Windows Developer Preview: General OS questions (Locked) announcement
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With the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the Windows General OS Forum is no longer the supported destination for general questions related to Windows 8. For Developer related questions please continue to select from the list of forums under the MSDN Windows Metro app style category. IT Pros can now select from a list of dedicated TechNet forums under the Windows 8 IT Pro category. General consumers can get support from our Microsoft Answers community. This forum will remain as a read-only resource but we encourage you to leverage our other community support resources for new questions.
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0 VotesWindows developer preview problem while connecting to internet.
Hello, i recently installed windows developer preview on my pc and every time i connect to internet the connection gets terminated automatically. I can open google then the connection gets ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 2866 Views | Created by Vinayakdandin1 - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:40 PM | Last reply by Marilyn-Support Engineer - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:17 PM
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Good-Bye, Windows 8 Developer Preview
I, WindowsVista567, created this post under an account that has since been deleted. If you have any questions about this post, I will respond to them from the "WindowsVista567" account, as I ...Discussion | 73 Replies | 17964 Views | Created by WindowsVista567 - old account - Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:25 PM | Last reply by Nikorios - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:09 PM -
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Win8 Consumer Preview - upgrade path for Samsung tablets from BUILD conference?
Win 8 consumer preview version comes out tomorrow (Feb 29). Any news yet on what the upgrade path is for the Samsung tablets that we got at the BUILD ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 3804 Views | Created by volleynerd - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:05 PM | Last reply by TrekDozer - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:08 PM -
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WDP setup problem
Hi, After installing WDP 32-bit on VMware successful i wanted to instal it on my pc But it keeps freezing on the black WDP startup ...Unanswered | 12 Replies | 4118 Views | Created by Samzehboy - Monday, January 16, 2012 12:17 AM | Last reply by Irfanfare - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:58 PM -
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Store App opens, when I start any app on Metro UI for a specific user account
Everything was working fine on my Win8 preview installation until suddenly all immersive applications stopped coming up. Any time I click on one of these apps on start screen, the store app opens ...Answered | 22 Replies | 6415 Views | Created by NomanA - Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:06 PM | Last reply by Exotic Hadron - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:19 PM -
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System unresponsive after a few minutes/hours
Hi, I used Win8 for a long time, then not anymore for a few months, and then started to use it again. Since I started to ...Unanswered | 5 Replies | 3610 Views | Created by Alexander Wurzinger - Monday, February 27, 2012 6:25 AM | Last reply by Alexander Wurzinger - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:49 PM -
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Any delay windows 8 consumer?
So its Febuary 29th tomorrow and was wondering if its still being released or is there any delay?. Or is the net going to blow up tonight as seen as its a leap year :D.Unanswered | 1 Replies | 3121 Views | Created by skipper847 - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:47 AM | Last reply by Cyber_Defend_Team - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:39 AM -
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Default BCD Store in Windows Server 8 Developer Preview
I would like to know why default boot configuration in Windows Server 8 Developer Preview does not provide for detecting HAL, integrity services and RE graphic user interface (custom:250000c2) ...Unanswered | 2 Replies | 4663 Views | Created by chipvlad - Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:01 AM | Last reply by chipvlad - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:10 AM -
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"Low disk space" error while installing Windows 8
Hi, I have a problem with installation of Windows 8. When I want to install this on 100 GB partition it says that I can't install WDP, because "you have not enough space on ...Unanswered | 9 Replies | 4468 Views | Created by Kamil Czerniak - Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:53 PM | Last reply by vaibhav verma - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:10 AM -
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upgrade from developer preview to consumer preview
So, will there be a big update for developer preview systems or will I need to do a clean install? (not really a big deal as I use my laptop for goofing off mostly)Proposed | 5 Replies | 5404 Views | Created by Chanpod - Monday, February 27, 2012 10:59 PM | Last reply by J W Stuart - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:10 AM -
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how to disable display driver signature enforcement in Windows 8 Developer Preview with developer tools (x64).
I tried to install a unsigned display driver in Windows 8 Developer Preview with developer tools (x64) but failed. I couldn't find boot menu. After running cmd below, i can see legacy boot menu, but ... -
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I have problems with Internet connection(p4i65pe motherboard built-in network adapter)
Widnows found my network adapter and seems to have installed proper drivers, but when dialling( I use pppoe internet connection) Windows just crashes and then restarts. Please ...Answered | 7 Replies | 4511 Views | Created by ru_RU - Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:10 PM | Last reply by Steven - Support Engineer - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:33 AM -
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Audio On Windows 8 Dev preview Not working Help Please!
I am having trouble getting my sound to work. It has the Speaker With the x on it. Finds No devices but it does in device manager. Says i have to start required audio services. Also says one or more ...Answered | 8 Replies | 35737 Views | Created by DrDreRam - Monday, September 26, 2011 4:37 AM | Last reply by Steven - Support Engineer - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:17 AM -
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360 deg. Metro UI panning
this is more of a feature request..... It would be great if the panning UI looped back to the start, instead of having to pan back to the left to get to the start. Imagine having 10 ...Discussion | 1 Replies | 3205 Views | Created by wosborne - Tuesday, October 4, 2011 11:35 AM | Last reply by JoshUX - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:12 AM -
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Windows 8 Start button removed by Microsoft in 'Consumer Preview'
http://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/2/5/2768471/windows-8-start-button-removed-consumer-preview So how are you supposed to launch a desktop app in desktop mode?Discussion | 65 Replies | 8143 Views | Created by I-DotNET - Monday, February 6, 2012 1:33 PM | Last reply by davewilk - Monday, February 27, 2012 9:29 PM -
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Anyone traced the .NET 3.5.1 download (x64)?
REALLY getting tired of the slow download I keep needing to do, wondering if anyone traced the URL for .NET 3.5.1 download (x64 in particular) so that I can manually download the ...Answered | 37 Replies | 47228 Views | Created by Robert MacLean - Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:31 PM | Last reply by allencook - Monday, February 27, 2012 7:03 PM -
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Is there any way to know the current posision out of Metro start screen?
On Win8 Metro, Start Screen is speeded approximately 3 pages horizontally, and only one third is displayed on the screen. My question is, from Metro style application, is there any ...Unanswered | 5 Replies | 3100 Views | Created by k_fushimi - Monday, February 27, 2012 8:32 AM | Last reply by Irfanfare - Monday, February 27, 2012 6:04 PM -
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Feature request: temporarily switch keyboard layout using caps lock
My main keyboard layout is Dvorak but I'd like a way to temporarily switch the keyboard layout to German to type some umlaut characters. Current Linux distributions solve this by ...Proposed | 6 Replies | 4338 Views | Created by Marcus Ilgner - Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:40 AM | Last reply by Irfanfare - Monday, February 27, 2012 5:58 PM -
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Windows 8 install hangs at "Expanding files...76%"
I'm trying to install a dual boot of Windows 7 & 8 on a machine, and the Windows 8 installation (on a fresh partition) never gets past 76% of expanding files. I checked my download's sha1 ...Proposed | 12 Replies | 12660 Views | Created by Todd Sjolander - Friday, October 7, 2011 2:31 PM | Last reply by _bug_ - Monday, February 27, 2012 9:39 AM -
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Dual boot Windows 8 & Windows 7
I made a copy with bcdedit /copy {current} -d "Windows 7" and set the device + osdevice pointing to my Windows 7 volume. At the next reboot there's an ...Proposed | 4 Replies | 8194 Views | Created by dynamind - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:36 PM | Last reply by BoYans - Monday, February 27, 2012 9:11 AM
Windows Developer Preview: General OS questions (Locked) announcement
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Link
With the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the Windows General OS Forum is no longer the supported destination for general questions related to Windows 8. For Developer related questions please continue to select from the list of forums under the MSDN Windows Metro app style category. IT Pros can now select from a list of dedicated TechNet forums under the Windows 8 IT Pro category. General consumers can get support from our Microsoft Answers community. This forum will remain as a read-only resource but we encourage you to leverage our other community support resources for new questions.
