With the start of the Build 2013 conference, Microsoft has also released more news and download points for the preview version of Windows 8.1.
For those who love early adopters, of course, I can’t wait to download and take them right away!! Next, I will share with you the process of installing and initial use through the disc.
With the start of the Build 2013 conference, Microsoft has also released more news and download points for the preview version of Windows 8.1.
For those who love early adopters, of course I can’t wait to download and take them right away!! Next, I will share with you the process of installing and initial use through the disc.
(The official website link of the Windows 8.1 preview version is: http://windows.microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows-8/preview, and the relevant download link is: http://windows. microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows-8/download-preview.)
Installation
Boot from CD After that, the representative of the Beta version-the cute fighting fish first appeared!! And this time the fighting fish became even more cute!!
The disc released this time is only in English Version, but a language pack is also provided for downloading, so there is an English interface all the way during the installation process!!
If you don’t say anything, install it immediately!!
Wow!!? Need to enter the product key!? Fortunately, the FAQ on the official website provides the product key for the preview version of Windows 8.1 For: NTTX3-RV7VB-T7X7F-WQYYY-9Y92F
Copyright statement, no explanation~
Because it is a brand new installation, choose a custom installation.
Then it’s time to practice making coffee and hone patience~~ Wait and so on~~
It seems that the installation is completed in less than ten minutes and the system rebooted!! So fast!!~The coffee hasn’t been finished yet~~ Next, the hardware and device related settings will be automatically set up.
Set up and start to use
After the hardware device is set up, it will reboot again. Then come to the personalized setting screen. Here you can set the theme color and computer name.
The detailed setting of the next one is similar to that of Windows 8. You can choose quick setting or custom mode to adjust for each item. In order to get a quick glimpse of the elegance of Windows 8.1, here is the quick setting option!!
Next is the account setting part, enter your account password and password hint Come!!~
Hey~~ As with Windows 8, after the setting is completed, there will be an animation to greet us.
Then the default application set will be installed automatically.
Start the change of the menu
Click!!! The start menu of Windows 8.1 looks like this!!~~ ~~ There are a few more built-in Apps, and the size of dynamic tiles is also richer!!
If you press the down arrow at the bottom of the screen, it will switch to show all List mode of installed applications, and there is a search box in the upper right corner to find the App quickly!!
In this mode, you can use the Customize button in the lower right corner, After selecting multiple applications at once, pin them to the start menu or taskbar.
Desktop changes
Jump to the desktop to have a look~ Except for the “Start” button, it is back In addition, after pressing the right button on it, the related options for shutdown will also appear.
The difference with the previous version of Windows is that if you check “Use small buttons for taskbars”, even the start button will become smaller. Oh!!
In addition, multiple settings can be set through the properties options of the taskbar, including:
1. When the mouse is moved to the screen When “upper right corner”, whether the Charm toolbar appears.
2. When the mouse moves to the upper left corner of the screen, can you quickly switch to the recently opened application?
3. When you press the right mouse button on the start button, whether to replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell as a display item.
4. Whether to enter the desktop directly after login.
5. Whether to use the desktop background in the start menu (this item is grayed out by default, and there is no way to check it. It can only be used after enabling Windows through the network).
6. After entering the start menu, it will automatically switch to the all application list display mode.
7. You can search anywhere in the application, not just the application itself.
8. The desktop applications are displayed first when sorted by category in the application list.
The above settings can also be set through the Change PC settings at the bottom of the Charm Bar.
After turning on the PC settins function, we will also find that SkyDrive is directly integrated into Windows 8.1!!~
< p> In the Coners & edges project under the PC & devices project, you can change the operation settings related to the corners of the screen.
The list of application capacity has also been moved to the Search & apps project.
In addition, the layout size configuration of opening multiple applications at the same time through SnapView has also become more flexible.
A new feature called Work Folders has been added to the control panel, which can be used to synchronize files of the same account on different devices.
Of course, the built-in IE is also the latest version 11!!
Charm Bar changes
The search function can now specify the search target.
In addition to the original screen expansion (projection) function, the functions in the equipment item also have two additional functions of playback and printing.
New built-in Windows Store Apps
Food-In addition to adding recipes, it also has a built-in shopping list and The related functions to facilitate weight management are awesome!!
Health-another body-care application, even symptoms and illness The check function is built in….
This time I will introduce you here first, I wonder if you are also eager to try it? ?Why don’t you download a copy like me and try it out!!~
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