Accidental Blog Post Lets Slip The Windows 8 Release Preview,Releases Later Today

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For what we all know Microsoft was quite eager to release the Windows 8 Release Preview by the first week of June.But it seems like they don’t want to wait for the month change on their calendar.

An accidental Blog Post on Windows Hardware and Driver Developer Blog revealed the launch date of Windows 8 Release Preview to be 31st May(Today),Though the post was later pulled off,not before Neowin Could notice it.

The post was pulled off instantly after a few minutes ,but what it did was it revealed the download links for the Windows 8 Release Preview.Though at the moment the download links point to the Windows 8 Consumer Preview ,expect those links to be updated later today with the download links of Windows 8 Release Preview.

Here are the download links :

Windows 8 Release Preview [Download]

Windows 8 Driver Kit:[Download]

Visual Studio 2012 Professional:[Download]

(Bookmark the above links so that you can download the release preview when it launches in a few hours from now.

Source:[Neowin]

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

    i can’t wait now for Windows 8 Release Preview…..

  • Windows8master

    CANT WAIT! :D

  • http://profiles.google.com/escalarys Eddy Frometa

    This link works… Visual Studio 2012 Professional:[Download] 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

    To,
       Windows 8 Consumer Preview

    Your days are over now…Release Preview days have came…!!Regards,
               Ashutosh

  • Windows8master

    16 Minutes!!! Cant wait

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

      what 16 minutes??

      • Windows8master

         Until windows 8 Release Preview?

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

          is it releasing in 16 minutes???

          • Windows8master

             Well. Those 16 Minutes Are up. but its still not Avalible?

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

            who told you that it is releasing in 16 minutes??

          • Windows8master

             it was supposed to Release At 3 o Clock in the morning. But it Has not yet… that was The US Time Zone release

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

            from where you got the news that it was supposed to release at 3 o click?

          • Windows8master

             There was Lots of comments that windows 8 RP Would Be released no later than 3 AM. Idk why its not Here yet.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

            i think that it will release tommorow only…that blog post was acidentaly posted….

  • 1stkorean

    it is 7:30 AM PDT and nothing is there but a Bing Search Page

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002327068374 Ashutosh Cool

      i think that they will release windows 8 consumer preview tommorow only…!!

  • Eladkr85

    I have got an error while installing DP and CP Both of Win8

    • vicky

      what error shows

  • red_team

    I’ll wait for the release preview of Server, the metro ui on it is much more constrained and doesn’t have the crappy gimped out IE, Photo Viewer or App Store.  Unlike the consumer version, Windows 8 Server is useable and runs great on my laptop :)

  • vicky

    is windows 8 release preview is run in low specific laptop like intel M Series processor with 512mb of ram

    • Dabbo ratnani

      is k bare mai to sagar bhiya hi bata sakte hai 

  • WINDOWSCKIIProductions

    Links don’t work yet????