Win8.1 Preview Upgrade guide and new features experience

Pre-upgrade for Windows 8.1 preview

The Windows 8.1 Preview is an exciting way to download today, and users want to know if the traditional Start menu is restored? What are the new improvements to the operating system interface and features? The answer will be announced after the installation of the newly installed system! Small weave This brings you to the Windows 8.1 Preview version of the installation Upgrade guide.

Microsoft Official offers two options for upgrades and new installations

Option one: Upgrade via WINDOWS8 Store

Upgrade on the basis of the original WINDOWS8 system: Download the official update patch, and then connect to the Windows8 App Store to upgrade the system.

Scenario Two: New Installation via ISO file

Users who cannot directly upgrade the system can consider a second, new installation scenario.

Prepare before upgrade

First, verify that the current computer system is Windows 8 and that the application store is running normally.

There are also users who cannot be upgraded directly by installing patches. Please note: Not all users can upgrade directly to the 8.1 preview from the Win8 App Store, such as your computer is a Windows 8 Enterprise Edition or Enterprise Evaluation Edition, and you need to download the ISO image installation package separately for a new installation.

Situations that cannot be directly upgraded

Third, the establishment of a folder, specifically used to store upgrade patches, ISO image files (two kinds of installation packages are ready to download, one method is not, you can use another).

32-bit system Patch: http://download.pchome.net/system/patch/detail-193382.html

64-bit system Patch: http://download.pchome.net/system/patch/detail-193383.html

ISO image file Download: Http://windows.microsoft.com/zh-cn/windows-8/preview-iso

The installation package is all set up and the user who wants to upgrade directly installs the patch. Users who cannot be upgraded directly with an ISO-mirrored file for a new installation.

Upgrade patches with a new ISO installation package

Iv. Pre-upgrade backup: If you have a lot of applications installed on the system, the preview version will be all clear, it is recommended to install the upgrade before the installation of a USB recovery drive, and then install Windows 8.1 Preview, so that you can return to Windows 8 if needed ( To create a USB recovery drive Tutorial: http://windows.microsoft.com/zh-cn/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive.

Program one through the Win8 App Store upgrades

Double-click the system upgrade patch to eject the image below to indicate that the system is searching for updates on the local computer.

Search Update 8.1 Preview update

Install the update, the system prompts the user to reboot, restart, the start interface will pop up "free access to Windows 8.1 Preview ..." Update the reminder, and then the user clicks the "Go to App Store" button above.

Go to Application Store

Now, you can download the Windows 8.1 preview from the App Store to upgrade, and there's a benefit to having a direct upgrade through the store is that you don't have to enter a key, and the conditional user recommends a direct upgrade through the store.

Download Windows 8.1 Preview version

Above is the original system on the basis of the introduction of the upgrade, the user according to the above graphics and text operation can be very easy to upgrade their WIN8 to Win8.1 preview version.

Plan II through the ISO file New installation Win8.1

Two. New Installation computer system: By downloading ISO image files on the network, the new installation of Win8.1.

WIN8 system with a CD-ROM mirror tool, double-click directly open the ISO file, enter the directory double-click the "Setup" program icon.

Under the ISO directory, double-click Setup.

Double-click to enter the installation navigation interface, "Immediately install the update online (recommended)", "No, thank you", two options are OK.

Choose whichever you want.

If the ISO is a new installation, you need to enter the product key, the user found on the Internet the correct key input can be.

Enter the installation key

ISO-installed navigation settings and progress display

Eject the License agreement interface, tick "I accept the License terms", click "Accept".

Accept the terms of the license

After the installation files have been copied, the installation will begin, before the installation, the user can confirm, choose whether to retain the "personal files" and "Do not keep" two options, the user needs to choose according to their own.

Select Reserved file

Setup before installation work well, start to install it, the automatic installation process does not require user intervention.

Installation Progress Display

The automatic installation was successful without any setting. Small set has put two kinds of installation process in detail, the user just follow the above process step-by-step operation, upgrade or New Installation Windows8.1, will become very simple.

Installation Success Experience Start button and Start screen feature

When Windows 8.1 Preview is installed, users will find that the most significant difference is two:

"Start button" (Not menu) on the desktop

Click the button to switch to the start screen immediately.

Start button for Windows 8.1 Desktop (red box)

Click on the start icon, it is found to switch to the start screen, it seems that the desktop "start icon" only to point to the Start screen, the Start menu is gone forever.

Click "Start button" to switch back and forth between the desktop and the Start screen

Start screen change to move up and down

There is a change in the start screen, unlike before the Win8 start screen is moved around by sliding the slide bar below to view the application and now it is moving up and down. The upper screen is a preset Metro application menu.

On screen

The next screen, listing all the application icons installed to the Windows 8.1 system, looking for applications that can be queried, sorted, etc. through a filter.

Down screen

Improved multi-screen display with built-in Xbox Music

Multi-screen browsing, which is a feature of WIN8, has been further improved by the Windows 8.1 browsing experience.

Multi-screen display

Generally 2-3 programs are displayed in parallel with a reasonable, and there is a comparison of the original WIN8 system improvement highlights: In the original system in multiple-screen mode, can only be a major application of the full operation, and now, in the multiple-screen mode, can be displayed on the screen of the program window to operate comprehensively.

Built-in Xbox Music

The built-in Xbox music, not only collects music, but also provides radio functionality.

can search and collect music

You can import playlists from itunes and have radio listening capabilities.

Import itunes Create List

Multi-screen display and operation of more powerful, the previous system of multiple screen operation, in the current screen area unchanged, only the main program can be fully operational, the other can only browse, and now two programs, can carry out a comprehensive operation.

Xbox Music can connect to the Xbox server to get music resources, but also to import itunes playlist to collection, and also built-in radio features, visible music playback function than before WIN8 improved.

Local and network integration Search Bing Channel

Windows 8.1 Preview, has implemented the local search and network search integration function, let's see what's going on.

Click "Search" in the right Charmbar bar, enter "Notepad" in the search box, the top of the search results display the local "Notepad software" icon, but the bottom is about the "notepad" keyword network search results.

Type the Notepad keyword to display both local and network search results

Click on the "Notepad" software icon, you can open Notepad, click on the bottom of the "Notepad Kelly", will automatically eject the keyword-related web search results (as shown below).

Web search results for the Notepad keyword

As you can see, the Windows 8.1 preview enables you to simultaneously find integrated search results for local files or programs and Web page content that are relevant to the keyword, as long as you enter a keyword.

The colorful Bing search channel

Directly from the right Charmbar into the Bing search, the weather, maps, fitness, local applications, network information and so on to establish a dedicated search, and for the search results interface, provides a submenu to facilitate users to further narrow the search scope.

Right-click on the "BING Health" special Search channel page, also can appear submenu (below), the user can according to the menu category, click to go to do further filtering search.

Bing Fitness Search Sub-menu

Type "Weather" from the Charmbar directly into the Bing Weather Metro program.

Bing Weather

Through the Win8.1 preview search engine, as long as the "search" box from the right column to type a keyword, you can search the local and network resources, but also to the search scope to set the delineation, the real realization of the local and network search integration function.

For the user selected some Windows8.1 compared to the previous version, with significant changes in the characteristics of the introduction, I hope that the 8.1 preview version to get a certain degree of understanding.

Article Summary:

The first part introduces the Windows 8.1 Preview version of the upgrade and the new installation of two scenarios, allowing users to quickly upgrade their WIN8 system to 8.1.

The second part counts some notable features of the Windows 8.1 preview, it seems that Microsoft in earnest to listen to the broad masses of netizens advice, in addition to the Start button, Start screen operation mode, multiple screen display and operation, made a detailed adjustment, the original WIN8 system of the built-in procedures, also made deep reinforcement and expansion.