release preview

I know it's nearly Christmas but a reminder that,if you are still using Windows 8 Release Preview,it is due to expire on 15th January 2013. Also if you have still got Windows 8 Consumer Preview, or Windows 8 Developers Preview,those two Beta version will also expire on the same day. So...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (August 15, 2012): Removed erroneous FAQ for Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate releases. The Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate releases are not affected by the...

Seems there may still yet be some things going on with the UI prior to RTM. One can only hope. SOURCE: How Microsoft can salvage Windows 8 before it's too late | ZDNet An interesting read on what might be wrong with Windows 8 and might be done to address it. Nice, brief synopsis.

Here's one GOOD reason to download the Microsoft Release Preview and link it to your Live account as soon as possible. With the RTM version inevitably coming any time soon, you will want to check this out! If you use the Windows 8 Release Preview with your Windows Live Account, you will...

While the information concerning the Windows 8 Upgrade $39.99 offer is all over the internet, what is a tad more interesting and a little harder to find is; That Microsoft will extend this offer to users of the Windows 8 Release Preview as well. While such an upgrade will entail the...

I am trying to install Windows 8 Release Preview. I made a bootable USB key from the iso file using the MS tool for the job, as I've done a bunch of times in the past for both Windows 8 and Windows 7. On booting from the USB key, the "Windows" title comes up for a minute, and then the screen...

Hi I haven't gotten to updating to the Release Preview yet, I have jobs in progress I want to wrap up first, then I think I will triple boot and put it in a new partition before I remove the CP version. What obvious differences are there between the 2? Does the new version contain the...

I am using Windows 8 Release Preview on my desktop. At present the Windows marketplace has a very limited quantity of apps. I also saw the Windows phone marketplace and it has a lot of apps. I read in the news that it has more than 100000 apps presently. I think it a possibility that when the...

I've recently installed a nvidia geforce 8400 video card on my test PC that has four hard drives running, Ubuntu, Debian and Mageia Linux distros. They all work fine with the video card. When I tried to install win8 Release Preview on a newly installed hdd that I partitioned to ntfs, the...

The right click on the start menu, power user menu pops up when I click it but when I click an option like control panel nothing happens. It did work for a while when I first installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview and then stopped. I installed Windows 8 Release Preview hoping it was just a bug...

Hello, Today I have upgraded my Windows 8 Consumer Preview to Windows 8 Release Preview I didn't download the ISO image, so should I install the ISO rather than upgrading the previous OS? Does this affect the changes of some features or anything or it's just that nothing has been changed yet...

Just attempted to install Windows 8 Release Preview on my old beater laptop and got a surprise. This is the same laptop that is already running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and had ran the Windows 8 Developers Preview. "This PC can't run Windows 8" "See below if you're inerested in finding out...

ISO images and key. You don't need to do anything special Windows 8 Release Preview ISO formats

Softpedia have a report on the 'Release Preview' which contains some interesting news: Reference: New Metro Apps in Windows 8 Release Preview - Softpedia

When Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview next month the operating system will have improved navigation features for users who like more than one monitor to display all their applications. Related Stories Sell Apple, buy Facebook, report Wozniak reveals why Steve Jobs loved secrecy...