Check out Windows 8 Release Preview installation tips

As a new operating system, win8 is a new breakthrough, but it also brings some troubles to win8 fans, many newcomers do not understand the installation of Windows 8 Release Preview. Today, Xiaobian will tell you How to install the system quickly and easily, this little trick, you don't want to miss it

Tip 1: Free serial number to install Windows 8

Windows 7 can skip product key when installing The input steps are different. The test version of Windows 8 must enter the product key to continue the installation. Many people use the U disk or CD to restart and found this problem. They have to re-enter the original system, or use another computer to go online to find the serial number. Users have reacted to this design.

There is no skip button in the interface for entering the product key, and the next step is the state where the gray cannot be clicked. Is there a way to skip this step? In fact, there is a very simple way:

Now everyone generally uses the U disk installation method, then just use Notepad to edit a name called EI.CFG The text file (note the .txt extension), then place it in the Windows 8 installation file Sources folder. The contents of the EI.CFG file are as follows:

[EditionID]

PROFESSIONAL

[Channel]

Retail

[VL]

0

If you are installing by burning a disc, edit the ISO image using UltraISO and other software, and put it in the EI.CFG file.

After using this method, the effect is: automatically skip the step of forcibly inputting the product key, and directly start the installation process; after the installation is completed, the user is prompted to input, you can bravely "skip" :

Tip 2: Cleverly install hidden Windows 8 core version

We all know that Windows 8 has been streamlined based on Windows 7 and is generally: Original “Home Basic & rdquo ; and "Home Premium" merged into "Windows 8" (internal called core version); the original "Professional Edition" and "The Ultimate" "combined as "Windows 8 Professional Edition"; “Enterprise Edition Reservation

But you must have noticed that Windows 8 Release Preview only released one version (functionally equivalent to the Professional Edition), and there are no other two versions. It's not because the preview version hasn't been versioned yet, but Microsoft hasn't released the installation images for the other two versions.

In fact, there is another little secret in it. The installation standard of Windows 8 Release Preview includes the core version in addition to the professional version. You can install the hidden version by using a very simple method. The core version, you can use it to study how it differs from the professional version, and there are many installation methods:

☆ Method 1: Enter the core version serial number

Just open the installation When the Windows 8 is released, enter the serial number and install the core version: 2H7NK-3VJJY-HHY3Y-WM3T8-JFCRY

☆Method 2: Configure the EI.CFG file

In the same way as in the previous technique, you can also install Windows 8 Core Edition while skipping the serial number input. Simply change the PROFESSIONAL in the above EI.CFG file to CORE:

[EditionID]

CORE

[Channel]

Retail< Br>

[VL]

0

☆Method 3: Directly decompress WIM installation

Use Microsoft's advanced “same file, multiple images” Technology, multiple system versions can be saved in one WIM file, and we can use the ImageX program provided by Microsoft to release the second image hidden in install.wim:

Specific release and boot installation Please refer to the internet for the method. Of course, you can also use the tools such as “WindowsNT Installer” to complete the above steps in one step.