Windows 8 build 8330 (fbl woa)

Windows 8 build 8330 (fbl_woa) is a build of Windows 8, which was uploaded to BetaArchive on 27 January 2020.

This is the first build of Windows 8 that drops support for processors without NX, as running on these processors will result in a black screen with error code 0x5D. It is currently the earliest available build in the ARM32 architecture, and is also the first to feature the new "Windows 8/RT" branding seen in the RTM. This build uses one of the two wallpapers seen during Windows 8 development featuring gray overlapping digits of the number 8, using the Segoe UI typeface.

Changes

 * More items are now squared and flattened to resemble the RTM.
 * The mouse cursor shadow has been disabled by default.
 * During the first boot, the message "Setup is updating registry settings" has been renamed to just "Please Wait".

History

 * Prior to being shared, a photo of this build was posted on a BetaArchive topic on 16 February 2016 by user Hounsell. Another three additional screenshots of this build were published afterwards.