[shreader]

Last week a M3 build of Windows 8 leaked online.

The leaked build is: 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825.iso
It is a Windows 8 x64 client - Ultimate version

It is quite similar to the previous Win8 version, except that this one has a new beta fish start-up screen (among other things).


My logon > desktop sequence photos (lasts about 1 second).

[Grav!ty]

Very nice!

[yeshuas]

I like the beta fish startup and the new wait/working thingie

This build seemed to take longer to install, and I didn't care for it requiring a password and password hint to continue. (Was able to go into Control Panel later and remove under user account)
I read where some were saying that this version didn't support a keyboard, didn't run into that at all

[yeshuas]

I haven't been able to get Avast to work with this new build, tried Avira too and got error, anyone else have any luck with a AV

[shreader]

I'm using Avira, my install said it was successful.
The first scan only did 570 files though, at least it says the real time protection is working

Did you get your copy activated?
I tried several Win7 beta keys, then finally found 1 that worked.

[yeshuas]

havent tried to activate it, dont have any keys to try, figure they'll be another build just round the corner

[shreader]

Here are a couple of more screen shots from this build.




Immersive Browser (IB), only appears in upper left corner, cannot stretch or move (not very exciting atm).


To turn on IB one must:
1) disable aero (ctrl+shift+F9)
2) browse to Program Files /Microsoft /Immersive Browser /Microsoft.ImmersiveBrowser /miexplore.

Edit: I found that this IB stays running in the background & when one disables aero (again) the IB window pops-up @ the IE home page

[kd1966]

I listened to a podcast the other day (Windows Weekly w/Paul Thurotte) where the topic was Windows 8; from the discussion it sounds like it will be mostly consumer oriented (IMO) and that MS is not concerned about business/corporate migrations to Windows 8. They also covered if v8 was simply a "Interface/GUI upgrade" and it sounds like it is not, which to me is good news. Hope your all having fun with the beta

[shreader]

>snip<
Hope your all having fun with the beta

Ya, pretty fun, there's some new stuff to try out.

>snip<
I read where some were saying that this version didn't support a keyboard, didn't run into that at all

I have not had that problem either.
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I tried out the Tablet PC Input Panel (TPC) that is included w/ this build.

Here are some screenshots of how it works.

Taskbar start-up location


Interface & typing into WordPad, note TPC trying to help


Closed/hidden in desktop side, a click & it pops-out


At this stage, the only way I found to shut-it-down is through the Task Manager

[shreader]

Pressing F12 in Internet Explorer opens another window & toolbar

Internet Explorer 9.0 in Windows 7


Internet Explorer 9.0 in Windows 8 w/ IE 10.0 browsing & compatibility