Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Feb 2012 15:29 UTC
I'm swamped with real-world work at the moment, so you'll have to settle for this quickie: the consumer preview for Windows 8 has been released. Go get it and report in what you find!
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Member since:2005-07-06
The key's on the download page http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
Member since:2011-01-28
orestes,
"The key's on the download page http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso"
So it is, I feel foolish now. I did search and read the instructions though, the md5 hashes screened the activation keys.
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Anyone else try it under KVM?
All I get is a picture of a fish blowing bubbles, and then it kicks back out to the BIOS screen.
The developer preview of win8 worked, so maybe they broke something.
Oh well, it loads under plain QEMU.
This is unexpected, I can't get past the windows activation screen. Good job microsoft.
http://imgur.com/HWkSJ
Edit: I've searched microsoft's win8 website and the web for information, but I still can't find out how to activate the preview. Does anyone else know how to get the preview working?
All I get is a picture of a fish blowing bubbles, and then it kicks back out to the BIOS screen.
The developer preview of win8 worked, so maybe they broke something.
Oh well, it loads under plain QEMU.
This is unexpected, I can't get past the windows activation screen. Good job microsoft.
http://imgur.com/HWkSJ
Edit: I've searched microsoft's win8 website and the web for information, but I still can't find out how to activate the preview. Does anyone else know how to get the preview working?
If you use the ISO rather than the web setup package, you can get the key from the ISO download page at http://preview.windows.com/
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
The key is: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J
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2011-01-28
Anyone else try it under KVM?
All I get is a picture of a fish blowing bubbles, and then it kicks back out to the BIOS screen.
The developer preview of win8 worked, so maybe they broke something.
Oh well, it loads under plain QEMU.
This is unexpected, I can't get past the windows activation screen. Good job microsoft.
http://imgur.com/HWkSJ
Edit: I've searched microsoft's win8 website and the web for information, but I still can't find out how to activate the preview. Does anyone else know how to get the preview working?
Edited 2012-02-29 18:30 UTC