Use Vitralbox to create a virtual machine and install Win8 consumer Preview

On the evening of October February 29, Microsoft released the Windows 8 consumer preview version at the Spanish mobile Conference in Barcelona. The first batch of versions were downloaded in five languages: English, simplified Chinese, French, German, and Japanese, each language is divided into 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can click here to download.
 
If some friends want to try it out and worry that the installation will not affect their original systems and applications, they can use virtual machines to install and try Windows 8 consumer preview. Next we will use the Virtual Machine Software Vitralbox to install the Simplified Chinese version of Win8 consumer preview.
 
Software preparation
 
We need to prepare the Virtual Machine Software Oracle VirtualBox (officially downloaded ). Currently, VirtualBox4.1.8 supports the Win8 system. After trial, VirtualBox 4.06 and 4.012 can successfully install the Simplified Chinese version of Windows 8 consumer preview.

In addition to virtual machines, Windows 8 is essential to the installation files of the pre-view version.

Click to download the Simplified Chinese version (32-bit) of Windows 8 consumer preview version. The size is 2.6 GB.

Click to download the Simplified Chinese version (64-bit) of Windows 8 consumer preview version. The size is 3.4 GB.

Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

　　Virtual Machine installation, creation and setting

The installation of VirtualBox software is very simple. You need to carefully create and set virtual machines. For details, see Create and set virtual machines in VirtualBox.

　　Virtual Machine installation Simplified Chinese version Win8 consumer preview version

　　Before installation, select the downloaded iso installation file for the Chinese version of Win8 CP from the IDE controller of the "Storage" option in the "Settings" menu.

Everything is ready. Select the created virtual machine and click the green "start" arrow to start installing Windows 8 consumer Preview!

Soon, the installation interface of Windows 8 consumer preview came into view. Is the Simplified Chinese interface very friendly to everyone?

Click "Install now ".

Enter the key DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J.

Accept the agreement and click "Next ".

Here you will be asked to select the installation type: Upgrade and custom installation. I have selected custom installation.

Familiar Windows Installation interface.

The beta fish of Windows 8 appeared!

　

After about 20 minutes of installation and restart, we finally saw the personalized settings page of Windows 8 consumer preview. Here we can choose the background color we like. The default background color is the "dark blue" mentioned in the news ".

Select your favorite dark brown color and define your computer name.

Perform the following system settings. You can select "quick Settings" for your convenience. If you prefer to do it yourself, you can select "Custom" settings.

After the settings are complete, we can log on to our Win8 computer. You can log on directly with a Microsoft email account, which facilitates more applications.

If you do not have a Microsoft account, you can create a local account.

You can set the user name in Chinese.

The account is successfully set. Wait for preparation on Windows 8.

Success!

Win8 consumer preview is successfully installed on the Vitralbox virtual machine.

The current virtual machine software running interface is shown in.

　　Special reminder: If you want to switch the mouse between the VM and the current system, You need to press the keyboardCtrl on the right.

In this way, we have successfully installed the Windows 8 consumer preview operating system in the Simplified Chinese version in the virtual machine, and the process is still very smooth and convenient. If you are interested, try again. We will also bring you more trial experience about Windows 8 consumer preview.