Windows 8. It includes a number of new features and design elements that will make Windows 8 easier to use.
We'd like to offer you a brief overview of Windows 8. Windows 10 was released on July 29, Check out our Windows 10 Frequently Asked Questions to learn more! If your computer is currently running Windows 8, you can upgrade to Windows 8. Important: If you leave your PC before it's ready to restart, be sure to save your work and close any desktop apps you're using to make sure you don't lose anything when it restarts automatically.
Restarting will take longer than usual—from 20 minutes to about an hour—while the update is applied. During this time, you won't be able to use your PC. You'll see a list of recommended settings called Express settings. To accept these settings and continue, select Use express settings. You can change any of these settings later, after you finish setting up.
If you'd like to change some of these settings now, select Customize. For more info, select Learn more about express settings. To learn about how these settings affect your privacy, select Privacy statement. Next, you'll be asked to sign in. If you already use a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows 8 or Windows RT, your account name will be filled in for you. If you previously used a local account, you can still use it to sign in. We'll send a security code to the alternate email address or phone number you've set up for this account, and you'll need to enter that code to verify that you're the owner of the account.
This helps us protect your account and devices when you access sensitive info. If you don't have alternate contact info set up for the account yet, you'll be asked to provide it now. To sign in with your local account, enter your password. You can always connect to a Microsoft account later, and we recommend giving it a try.
Simply put, your Microsoft account is the glue that holds together so many useful features of the new Windows. With an account, you'll be able to get apps from the Windows Store, automatically sync your settings and documents between PCs, back up your photos to the cloud so you can get to them from anywhere, and see all your contacts from multiple email and social networking accounts together in the People and Mail apps.
If this is your first time setting up a PC with Windows 8. If you already have another PC running Windows 8. Photos you take with this PC are saved to your camera roll folder on this PC, and a smaller copy of each photo is automatically backed up to your OneDrive. When you create a new document, the default save location is OneDrive. But you can always choose to save individual documents locally or on another drive. Windows will save a backup copy of your PC settings to OneDrive. Will My Programs Still Work?
That all depends on the developers of your programs. Some will migrate to Windows 10 while others may still provide support for Windows 8. Usually developers will continue supporting an operating system for a little while after Microsoft does. What Can I Do? With Windows 8 and 8. Windows 10 System Requirements This Windows support article details the computer hardware you will need to run Windows Windows 10 system requirements.
Windows 10 Download page The official Microsoft website to download a legitimate copy of Windows Microsoft Software Download Windows 10 page. We're here to help! Related articles. Privacy Matters Support. Any holes hackers find will be left unpatched and the operating system is now fundamentally insecure. It is time to upgrade - and quickly.
It even puts this in a clear table:. Microsoft's lifecycle support page still clearly shows 'Windows 8' is supported - which it isn't. It all comes down to poor branding. With the General Availability of Windows 8.
Ah Windows 8. There is a flaw here as well. Support for it ended in August and that in itself was an extension after it was originally meant to end in May
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