Windows 8 Developer's Preview

Windows 8 Developer's Preview(updated)

First of Guys here are my Computer specs

Athlon II X4 635 @ 2.9Ghz || Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-US2H || Kingston 2x2 Gb 1333Mhz DDR3 || WDC 500Gb Green || Palit GTS 250 512mb || Tagan 500W || Samsung B2030 || Lg DVD Writer ||

Installation

I have installed Windows 8 in a virtual machine. First I tried Vmware but unfortunately windows 8 does not wok in vmware.

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I read some where, it runs in Oracle Virtual box(I am not familiar with). So I installed it and it was successful in Running windows 8.

Here are the specs of my Virtual Machine:

Windows 8 64-bit, With 2 cores and 1.5 GB Ram, and 10 GB HD

As I have installed in virtual machine then Boot time and processing time can not be accurate or accepted.

Installation of windows 8 was similar to Windows 7. Before Going to desktop in initial info it asks for windows live ID to sync our setting in all computers but It also gives option for creating local user.

Time & space

It is virtual machine but still installation took around 20-25 mins. Including time I took screen shots and named them. so it is around 20 mins.

After Installation around 900MB was free from My 10 Gb virtual Hard-Disk

Here are the screenshots

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Drivers

I don't think @ current stage all Drivers are included as It did not detected my graphic card or Monitor, that is the reason all screen shots are in 4:3, installation shots are in 800x600. after logging in I changed to 1024x768.

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Ribbon

all talked about ribbon in explorer here it is. Ribbon can can be minimized and expanded as per use. So it won't use the screen space until you need it. I didn't find any new options in Ribbon all options in it are that we(advanced users) are using it from years(thru shortcuts). now just those shortcuts have been given UI. Also some Context menu Item have been added.

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Task manager is Improved and I liked it. their is 2 modes, one with fewer details and one with advanced

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Metro UI

I miss old start menu. Still searching for "UI" to "shut down". shortcut "alt+f4" works so using it for now. their are 2 types of apps. metro ui and desktop.

In metro ui their is no way to exit apps. to exit apps just leave it and go to start screen by pressing "win" Key and then after a minute it will be closed automatically. If their is any music playing in that app then u need to shift to dekstop and then it will stop playing and then after a minute app will exit itself.

so to get option in metro ui apps u need to "right click" and then u will get few option at Bottom of ur screen. Like in Games u get new game,restart,save,import,Home.

Switching Apps

Alt+tab still works and it is same as in windows 7.

win+Tab here are the changes. Now we don't get that 3D interface As apps switches in Full screen.

Now u can use mouse to switch between couple of apps. Move your Mouse Cursor to left of your screen and then last active app thumbnail is visible. clicking on it u switch to that app.

Control Pannel

their is 2 mode of control Panels. One with metro ui and one old windows 7 style. (old windows 7 , :lol:

Windows 7 is now old)Control Panel metro style is lite version of dektop Control pannel which has link(link::"More settings") to desktop control Panel. ..

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well I have not used for much just an hour or so. But I really didn't like integration of touch controls in it. I miss that old start screen. New start screen is useless, if ur using mouse and keyboard. I like metro ui, It might/will be pleasant to eyes. but that touch integration is not good. I hope in future release it has option in installation what type of "UI" you want old keyboard Or touch.

will Update more if necessary. IF some one needs to know anything Pls ask, I will check and let u know. Installing any app or games not necessary or logical. as this is not even Beta version.

Check Post No 19.

wow very nice review. I think you have captured almost all of the aspects

Pretty good. Task Manager looks good, but still a far cry from Process Explorer.

Looks like Win 8 will be easy to run on Hp touchsmart type of PCs; metro ui looks eye candy btw

integrated elements of Windows Phone 7 with Windows 7. looks nice.

Nice review. I wanted to download it but its 2.8 GB

. BTW virtualbox doesn't allow the virtual OS to recognise your graphics card. Instead I think it provides it with its own virtual graphics card. Instead from settings you can enable 2D and 3D acceleration from regular graphics card.

Nice Review

The minimise to exit feature may be annoying to a lot of us used to closing applications. Otherwise this release looks fine. I don't think I will be buying a copy anytime soon after release though (not even an upgrade license).

Nice review. Thanks.

Is that Blue screen in First Screenshot, Win8's new BSOD?? :-D

^^ Yes, it is. I have few more screenshots Will post tomorrow.

Just missed it, so now even the OS would be tied with the Windows Live. The bad just got worse!

^^it is optional, their is an option for local user

Any change in other programs like media player, paint, notepad, wordpad etc

Theme not have transparency option?

clmlbx said:
^^it is optional, their is an option for local user

Still not consolation enough. It should be other way rather.

Here is the method for logoff, restart, and shutdown windows 8 PC

Visit Here

How to Pin, Unpin, Resize, Move and Search Tiles in Windows 8 Start screen

Visit here

^^ thanx but I already got it yesterday. About Pin,resize tiles I knew. That is why I said I will post some new screenshots Today in my previous post.

S

m still downloading .....thanx for the review

Dialog Boxes

Copy Dialog Box has been improved Much look wise. But still it does not show accurate time remaining.

Their is no Dialog box to Send file to recycle bin, but their is if u do "Permanent Delete". (shift+del)

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Explorer

Now Windows Name is in center. Buttons have been added in Title Bar (left Top).

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Internet Explorer

Again Internet explorer is in 2 flavours. Metro n Desktop. here is Look Of Metro

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Start Button

When u take(hover) mouse cursor to left Bottom near start Button U see a Menu. On clicking on "settings" u see a Menu in Right of screen which has "power" button which gives option to "shutdown " or "restart".

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Security

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^^ Nice Review.
When you delete file windows 8 warns or not.
Are you checked any USB3.0 device with windows 8.
What are the games bundled with windows 8?

Still downloading .........

Is there any UAC..?

anandharaja said:
When you delete file windows 8 warns or not.
.

As I have written in my previous Post
"Their is no Dialog box to Send file to recycle bin, but their is if u do "Permanent Delete". (shift+del)"

anandharaja said:
Are you checked any USB3.0 device with windows 8.

I do not have any usb 3.0 devices nor port so can't do it.

@asingh

yes,their is. Most probably similar to windows 7. I think UAC is their to stay for a long time and according to me it is very good and usefull. Yes it sometimes annoys us, irritate us but it is useful.

To get this in XP we used to use "limited account" for our day to day work and use "administrator account" to install any thing

Nice review. Screen shots looks appealing, thanks for the same. Mine is an old PC. Just wondering if there will be drivers for Windows 8. I have Windows 7 now, but don't have graphics drivers. Hence no Aero, WMP, WMM or can't play any games. The system requirements say there is only need for DirectX 9 drivers. Does it mean that it will work on my PC ? Downloading any way

hi,
i completed Windows 8 developer preview download this morning and i try to install in my system i got the following BSOD Error " PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (WimFsf.sys)".

i cannot continue the install further what can i do now?
My system configuration is
intel i5 2500 processor
intel DH67BL motherboard
4GB 1600MHZ corsair RAM
Corsair 600W SMPS.

In my case, both Virtualbox and installation on a HP 430 laptop are throwing errors. Think I have a corrupted download.

i downloaded this in 3days.
wasted 3.5GB bandwidth + 2 Sony DVD

Skud said:
In my case, both Virtualbox and installation on a HP 430 laptop are throwing errors. Think I have a corrupted download.

This may help

*techforumindia.com/index.php?topic=4597.0

Already tried and failed.

Which version have you downloaded? In virtual Box Virtulization is required for 64 bit edition. or else it will not recognized 64 bit processor hence no windows.

why i got this BSOD Error " PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (WimFsf.sys)".

My iso fie is corrupted?

R

Skud said:
In my case, both Virtualbox and installation on a HP 430 laptop are throwing errors. Think I have a corrupted download.

anandharaja said:
why i got this BSOD Error " PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (WimFsf.sys)".

My iso fie is corrupted?

If u think u have corrupted download chk Sha 1 hash for integrity

Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)
DOWNLOAD (4.8 GB)

Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF

Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)

DOWNLOAD (3.6 GB)

Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9

Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)

DOWNLOAD (2.8 GB)

Sha 1 hash - 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC

Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads

yes, I believe it is. But to confirm Pls do a hash check , here below I shared hash from microsoft Site itself. Look according to your Version.

One who don't have hash checker get it from here:- (500 KB)

Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)

Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF

Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)

Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9

Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)

Sha 1 hash - 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC

Edit: hmm some one already shared it. I was writing this and I had to leave my table. I posted without refreshing page.

@Rajesh345 & clmlbx Thanks for your replies.
i used opera to download windows 8. its completed 100% but windows fails to install.
i checked my downloaded file with torrent file, opera miss around 12mb file, i completed my download using torrent.

i installed windows 8 successfully.

Get back your favorite Windows 7 Start Menu, Explorer And Task Manager In Windows 8
visit here

Start menu is fine, but I think explorer and task manager are better in Windows 8. Anyway, thanks for the link

@ meetdilip
if you like the windows 8 new interface and don't like the start menu here is the tool for customization depends on our taste. visit here

Any one installed antivirus in windows 8? i try to install avast 6 but not working

i copied Windows 8 iso image from HDD to external seagate freeagent goflex HDD.

Usb 3 Performance:
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Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts: Visit here

Windows 8 Shortcuts and secrets: Visit here

@ anandharaja

Thanks for the link

anandharaja said:
Any one installed antivirus in windows 8? i try to install avast 6 but not working

I heard that Windows 8 will have inbuilt antivirus solution out of the box.

Please look at this: Microsoft has already confirmed it.

1) Microsoft confirms antivirus features in Windows 8

2) Windows 8 will ship with built-in antivirus protection

It is just a modified version of Windows Defender. I think it will be wise to use a separate anti virus and firewall.

When you try to open unassociated file the following dialog appear.

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when you click see all option following dialog appear

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When you click look for app on web it opens internet explorer in metro style and gives the suggestion program associated to that file.

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How to Enable delete confirmation dialog

Right click on recycle bin and select properties.

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Now check the Display Delete Confirmation dialog.

Hidden Thumbnail Feature

When you move your cursor extremely left side you see thumbnail, through this thumbnail you can access previously opened programs.

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Click and drag the Thumbnail to right side, the thumbnail will enlarged and also you switch to another opened application.

^^ Ya I believe I have already shared that..

I am really impressed with Windows basic. Running windows 7 and windows 8 together at once is really stressful on system. I was getting lags on clicks and all. But after changing it to "windows Basic". wow Lot of improvement in performance.

guys win8 feedback please, is it worth it switching from win7 HP

Buddy, it's still a developer preview. Hard to compare the two. But from whatever we are seeing there would be some radical changes.

i know its in development phase, i was saying how much change is there. As we have seen very little UI difference on vista>win7

ive seen that it completely looks different win8

thank god but still its too early to release win8

Well as a person with inclination towards technology I wouldn't worry too much about "UI". Win7 is way ahead of Vista in many things apart from UI.

I think if you are enthusiast enough, give it a try. You can't switch to Win8 until it is released. Otherwise we'll have a lot of threads saying how much does Win8 suck!

gagan007 said:
Well as a person with inclination towards technology I wouldn't worry too much about "UI". Win7 is way ahead of Vista in many things apart from UI.

I think if you are enthusiast enough, give it a try. You can't switch to Win8 until it is released. Otherwise we'll have a lot of threads saying how much does Win8 suck!

as win8 looks more like a table os thats why i pointed out UI only
performance matters the most. i was not comparing vista and win7 on performance basis only on UI. win7 is really good and far better than vista and xp. But still xp feels very nice for programing and gaming !

I agree completely. As it has already been said in this thread that such a layout suits tablets (touchscreen) only. Or maybe MS should edit this feature so that we can drag those boxes in Metro UI, should be good.

Windows 8 is supposed to consume lesser memory and system resources than Windows 7. I feel if your computer knowledge is anywhere near average, you should give it a try.

have you ?

N

win8 = windows 7 + new login screen + metro screen

once u login to win8..there is noting called metro..its just plain windows 7.

I am using windows 8 on my laptop and everything just works fine.

again , win8 = win7 + metro UI at start..thats it. I wont be buying win8.

J

i know it is just a devpreview...hate to say this...but i expected a revolutionary interface in terms of usability. Metro isnt something great....try out Gnome 3 based linux distros. They are much better.

R

Any1 have problem with utube seek bar?

If i dont use seekbar everything is working fine , but if i used Seekbarb in utube firefox entire FF is freezing

Booting on RL hardware , not Vbox
Latest 11.8 and latest driver from M.S update
i know Win8 is not event beta but this is just a Question if crash only4me while uwing utube seekbar

What is the boot time in Developer Preview ?

^^ its faster than windows 7

Thanks. Any idea about exact time ? Remember MS quoting it 8 seconds from pressing power ON button to desktop. Do we get it on all systems ?

^^ obviously not possible on all System. I believe they used "SSD".. That might be fastest but time will vary according to your system. And @ current stage of development I assume their is no difference between win 7 and win8 boot time.. If it is then it is very little,unnoticeable. .I have not tried it on actual hard-ware so can't say much

Thanks clmlbx.

@meetdilip

i installed windows 7 and 8. ya windows 8 boots faster than windows 7, i guess may be it boots 8 to 10 sec in my system, exactly i don't know, next time i note down the exact boot time.

Thanks Anand.

@ meet dilip
my system boot time minimum is 16sec and maximum is 24 sec.

Thanks Anand. Can't rep