What's more, if you saw the first part of this upgrade diary, then you'll know I was aiming for a trickier-than-average setup, with Windows 8 Pro running on a brand new and untouched SSD, alongside Windows 7 Ultimate running in dual-boot mode on my old HDD.

ENGADGET: Windows 8 upgrade diary: a defiantly successful installation

It is spread when the infected USB device is inserted into a Microsoft Windows workstation or server whereby the setup.exe and autorun.ini files run automatically.

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Most organizations with a proper network setup in place still run Windows server, weather it be small business or standard, and are not looking to switch anytime soon.

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Vista's fun run-in with CableCARD started earlier this year when we all found out at CES that they had every intention to finally make Windows (specifically Vista Home Premium and Ultimate) work with your CableCARD setup.

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Back in March, Pirillo did a video of his dad (obviously a tech-savvy guy with a multi-screen setup) trying to figure out how to use the consumer preview of Windows 8.

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Sync: After you run the Portable Media Center Setup disk, you are ready to add music, videos and pictures to your Portable Media Center using Windows Media Player 10 and a USB 2.0 cable.

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This new setup program immediately saw that I had an empty and idle 240GB drive (already formatted as NTFS using Windows 7's stock disc management utility) and allowed me to install Windows 8 there.

ENGADGET: Windows 8 upgrade diary: a defiantly successful installation