0 First Social Network app “Renren” Released for Windows 8

Its been a couple of days for the Windows 8 consumer preview release and the Windows Store which features Metro apps which run on Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

We have been seeing some quality apps making their way to the Windows Store, with the likes of Photobucket and Kobo reader apps and some Metro based gaming titles featuring in the Windows Store upfront.But there wasn’t any social networking app for taking for the Consumer Preview users,Until now.The first Social Networking app to make it to the Windows Store is “Renren HD” app from the Chinese Social Networking Site Renren,.

Renren HD is designed to be fully-integrated with Windows 8, a generational change on Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Through “share contract”, a range of content from different applications can be shared at a single click, including web pages, pictures and videos. Customized for Windows 8, which focuses on integration with social networks and optimized for tablet usage, Renren HD has adopted features such as tiled Metro-style user interfaces and creative content delivery, resulting in a significantly enhanced user experience.

With the flurry of apps coming to Windows Store even before the official Final release of Windows 8 which is expected to be released in the second half of the year,it means that by the time the final version comes the store will have a strong app base for the consumers who will buy the final version as well as the upcoming tablets and laptops.

Checkout the Press Release Here

1 Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO 32-Bit / 64-Bit Now

Today is the big day for those of you who have been anticipating some fresh new Windows 8 bits to toy with: Following an official debut right next door to the Mobile World Congress – not specifically at it, it’s a little side event at the Hotel Miramar in Barcelona – Microsoft has just officially released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.


So, what’s new in the build? Some of the more noteworthy improvements include OS-wide spell check (this is huge; it’s a feature that has been requested by a lot of people for years), the replacement of the Start button with what is called a "Start preview thumbnail" – which displays a preview of the start screen on top of an interface that allows you to cycle through all of your open apps – and the introduction of "Flyout" notifications.

One thing that I found to be quite humorous is that Microsoft actually added a feature called "boot forward"; see, due to the vastly improved boot times in Windows 8, it would be tough or impossible to pull up a boot options menu (i.e by pressing F8). They actually had to implement a feature that lets you set boot options prior to restarting. I will be writing a comprehensive review of this build shortly, in which I’ll elaborate on just how nice these features are when put to use.

It would appear that Microsoft finally hired a plumber to solve their constant leak issues as, surprisingly, there have been no Windows 8 build leaks during the interim period from September to now (of roughly five months). Also, little information has unofficially trickled out since; much of what we learned about the OS during that period is thanks to the notoriously long Building Windows 8 blog posts by Steven Sinofsky.

This Consumer Preview release is the first official Windows 8 build drop from Microsoft since the Developer Preview, which was released during the BUILD conference last September. This was downloaded quite rapidly, surpassing the 500,000 downloads mark within 24 hours of release, and the 3 million mark by December, so it will be interesting to see how much traction the Consumer Preview will gain.

Now, at this point, we bet that you’re just bursting with anticipation to download the build, so here you go; the build can be downloaded using the links below. Simply select which architecture you’d like (the build was released in both x64 and x86 flavors, though we recommend you grab it in 64-bit if your system supports it), burn the ISO, and install the build!


[Official Links from Microsoft]

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview (64-bit)
Sha 1 hash — 1288519C5035BCAC83CBFA23A33038CCF5522749

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview (32-bit)
Sha 1 hash — E91ED665B01A46F4344C36D9D88C8BF78E9A1B39

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0 Solved error How to Enable .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 8 Developer Preview to Run Applications

Many of the Windows 8 Developer Preview users might have come across this error regarding installation of .Net Framework 3.5.1

Here is how to enable .Net 3.5.1 on offline systems.

All you need is windows 8 DP installation media,

First of all create “net35″ folder in C drive.

Now open command prompt using Win +R, type and execute the following command line


xcopy H:\sources\sxs\*.* c:\net35 /s


where H is DVD drive, it takes sometime for all files to copied you need to be patient.


After all files are copied open command prompt with admin privileges and type and execute following command line


Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:c:\net35 /LimitAccess

*If U have any doubts in the process, please post ur comments and you will be replied ASAP...........