Windows 8 Kiosk Demo?

drfsupercenter

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Hey there,

I like collecting store demos of products, and one that's caught my attention is the one for Windows 8. It plays a little "here's what your computer can do" video over and over, and lets you use all the features.

I notice it has a sample Microsoft account called Allison Brown.

I've tried copying all the hard drive contents off one of those demos to a flash drive, but it won't run on my regular computers. I also notice that if I use the "reset your PC" option on the kiosk demos, it'll turn into a regular Windows 8 without the demo stuff.

Is there some special installation disc/flash drive for retailers? I'm just curious - it's OK if nobody's allowed to distribute it due to legal reasons, but I was just curious how that demo was installed... obviously just copying the executables and trying to run them does not work.

I've even seen Windows RT demos with the Allison Brown account!

On that note, there used to be a "Windows Demo Experience" for Windows 7 that would show your computer's specs in a nifty little screen - same thing applies to that, I tried copying the files (I even used clonezilla and made a complete clone of a kiosk demo) and it doesn't run on anything. I'd love to know how to get a copy just for informational and collection purposes.
 

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store demos ,wouldn't they just be a DVD and play in and DVD player or computer dvd player with the right software.
win8 doesn't have a dvd playing software by default some of us VLT player free on the net
 

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Nope. Half the laptops now don't even have optical drives since they're small - only USB ports. I'm thinking they load the software from some sort of install image, but that install image is what I'd like to find. :)
 

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ok,so what media is the demo you acquired one ,
im missing something here sorry .
 

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    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
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I don't have a copy at all, I'm asking if anyone knows how to get one.

I'm talking about retail stores (Best Buy, Walmart, whatever) that sell computers. They usually have a demo version of Windows 8 that doesn't save any settings after about 20 minutes so that people don't screw it up. But it also has some neat videos on "what Windows can do for you"
 

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just re-read you first post and you got a harddrive from a kiosk and are trying to access the demo by attaching the harddrive to your computer ,via usb i assume and it will not play install something the player i mentioned in my other post and maybe it will help
 

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    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
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    micro
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    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
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    high speed 20
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    updated enterprise apr 2/14
Oh, yeah I cloned one, but that was from Windows 7. All the Windows 8 demos use UEFI secure boot so even if I got a hard drive or copied one, I couldn't run it on my machine since it would have a different hardware signature or whatever (this is why I hate UEFI by the way)

With the Windows 7 one I tried to load it up in VMWare as a virtual machine and it didn't work.
 

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I don't have a copy at all, I'm asking if anyone knows how to get one.

I'm talking about retail stores (Best Buy, Walmart, whatever) that sell computers. They usually have a demo version of Windows 8 that doesn't save any settings after about 20 minutes so that people don't screw it up. But it also has some neat videos on "what Windows can do for you"

ok got you ,i think lol, i have no idea how they do it ,sorry .
youtube has lots of videos of things windows can do .
 

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  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
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