Installing OBIEE 11g Client tool on Windows 8

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OBIEE 11g client tool is not certified with Windows 8. 
The certification matrix for OBIEE version 11.1.1.7.0+ is in the following location and it does not include Windows 8. 

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi/bi-11gr1certmatrix-ps6-1928219.xls

It means that installing OBIEE 11g client on Windows 8 is not supported by Oracle. I got a mail from Oracle to explicitly call it out.

This blog talks about a way to to install admin tool on Windows 8 machine.