Hello, I am searching for this update(standalone) it extends DP expiration date to 2013 jan 15. If you have updated W8 DP x86 you can find this update in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ FAQ: 1. Why do you still use DP when CP/RP/RTM are out? I don't use but I want to use it on old Pentium M machine and Developer Preview works fine on them.. because it doesn't have NX/XD checks. 2.For what reason you need this update? Simple - to get other updates(bugfixes) till 15 jan.. 3. Developer Preview is Pre-Realease(Pre-Beta more precisely) and you want to use it as main OS? Nope.. dual boot with XP.
I don't think that there is.. just swapping installer from sources folder doesn't work because my CPU does not support it at all... after tweaking boot.wim I got 0x000005c instead of 0x0000260.. I have read a lot on that topic and tried experimenting.. but from what M$ wrote they made NX checks in installer mode(commercial setup.exe is a workaround) and in kernel which is not possible to bypass, and even if it would be I think I would get frequent BSODs because somw windows services require it..
my mobo can't hande CPUs with more than 400MHz FSB, and there were no Pentium Ms with 400MHz fsb & NX bit.
not sure, but if the CPU cannot run more that 400MHz but has NX, wouldn't it be enough? I don't recall but I changed CPUs with different fsb and it worked. Is quite a while ago and don't nail me on this. It is worth a try
there were no Pentium M CPU which had 400MHz or less FSB and had NX. and changing to 533MHz will lead to multiplier/clock loss, I currently have Pentium M(Dothan) 735 , 1.7GHz, 2MB L2, if I would insert 533MHz 2.1GHz cpu I won't get more than 1.3GHz EDIT: RP checks NX.
My experiance was that RP does not check NX as I tried by myself some months ago with an old PC. meanwhile I don't have it any more so I cannot do the proof again. I only realized that when installing RP, it did the job and RTM failed. I investigated at that time and found the NX issue to be the reason. Anyway, as Stannieman mentioned, take the slower speed and install RTM instead