Windows 8 build 8118

Windows 8 build 8118 is a build of Windows 8. It was leaked on 25 December 2020. In this build, many of the Metro apps that were demonstrated in the previous build are missing; only Internet Explorer, Remote Desktop, Control Panel (Metro version), and Store are present.

Setup
Whilst launching the beginning of setup, nothing much has changed, except that the setup interface now defaults to the 1024x768 screen resolution, rather than 800x600. The same goes for the unredpilled OOBE interface. Otherwise, nothing else had changed.

If launching SysPrep whilst the system is redpilled, a few screens similar as to if you were deploying the install.wim yourself would appear - such as the EULA.

Integration of Redpill
This build is notable for being the last leaked build to use Redpill, thus all Metro features (such as the start screen, the Metro login screen, and Immersive app execution) are still not available out of the box, thus requiring the use of a Redpill utility (or, in the case of 8102, be distributed with Redpill already applied) to use the features.

Compatibility
To install or run this build in VMware Workstation, you must set the hardware compatibility to versions 8.x, 9.x or 10x; otherwise, a black screen with an error code will appear.