Microsoft has just revised its Windows Developer Center and released the Developer Preview for Windows 8. You can download and install it as you like.
This release of Developer PreviewOnly a Windows 8 pre-test version for developers, May change without notice, including adding and deleting functions. Microsoft specifically warned that this version may be unstable and incorrect. It may be different from the final version and should not be used in daily work environments.Testers are at their own risk..
The Windows 8 preview version released this time has three different versions. One of them comes with a full set of development tools, which only supports 64-bit, and the other two do not have development tools, which support 32-bit and 64-bit. We recommend that users who are engaged in development or interested download the first one, and common users download the second or third one.
1. Windows 8 Developer Preview (x64 64-bit) with a full set of development tools)
Language: English
File Format: ISO disc image
Size: 4.8 GB
Sha1 verification code: 6fe9352fb59f6d0789af35d1001bd4e4e81e42af
Image Content:
-64-bit Windows 8 Developer Preview
-Metro style application Windows SDK
-Visual Studio 11 Express
-Expression blend 5 Developer Preview
-28 Metro style applications at build Conference
:
Http://wdp.dlws.microsoft.com/WDPDL/9B8DFDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D8A9D4FD925DACD2/WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English-Developer.iso
2. Windows 8 Developer Preview (x64 64-bit)
Language: English
File Format: ISO disc image
Size: 3.6 GB
Sha1 verification code: 79dbf235fd49f5c1c8f8c04e24bde6e1d04da1e9
:
Http://wdp.dlws.microsoft.com/WDPDL/9B8DFDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D8A9D4FD925DACD2/WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English.iso
3. Windows 8 Developer Preview (x86 32-bit)
Language: English
File Format: ISO disc image
Size: 2.8 GB
Sha1 verification code: 4e0698bbabe01ed27582c9fc16ad21c4422913cc
:
Http://wdp.dlws.microsoft.com/WDPDL/9B8DFDFF736C5B1DBF956B89D8A9D4FD925DACD2/WindowsDeveloperPreview-32bit-English.iso
System Configuration Requirements:
-1 GHz or faster 32/64-bit Processor
-1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) memory
-16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) available hard disk space
-DX9 or higher-level video card, supports wdmm 1.0 or later
-Multiple touch screens are required for touch operations.
Note:
-Windows 8 developers Cannot uninstall the preview version!
-On the basis of Windows Vista/7, you can upgrade and install Windows 8 Developer Preview (excluding development tools) to retain account information, files, and settings, on Windows XP, only account information and files can be retained, and the settings will be lost.
-The windows 8 Developer Preview version that contains development tools can only be completely installed and cannot be upgraded and installed based on Windows XP, Vista, or 7.
1. Download Simplified Chinese Language Pack for Windows 8 Developer Preview
Download the 32-bit Simplified Chinese Language Pack
Network Disk address: http://115.com/file/aq7dsst4#lp.cab 99.2 MB
Download the 64-bit Simplified Chinese Language Pack
Network Disk address: http://115.com/file/clqr23ak#x64-lp.cab 120 MB
1. Open the control panel of Windows 8
Do you always know how to open this?
Click the blue control panel on the new Win8 start interface --
Click More settings at the bottom to go to the classic interface of the control panel.
Or open the windows 8 traditional desktop interface in the resource manager --
2. Open the control panel and click clock, language, and region.
3. Click "install or uninstall display ages "--
4. Next, an installation wizard will pop up. Naturally, install display versions ages --
5. Click the Browse button in the following interface to find the Language Pack (32-bit or 64-bit) suitable for your Win8 system version and install it.
Select the Simplified Chinese Mui Language Pack (Simplified Chinese) that you want to install. The file size is the size after decompression, 480 MB (This article uses the 64-bit Language Pack Installed as an example ), click Next to go to the next step --
6. Agree to the agreement and install it. This step is more secure :)
7. It's not a long but not a short wait 《Windows 8 start interface modification v1.01: Win8 more beautiful", Updated to 1.01.
8. After the installation is successful, click Chinese (simplified), Select Apply Display language to welcome screen and system accounts, and then press the change Display language button.
9. In the last step, restart and everyone who knows about Windows knows --