Can you show us the Server version please? What was in Server WDP the default wallpaper? i haven't got the server wdp!
About the new Start Menu: PERSONALLY, I really like changes in any software or operating system. I'm always excited because, let's be real, same look Windows is using for almost 10 years is getting boring... So, good bye Start Menu, I won't miss you.
Personally, I never used the Start Menu anyway (except for the run box). I have shortcuts to all of my programs on my desktop and now on the MetroUI. Thats enough for me!
Just use classic shell to bypass the metro ui. Only snag is after every reboot, the start screen will appear, just press win key + d to get to the desktop.
Thats made for the desktop user,but why they hide the option in gpedit.msc? Better to put in the PC-Setting option.
The fact that the current CCC requires .NET 3.5.1 (which is also included with the DP) is a non-issue - Office 2010 and quite a few *recent* games - including NFS HP2010 - also require the older version of .NET Framework. If an application comes along that requires it, the DP itself will prompt you - you can also add it yourself via Programs and Features in advance if that problem is expected.
Some applications and games (notably Office 2010 and HP2010) will cause Programs and Features to prompt you to install this older version of .NET Framework - which the DP will download via WU.
okay guys so what are the main differences that we know from windows 8 dev.preview and till now or (beta) . any new features added or removed. etc..
If canouna says Windows 8 is sexy, then it should be sexy indeed! Btw, i really really want MS to get rid of that sick dark greenish/blueish(whatever the heck it is!) background in the InstallPrep. "AeroLite come with Metro buttons + new caption buttons" - what are caption buttons?
exactly my thought and experience. using win7 (to play GFWL games) feels not cool anymore. scrolling through folders and folders isn't fun when the program i want to run, if i dont use it much isn't on my MFU list. while on Win8, it feels nice to scroll through it. but even though i like it, still i dont use it as much as i "wish". since sometimes i stay 5 hours straight on desktop, because all i have is pinned on taskbar or on a desktop as icon (just like i never used much start menu on win7) and sometimes i just press Win key, type and again on desktop within a second. i hope nice metro stype apps soon, so i can use it more start menu, but at the moment i only use IE immersive.
New screenshots by canouna are amazing... thanks! One question about the new background on the Start Screen, though: can we use the old one?