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Windows 8 on Acer Aspire One AOA 150 - a 4 year old netbook

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OS: Windows 8 RTM 90 day Evaluation 32bit PC: Acer Aspire One AOA 150 CPU: Atom N270 Graphics: Mobile Intel 945 Graphics Chipset with 256 MB memory HDD: 500gb 7200rpm SATA(custom) Screen Resolution: 1024x600 Installation: Installation was launched from within Windows 8 Release Preview. However, since upgrading from Windows 8 Release Preview to RTM  is not supported, a clean installation was done Installing Windows 8 : License Agreement Select Upgrade vs Custom Install Select Partition Windows 8 Installation  Windows 8 installation restarts the computer a couple of times. After installing devices, installation prompts you to select express settings vs custom settings. These settings include the new "Do Not Track" feature in Internet Explorer 10, which is enabled by default if you select Express Settings and is shown clearly. It also includes a "Share information with Apps including your name, picture and location" setting. This is to pe

AppEngine : Migrating to High Replication Datastore and retaining old application id

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Let me begin by saying that, if you have a memorable application id on appengine's *.appspot.com, but the application uses the now deprecated Master Slave Datastore and you would like to move to the new High Replication Datastore, but would like to retain the old application id, then you have no reason to worry. Because, the default migration tool, provided by Google, does exactly that. It migrates your datastore indexes and makes the old application id an alias for the new application id. If that is enough to allay your fears, then move on to the Migration docs provided by Google. For a step by step, read on. Old application id: appname New application id with High Replication Datastore: appname-hrd Creating a new application with High Replication Datastore: This can be done in two ways. 1. Goto http://appengine.google.com and click on create aplication Click on Create Application Fill in the new name, in this case, appname-hrd. Fill in a title, select ot