Windows 8 build 8888 (win8 gdr soc intel)

The x86 compile of this build was leaked by KiTTY as a "Christmas present" on 2014-12-24. This build is a RTM candidate, but was rejected in favor of 9200 also due to the build number not being divisible by 16, a requirement that was only removed with Windows 10 version 1511 (with build 10586 being the RTM). It is not much different from the retail version of 9200, expect that it does not contain any Modern apps minus Store and Internet Explorer.

NFO
Build 8888 leaked with the following NFO, which is highly critical of the BetaArchive staff. This NFO is republished here for historical achievement purposes only, and is not a statement against the work of the BetaArchive staff. NFO contents 7$I~+7$I?I?7$Z,            MiCROSOFT WiNDOWS 8                  $Z?====++??+??? $$++?+=:~?I7$O, 6.2.8888.16384.WIN8_GDR_SOC_INTEL.120724-2000   77+==++???III?? Z+~?=++$DDDDODZ           2,473,553,920 bytes                   Z7++++++??I777I Z+~=?ZD8O,$$88D               x86 / english                     $I?????IIIIII77 ================================================================================ ================================================================================ ''====== RELEASE iNFO ... ====== ======                                                   ====== ====== An old build of Win8, this is a Release Candidate partner seed. ====== ================================================================================ ====== iNSTRUCTIONS ... ====== ======                                                   ====== ====== 1) Use RTM product keys.                                           ====== ====== 2) Give mrpijey, OBattler and Zannis plus other hoarders the       ======'' ''======   finger for hoarding this build, as well as others. ====== ================================================================================ ====== A MESSAGE FROM KiTTY ... ====== ======                                           ====== ====== This release is not for BetaArchive, not for MDL, not for any of   ======'' ====== the spoiled prats who take builds for granted in the modern beta  ====== ''====== scene. This release is intended as a middle finger to the current ======'' ====== BetaArchive staff, particularly mprijey and Battler, for getting  ====== ====== ahold of this build and keeping it away from the community in     ====== ====== contradiction to the goal of BetaArchive's ideals of              ====== ''====== preservation. These a**holes have builds that they use to trade   ======'' ====== other unleaked builds to pad their own private collections rather ====== ''====== than sharing with the BA community. A communities that just       ======'' ''====== relies on leaks from its members to keep the site running. ====== ================================================================================ ====== HAPPY HOLiDAYS, DiLLS. FROM YOUR FRiEND, KiTTY. ====== ====== (Oh and there are still more builds being hoarded by BA staff)    ======'' ================================================================================ ================================================================================ ================================================================================