Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

[rogueblade]

awesome, just did the whole liveblog thing on the verge.

 

[paradisiac]

Yep, working fine Very fast driver install. Infact I don't see it installing it just works OOTB!

awesome, that was the only issue i had with the dev preview

 

[Django x2]

There's a proper MS USB tool which I find much better than that hooky Rufus POS

 

[Glaucus]

Just wish USB pen would work, won't format, rufus says no bad sectors. It doesn't have write protection.

 

[iBSOD]

Does the W8 downloader/installer client install over Windows 7, like an upgrade?

 

[JonnyGLC]

Just wish USB pen would work, won't format, rufus says no bad sectors. It doesn't have write protection.

Why not try using the official USB tool?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

For my Macbook Air I had to use the one built into the osx for bootcamp.

 

[Glaucus]

Why not try using the official USB tool?

Windows won't even format it, but I'll give it a go.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Check out some clear pictures over at my twitter feed right now.

Any of you want me to test something let me know and I will test it.

 

[pioneer2000]

lol - that fish is hilarious.

 

[marc2003]

call me odd but i quite often double click in the top left of maximised applications to close them but a pop out side bar keep getting in my way.

 

[paradisiac]

Check out some clear pictures over at my twitter feed right now.

Any of you want me to test something let me know and I will test it.

im assuming the latest graphics card drivers should work on this? just use the windows 7 ones?

 

[nightmare99]

Does anybody with MSDN access have any clue when we are going to see a new server build as I had a few problems with the current one?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

im assuming the latest graphics card drivers should work on this? just use the windows 7 ones?

Works out of the box, I am not changing anything unless I have too. I want to see how well it works without any new drivers or anything.

PS there are 7 updates already from Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows Updates.

 

[bledd]

There's a proper MS USB tool which I find much better than that hooky Rufus POS

It's an awesome tool, can create a bootable DOS usb key without needing to find anything else yourself!

 

[nightmare99]

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28997

Here is a link for the ADK not sure if it has been posted already

Tools available in the Windows ADK include:
• Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
• Deployment Tools
• Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
• User State Migration Tool (USMT)
• Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
• Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT)
• Windows Assessment Toolkit
• Windows Assessment Services

 

[LeJosh]

Currently installing the iso into virtualbox.

 

[paradisiac]

Works out of the box, I am not changing anything unless I have too. I want to see how well it works without any new drivers or anything.

PS there are 7 updates already from Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows Updates.

but out the box wont have CCC or NvCPl will it?

also, i know it has no relation to the performance of the pc in reality, but does win8 have the windows performance thing. forgot to look when i had the dev installed

 

[marc2003]

the metro mail app is an absolute joke. it only displays 2 messages from my hotmail inbox when there are 13 and although it does display all my gmail messages, the update is so slow i might as well write a letter. i know it says "app preview" but it's simply not good enough to be released in this state.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

the metro mail app is an absolute joke. it only displays 2 messages from my hotmail inbox when there are 13 and although it does display all my gmail messages, the update is so slow i might as well write a letter. i know it says "app preview" but it's simply not good enough to be released in this state.

I am suprised I hear this from you. It's an app preview! noob.

These changes are huge and will take some time to get used too.