Microsoft Windows8 Developers Preview on Vmware

Microsoft Windows8 Developers Preview on VMware Workstation 8


Download Microsoft Windows8 Developers preview from following location.                        http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516


Vmware workstation 8 can give you windows 8 faster than Virtualbox :) 


Install Vmware Workstation 8 and Click on File > New Virtual Machine > Click on Custom > Click Next

Select Hardware Compatibility to Workstation 8.0 and Click next

Select the Installer disc image option and set the path for ISO Image. Click Next

Select Microsoft Windows (Guest Operating System) and Windows7 x64 as Version and click next

Enter your full name, User name, password, confirm password and click next

Click yes to continue without entering windows product key

Name your Virtual Machine and set the location on hard drive. Click Next

Click Next

Set the memory up to 2GB for your VM and click next

Select Use bridged networking and click next

Click next

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Click next

Specify the disk file and click next

Clear check box next to power on this virtual machine after creation and click finnish  

Open VM settings and remove flopy drive from the devices list. Other wise you may have following error. 
(windwos cannot read the product key settings from the unattended answer file)
Power on your VM

Select Custom for a new copy of windows

Name your PC and click next

Click Use express settings

Give a user name and password 

Enter your password

Welcome to Windows8 Start menu :) 

Set the IP address for your VM and start using Internet with Internet Explorer 10

Microsoft Visual Studio 2011 Express Preview

You can enable remote desktop from my computer remote properties and RDP windows8 from network


Good Luck