Ok so It appears the pro version has not leaked yet. *Are we sure pro will be harder to activate? is there not a loader/bios situation like there was for 7 and vista or are we talking a diablo III type situation where it requires internet? *Enterprise would be ok for me, but i need suggestions on what program to use with my tv tuner if I am to loose WMC... *Lets say I do want to purchase a product key. With 7 you could download it from the microsoft store and purchase a product key. Would I be correct in assuming there is no way to purchase this key before the official launch?
Pro is leaked but not yet public. XBMC & Plex Client are my two fav WMC replacements, although I don't have a TV capture card, so I don't need that feature and haven't looked for alternatives. People can only guess how MS will allow you to activate, but it's known that you MUST be online to Activate Pro using Microsoft to validate your Key with your current hardware, Enterprise is said to allow KMS (offline) activation via your own network.
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another quick question: Is it confirmed we can rearm enterprise until October or whenever a group releases the KMS activator? Has anyone tried setting the date forward in the BIOS and rearming?
Is there any chance to leak the language packs for RTM? Or do I have to wait until 15 Aug? English is not my first language.. Please advise me!
Is the ISO "9200.16384.120725-1247_x64frev_Enterprise_VL_HRM_CENA_X64FREV_EN-US_DVD.iso" 100% clean??? The note says this is original M$ image, but it could still have been tampered with. I don't want to waste 3.4 GB of my mobile broadband bandwidth for a unclean ISO file.
I've now tried the x86 Enterprise version and it works fine too, I made a "Windows To Go" with it and it worked REALLY well on an Atom Gen 1 Netbook, it actually booted faster and ran better from the External USB WTG than the installed Windows 7 install does on it. It only has 1GB of ram but you couldn't tell On another note, you can easily change your User Profile picture (if you use and online account), go to Hotmail.com or live.com and change it there, within 4 minutes you'll have it synced to your Metro screen. I tried to make a USB 3 Thumb Drive WTG, but after it took 2 hours to make, it was at 7% after 8 minutes of booting, so I gave up and used a WD USB portable HDD instead, that only took 9 1/2 minutes to make and booted to Windows in 34 seconds (the 2nd time), after having issues with it not having my Wifi drivers built in I plugged in one that was included, then used Search Online For Drivers (in device manager) to get the ones I needed for my N USB Wifi. I am very happy with Windows 8 and the WTG. Tips to make Windows To Go (easy and Fast). Install 7zip Make your USB bootable using Windows ISO tool, Windows To Go, or follow the guide here arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/ordering-windows-to-go-how-to-create-a-bootable-windows-8-usb-thumb-drive/ Mount the downloaded Windows 8 ISO. Use 7z to extract install.wim (in the mounted drives sources folder) to the USB disk run 'bcdboot.exe H:\windows /s H: /f ALL' in an admin cmd prompt (replace H with your own USB's drive letter) ------- I already had a bootable USB partition, so I just 7z extracted the install.wim, ran the bcdboot command and rebooted my PC. Well I am going to find other cool things Windows 8 does, thanks to all the leakers for these RTM's.
wow man....i just installed win 8 ent x64 and it is freakin fast more than win 7. the metro experience is very nice well done M$! i will be buying the Pro version as i love it! the installation expereince is also nice to watch not boring anymore