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Had all the fun you can stand? Want to get back to just plain old Windows 7 and remove all remnants of the Windows 8 Developers Preview? Want to wait until the next iteration or Beta Release which should be coming soon? This video will hopefully get you through the process. Good luck and Best...

If you're thinking about taking the new Windows 8 Developers Preview for a test drive, you may consider watching this video. Dual booting Windows 7 with the Windows 8 Developers Preview is pretty straight forward and not unlike we've all done dual boot scenarios in the past. Some folks have...

When I first decided to jump into the Win 8 Dev. Preview I decided, based on recommendations of fellow members in the Windows Secrets Lounge, to install Win 8 Dev preview into a virtualization environment. I downloaded Virtual Box from Oracle and attempted to install it in my Win 7 Ultimate OS...

I installed these portions of Windows Live within my Win 8 Dev Preview. I am able to connect to, read my Hotmail mail, answer my mail, etc. I am having problems connecting to my ISP pop server to check that account, but since this is an early preview, and not my working OS, I am not real...

I successfully installed Link Removedinto Win 8 Dev Preview with great success. I am installed inside Virtual Box, so Av was not absolutely necessary, but wanted to see if it worked.

I was able to install Last Pass password manager in Win 8 Dev Preview and it works very well. Just signed into my account similarly to Win 7. Last Pass works in both IE 10 and Google Chrome 14 browsers. Just do a Google search with Last Pass.

Hi. I'm trying to install the developer preview on a seperate partition on my HP Touchsmart 610-1120a. The image works just fine in virtual box but fails when I try to install to disk. What happens is that it installs all the files, does the first restart and goes to "loading devices". It...

According to rumours started by a popular Windows 8 news site, Win8China, Microsoft is set to provide a public BETA build of Windows 8 to the public soon, maybe even September 30th 2011. I personally don't believe these rumors, but if MS does manage to deliver a new build soon, you may as well...

Using registry/disk cleaners (CCleaner, SpeedUpMyPC,etc) in the Windows 8 Developer/Consumer Preview will result in the absence of both the app store and the metro/immersive Control Panel being unavailable in your installation. Luckily, I have found a fix for this problem. But first, a summary...

Have just installed Windows 8 developer preview (64 bit) on my laptop. For some reason the metro UI (block interface) is completely invisible - I can launch apps by clicking on the seemingly empty screen. I can search for apps by typing just fine, but the main block interface just won't...

Take a look at the new version of VMWare Workstation and you will have no doubt in your mind that Microsoft's Hyper-V offering, which was formerly only available in Windows Server 2008, will be negligible for serious virtualization users when the time comes to upgrade to Windows 8. VMWare...

I've installed 32-bit version of developer preview recently and tried to play some games from my steam . Games worked perfectly but my ports for gmod and hamachi doesen't work. Hamachi has no internet connection. I know it's so early version of Windows 8 but maybe some of you can find a fix to...

Short version: It sucks. Let's hope it gets better. Fast. Long version: The first official public iteration of Microsoft Windows 8 leaves much to offer. The nagging Smart Screen UI (MetroUI) was added for developers at the BUILD conference running in Anaheim, CA right now. The build lacks...

Feeling obsolete? Microsoft has released Windows 8 as a developer preview TODAY. No, it really is Windows 8. And it's not a flimsy leak from Bit-Torrent as far as we can tell. See: Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview Link Removed We are moving to provide factual analysis, preview...

Microsoft has launched a developer preview of Microsoft Windows 8 to the general public. The location can be found here: Link Removed The information contains an assortment of details about the operating system, including the core OS itself, as well as the Metro UI. While unofficial leaks have...

It’s a great day for Windows enthusiastic and developers, Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developers Preview after the Windows 8 Build developers conference. The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools...

Hi, I have a Windows 8 Dev. Preview, I burned it on DVD and Installed it, the Win8 is installed on the C partion (without asking me which partion to install on) which has my original Win7, Since both of them are Win I thought that Win8 will give the choice of which to boot Win 8 or 7, it did but...

Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), will not run on Windows Vista, either now in its developer preview form or when the software ships, the company confirmed today. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), will not run on Windows Vista, either now in its developer preview form or when the software ships, the company confirmed today. read more Link Removed