Today Xiaobian will lead you to experience different win8 fun, let's play Windows 8 Release Preview installation secrets.
Tips one: Free serial number installation Windows 8
Windows 7 can be skipped when installing the product key. 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 text file named EI.CFG (Note that without the .txt extension), then put 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 use the method of burning a disc, use it. Software such as UltraISO edits the ISO image and puts it into the EI.CFG file.
The effect after adopting this method 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 click & skip; " >Tips 2: Cleverly installing 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; & "Home Premium" Merged into "Windows 8" (internal called core version); the original "Professional Edition" and "the flagship version" merged into "Windows 8 Professional Edition"; the original "Ordinary" & rdquo; reserved
But you must have noticed that Windows 8 Release Preview only released one version (functionally equivalent to the professional version), 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 small secret inside, that is, the installation of Windows 8 Release Preview in addition to the professional version, in fact, also contains the core version! As long as you use a very simple method, you can install a hidden core version, You can use it to study how it differs from the professional version, and there are quite a few installation methods:
☆ Method 1: Enter the core version serial number
Just enter the sequence when installing the publicly released Windows 8. No., installed is the core version: 2H7NK-3VJJY-HHY3Y-WM3T8-JFCRY
☆ Method 2: Configure the EI.CFG file
Use the same method as in the previous technique, you can also skip the serial number At the same time as the input, Windows 8 Core Edition is installed. Simply change the PROFESSIONAL in the above EI.CFG file to CORE:
[EditionID]
CORE
[Channel]
Retail
[VL]
0
☆ Method 3: Directly decompress WIM installation
Using Microsoft's advanced “same file, multiple images” technology, one WIM file can save multiple system versions, and we can use the ImageX program provided by Microsoft. Release the second image hidden in install.wim:
Please refer to the Internet for specific methods of releasing and booting the installation. Of course, you can also use the tools such as “WindowsNT Installer” to complete the above steps in one step.