Windows 8 Consumer preview Released

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See also: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3997-windows-8-consumer-preview-download.html

 

[boohbah]

at the begining of the install im informed i dont have a driver needed, its related to the dvd drive so not sure what thats about as its using the dvd drive to begin the set up ,

 

[wecaan]

I come to trusty eightforums.com and it seems you guys just started downloading it 2 hours ago. And now I am downloading it too with 40 min to go...and I didn't even know it'd be out today. Stopped using the preview ones months ago.

I hope the consumer version doesn't randomly freeze whenever I open videos.

 

[davehc]

Downloaded and configured. No Problems (so far!) Looks like I am going to have to hack to the old start menu again though.

 

[brummyfan]

I miss switching between Metro and Desktop by moving the cursor to left edge of the screen, they could have removed the Start button and left this feature alone.

 

[vrosa]

I miss switching between Metro and Desktop by moving the cursor to left edge of the screen, they could have removed the Start button and left this feature alone.

CTRL+ESC

~edit~

Have you noted the expiration date?

15/01/2013

 

[classified]

i'm encountering some problems: http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/3967-help-windows-8-install.html#post65752

does anybody have similar issues?

 

[brummyfan]

I miss switching between Metro and Desktop by moving the cursor to left edge of the screen, they could have removed the Start button and left this feature alone.

CTRL+ESC

~edit~

Have you noted the expiration date?

15/01/2013

Yes, I got the same date as well.

 

[Kynix]

I miss switching between Metro and Desktop by moving the cursor to left edge of the screen, they could have removed the Start button and left this feature alone.

CTRL+ESC

~edit~

Have you noted the expiration date?

15/01/2013

Sweet we can use this version for 6 moths after release, and if we get a massive discount, i might buy it, the only problem seems to be that i already have precious 7 Ultimate.

 

[Dwarf]

I haven't got time to do anything with it this evening, so I'm going to set it to download overnight and I'll have a bash tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Brink]

Log off is now called Sign out in Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...estart-shut-down-switch-user-windows-8-a.html

 

[kado897]

That's better. VMPlayer automatically installs guest additions.




This post is from W8 Comsumer Preview in VMPlayer.

 

[scrooge]

thay took out the only 2 things I liked about win 8. ( word hunt game and stocks). and that jumpimg loops just to shut down is just nuts.

scrooge

 

[vrosa]

It's much more refined than WDP. I now think M$ is going to make a good OS !

 

[kado897]

I miss switching between Metro and Desktop by moving the cursor to left edge of the screen, they could have removed the Start button and left this feature alone.

You can still do that. Hover your mouse at the top left and it shows the last App used. If you move the mouse down it shows thumbs of all open apps.

 

[PwnFrnzy]

Finally released! FF says about 36 minutes left, downloading the 32-bit ISO to use on my ol' Athlon XP machine, she has been sitting there for awhile now.

 

[baarod]

Start menu is back!!!! Kinda C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX contains groups of shortcuts that will do just fine for me! Just slam your mouse pointer into the bottom left corner and RIGHT click!!!

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
downloading the ISO from Work -- 29 mins for the x-64 version we have decent download spped and for once MS servers don't seem overloaded. -- left the PC on after work and will copythe iso to a USB and install on my own machine on 1 Mar.

I prefer the ISO to the online install as I might want to try it on some different machines or even as a VM.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[kenshen]

just got home cant wait

 

[Brink]

Start menu is back!!!! Kinda C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX contains groups of shortcuts that will do just fine for me! Just slam your mouse pointer into the bottom left corner and RIGHT click!!!

In additon:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2581-start-menu-open-windows-8-a.html

 

[PwnFrnzy]

Just started the installation on my Athlon XP machine. Let's see how it goes.

EDIT: 20 minutes and it's barely at 23%.