[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Customer Preview on VMware Workstation 8
Microsoft yesterday launched the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for x86 PCs during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. And as with all moves to capture the tech industry’s attention, timing is everything. There is huge difference in Windows developer preview and Customer preview. As per Micrososft they have changed more than 100,000 lines of code for Customer preview.
[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Customer Preview on Oracle VirtualBox
As with any pre-release software, Microsoft cautions that users may encounter bugs and incompatibilities. Recommended specs, as provided by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's President of Windows and Windows Live, are as follows:
1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
The Windows 8 Customer preview is currently available as a free download at preview.windows.com
You can test & get a view of Windows 8 customer preview on your machines by using Vmware Workstation 8. Below steps covers step by step process to successfully install the Windows 8 customer preview on Vmware workstation 8.
If you get error message like "Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the settings from the unattend answer file" then refer below guide to resolve it.. Just need to remove Floppy Drive from the Windows 8 Virtual machine settings.
http://www.mytricks.in/2011/09/vmware-workstation-8-windows-cannot.html
[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Customer Preview on Oracle VirtualBox
As with any pre-release software, Microsoft cautions that users may encounter bugs and incompatibilities. Recommended specs, as provided by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's President of Windows and Windows Live, are as follows:
1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
The Windows 8 Customer preview is currently available as a free download at preview.windows.com
You can test & get a view of Windows 8 customer preview on your machines by using Vmware Workstation 8. Below steps covers step by step process to successfully install the Windows 8 customer preview on Vmware workstation 8.
If you get error message like "Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the settings from the unattend answer file" then refer below guide to resolve it.. Just need to remove Floppy Drive from the Windows 8 Virtual machine settings.
http://www.mytricks.in/2011/09/vmware-workstation-8-windows-cannot.html
