in which, Add or Remove Features

       2. When using Roaming Profile, IE uses the credentials from the profile information to automatically sign into any website that uses the same credential information such as *.live.com, *.outlook.com, *.msn.com, and other product websites such as Xbox Live and Skype

    2. Email Client

• • • 1. Windows Live Essentials programs were replaced by TS applications including Mail, People, Calendar, Messages

      2. By Windows 8.1, Messages was dropped as it was using Live Messenger (formerly known as MSN Messenger) server; and Skype became the only application to provide messaging services by Microsoft

      3. No other well known email client software became available for RT and, in effect, Mail/Calendar/People App became the only well known email/calendar/contacts client on Windows RT 8.x