Monthly Archives: February 2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Installation Experience (with screenshots!)

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is finally here! I’ve already talked about my initial impressions of Windows 8, followed along with the BUILD keynotes day 1 and day 2 and provided developers with tips on how to get started with Windows 8 development. For all of this time since the BUILD conference, everyone has been able to try Windows 8 but it has mainly been aimed at developers looking to develop apps for the new platform. That all changes today with the release of the Consumer Preview. Now it’s everyone else’s chance to try it out. What’s up first? The installation!
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Windows 8 Picture Password on domain linked machine

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If you’ve been using Windows Developer Preview on a machine linked to a domain, you may have been disappointed to find that you do not have the option to try the new Picture Password mode of authentication. This is because Microsoft has disabled it in domain linked machine by default for security reasons.  If you would like to try Picture Password you will need to change some settings in the registry (at your own risk!).  Here are the changes you need to make:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]

“AllowDomainPicturePassword”=dword:00000001

“AllowDomainPINLogon”=dword:00000001

If you don’t know how to make this change, it might be a good idea to skip this tip!