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Overview Of Windows 8. What's new in Windows 8? In Windows 8 lots of new features and changes. But the first, you, напевно, throw in eyes – This new panel interface Metro, you can see on the screenshot presented below. Remember, that is until a Developer Preview, which means, that work on the operating system is not finished yet, and you, безумовно, do not install it on your main computer as the primary system.certainly

The list of new features of Windows 8 includes:

• Interface Metro – the new interface Windows 8, which operating system is used by default. Later we will tell more about it.
• Reduced loading time – Windows 8 will load much faster, than Windows 7. This is achieved by partial hibernation and mass of the boot process improvements. On my old my laptop from Dell, Windows 8 loads less than 10 seconds.Windows
• Reduced memory usage – Windows 8 uses less memory, ніж Windows 7. Justice will. According to Microsoft, Windows 8 will not only use less memory, ніWindowsows 7, but will also use less working processes.than Windows
• The new Windows Explorer – Now Explorer has the Ribbon interface, with also some advanced copying files and the ability to mount ISO files.
• “Renewal” Windows with saving – This option will allow only two clicks to reinstall Windows, leaving files intact.
• Support for ARM processors – Windows 8 support ARM processors, that leads to the emergence of an entirely new class of low-power, energy tablets.
• Hyper-V is now part of Windows – so you will now be easier to create virtual machines, if not install of third party programs.
• The taskbar can now be deployed on multiple monitors – This is very easy opportunity, finally, came in Windows.
• Both can now be deployed on multiple monitors – this is another opportunity, that was supposed to be in Windows yet 10 years ago.
• Universal spell check – all programs by Metro.
• Integration Windows Live – for Sync, Mail, Skydrive allows you to synchronize settings, including files, mail and photos, between multiple computers. Synchronization is available in Preview, but there is no Mail and Skydrive.
• Windows Store – shop now, allow you to buy the Windows one place.
• New Task Manager – Task Manager in Windows 8 completely redesigned. Now it offers significantly improved tools, including the method of disabling automatic loading applications, tracking of additional resources and even simplified restart Windows Explorer.

Actually, in Windows 8 significantly more changes, We describe a series of. But we try to provide as many of them, at, of course, Not all. We can not forget also the fact, that is until only a Preview version of the Windows 8, and, very likely, what Windows 8 Beta will bring us many more changes.
How do I get Windows 8?

First, You should make sure, that your computer is suitable for Windows 8. Fortunately, system requirements Windows 8 almost the same, What's in Windows 7.

It is likely, You will be able to run Windows 8 the relatively low car. But, obviously, better impression of the operating system you get on a faster computer. Here are the system requirements for Windows 8:

• Processor – 1GHz or faster, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64);
• Memory – 1GB (32-bit) or 2GB (64-bit)bit
• 16GB hard drive space (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit)bit
• Graphical device DirectX 9 with WDDM 1.0 or above;

Using the advantages of touch screen input requires supporting multi-touch.

It is important to note, to install Windows 8 Touch the device does not need. With this task perfectly handle mouse and keyboard.

Now, you need to download the Windows image 8 Developer Preview (. Iso).

Then go to the page and download the Microsoft Store tool USB/DVD Download Tool, to help put the ISO image Posted on boot stick for installation – simply select the ISO, select the flash drive and wait until the end of copying.

Overview Of Windows 8 Developer Preview

The process of installing Windows 8 little different from Windows 7, so we will not describe it. We assume, if you install Windows 8, then you are not a newbie, and if so, and assistance in installation screens on clicks you don't need.
Note to install Windows 8:

• We were unable to get Windows 8 Developer Preview to work in VMware Workstation or Virtual PC;
• If you want virtualization, try VirtualBox. Many readers report, that they succeeded, In addition to each other as gifts to us;
• Preview-version provides automatic updating. But, While it is not clear, When will the Windows 8 Beta and will it be automatic upgrade;
• Preview-version does not contain Media Center. According to Microsoft, Media Center will still be part of Windows 8;
• If you want to completely disable interface Metro, Open the registry editor and change the value of the RPEnabled key 1 on 0 to the following address:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
  Note, that we do not recommend it. Tk. This makes the installation of Windows 8 rather meaningless.
• When you use Internet Explorer with the Metro, You will notice, Flash does not work. As originally conceived and.

What is the Metro in Windows 8?

Metro – This panel interface, focused on the purity and simplicity and has simple icons and beautiful design, come instead of the usual gray and rozroslyhsya button interface, to which we are accustomed.

Many panels Metro more than just boot loaders applications. They contain live automatically updating. So, weather panel will automatically display the latest weather forecast, the news will be displaying the latest news from your aggregator, social widget displays the latest photos from Facebook, and the Exchange will automatically display, now prefer to businessmen from Wall Street.

The first issue of the Metro interface on Windows Phone, and though he is almost perfect for touch environment, it also works well with a keyboard and mouse – Although you'll notice, which flip a few pages with only one mouse more tiresome, than using gestures on the screen.
Metro Opportunity Windows 8:

• Universal rozsharyuvannya (Universal Sharing) between applications allows applications to easily share files or text with cloud services (and with each other). You can download a picture from Facebook to add photo editing, and on the completion of her editing, put it on Twitter. All this came into common dialogs file open and new opportunity Share.
• Універсальний пошук (Universal Search) allows applications to register a global search interface Metro, allowing you to search, among all its supporting applications.
• Hardware acceleration (Hardware Acceleration) – all programs automatically hardware accelerated Metro, that makes their job much smoother.
• Suspending processes (Process Suspending) – To conserve battery power, Windows can automatically stop the program at Metro were not used.
• The new library provides WindowsRT the above possibilities of any application on almost any language and with almost no additional code. It means, that existing programs can be easily changed to connect to social networks without writing any network code.

To display the home screen with all programs Metro, just click the Windows.

The basic starting Screen (Start screen) also a complete replacement for the Windows taskbar 7 – at any time finding the main home screen Metro you can quickly find any application on your system, podіbno before, you could do this in Windows 7.
Combined Metro keys

There are several keyboard shortcuts, I personally have been using. There are other, but I do not understand, whether they work with mouse / keyboard or whether they will work only with a touch screen and keyboard, I'm not going to include in the list їh:

• Windows + F – opens the file search;
• Windows + With – Opens the Charms;
• Windows + I – Opens the settings;
• Windows + Q – opens the search bar applications App Search;
• Windows + In – Opens the search Configuration Settings Search add-on;
• Windows + The – open panel applications App.

If you are not on the starting screen, all, what you need to do – This is a press, Windows, to return to the, and then start typing the program name to launch it – This same set of keystrokes, you have used previously, but a different interface.

Return to the main screen of the Metro, and you can easily move it to the items with click and drag mouse.

Using the touch interface, You can do the same through their fingers. With a pinch you can even delay the picture, that without skrollinhu see all the items on the screen. As far as we know, You can not do the same thing using only one mouse. Although we may be wrong.

When the right to klіtsі panelі integer pobachite check-box – using the touch interface, you can push the bar up or down …

… Shcho prizvede to appear at the bottom Screen Menu. Depending on the selected panel, you can make it Larger, Less, remove it, attach or detach it.

When you click on the normal application, like the Task Manager or the command line, you will also see several other options, It seems to run as administrator, that for many systemic problems rather useful.

Some panels open up the program in the style of Metro, are always full-screen application Weather forecast can be customized to your location, and you can even attach to the home screen multiple panels with different weather location.

Possibly, have you noticed the Violet bar on the left side of the screen – it is very important. In whatever application you are Metro, using the touch interface, to switch between applications you can use horizontal scrolling gesture.

Continue for flipping to the left, to go to all programs. This is similar to using a combination of Win + Tab, which Windows 8 works not, as it was in Windows 7. Although the, still, You can use a combination of Alt + Tab.Tab

You can put two full-screen applications on the same screen – note the green strip in the center of the two programs below. On the left side are the news News Feed, whereas on the right – Photo-containing. You can vibirati, which application is which side, and which side of the screen should be “lateral” addition. Besides, you can display programs in the ratio 50/50.

Listannâ gestures in the right side of the screen will result in the other menu, what Microsoft calls “Charms” (Charm). This menu allows you to appeal to different functions, like search (Search), rozsharyuvannya (Share) or configuration (Settings). It will work in all applications Metro.

To call the same menu with the keyboard and mouse you can use the keyboard shortcut Win + With. You can also move your mouse in the lower left corner of the screen and see the same menu – actually, it works, wherever you are – Metro in the interface or the old style taskbar in Windows 7.