Windows 8 - the Features, Applications and News Thread

Surprised i didn't know this already, but Win 8 has 16-bit apllication support (Vista and 7 removed it) so you can now run all those old Win 98 games/software.

You can turn it on in the Control Panel...

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I'm totally going to play Screamer on my Surface tablet.
 
No choice. I used this back in dev preview but there were a few minor issues. Iv come back to test it now for a few days before my new SSD comes and I think ill make the switch to release preview for a month or so till RTM.

The tweaks to multi monitor are PERFECT. You can catch your mouse between monitors if you scrape the top/bottom of screen. so you can hit those hotspots. and those hotspots are now on both monitors. Goodbye Ultramon.


Iv not followed every update so its probably nothing new to you guys. But the step from dev preview to release preview has a nice range of subtle improvements.
 
It looks like there will be no retail boxed full version, only upgrades

Windows 8 System Builder Licensing – Important Changes Coming

As we continue to make progress toward the launch of Windows 8, we want to provide insight into some important changes coming in the System Builder License terms for Windows 8.

Note some of the information was announced on the Windows Team Blog (windowsteamblog.com). The purpose of this communication is to give you more information about these changes so that you can discuss them with your applicable partners.

1. Changes in Retail License.

• As a reminder, for Windows 7, there are two retail license types that are offered
o A full license of Windows 7 for installation by end users on a PC that does not have a previous version of Windows installed on it
o An upgrade license of Windows 7 that upgrades a PC with a previous version of Windows to Windows 7
• The majority of consumers buying the retail license are looking to upgrade. For Windows 8, Microsoft will therefore only offer an upgrade version of Windows 8 through the retail channel. This is the license an end user would purchase who wants to upgrade their current PC from a prior version of Windows to Windows 8.

2. Changes in Windows 8 System Builder License.

• In view of this change, the System Builder license for Windows 8 will include a (“Do It Yourself” or DIY rights) license for end users who wish to build their own PC for their personal use or install Windows as an additional operating system in a virtual machine or a separate partition. These users will also be able to purchase and install the System Builder product.

• End users who wish to use System Builder product for the above purposes will have to accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) in place of System Builder License. Under the terms of the EULA, the licensor is Microsoft instead of the System Builder, and support from Microsoft is not included. In addition, the following key licensing terms will apply to the end user:
o System Builder product may only be used:
 As the operating system on a PC you build for personal use OR
 As an operating system running in either a local virtual machine or as additional operating system in a separate partition

o System Builder product may not be used:
 As an upgrade license to an existing underlying Windows operating system
 To legalize from a non-genuine Windows operating system
 To license more than five copies of the software (in total) for commercial use

Please note that the changes described here apply only to Windows 8, not to Windows 7.
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Energize said:
That's sure to increase piracy, if people can't buy it they have to pirate it, pirating it wouldn't even be immoral in such circumstances, bizarre decision.
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Assuming the files can be extracted and verified off the Microsoft servers. I imagine the files downloaded will be encrypted and unlikely to be that easy to 'modify'.
 
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