Win8 upgrade experience

Currently, the win8 consumer preview version has been released. For example, http://windows.microsoft.com/zh-cn/windows-8/iso, you can download 32-bit 64-bit packages as required. Trial serial number installation serial number: in addition to the all-new installation of the DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J, Windows 8 consumer preview allows users to upgrade the installation from an existing system. Users can upgrade from Windows Developer Preview, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP to Windows 8 Consumer Preview, but may not be able to keep all files, programs, and settings.

The following table shows the items that can be retained during the upgrade, depending on the current Windows version:

We can see that the most user information can be retained from Windows 7. I suggest you do not upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 8. XP users can upgrade to Windows 7, or use a new method to install Windows 8. The instance in this article is upgraded from the English version of win7 ultimate X64 to the win8 x64 consumer preview version (English ).

Before installation, you must use the latest version 8.0 for vmware. Otherwise, the win8 system cannot be identified. In addition, after the operating system of the vmwarevm is installed, it is important to install vmware tools. You can search for vmware workstation 8.0 online.

1. Here is the system, system information, and desktop information before the upgrade (I installed a QQ package to test it), as shown in:

2. Next we will download the downloaded win8 isoinstaller to the Virtual Drive, open the system installation file to run setup.exe, and copy it to the virtual machine to run setup.exe directly. In the displayed dialog box, install the system Patch online by default, as shown below:

3. Enter the product key. Use the serial number provided by Microsoft.

4. Verify the serial number.

5. the prompt indicates the content to be retained by win8 after the upgrade. Only the Personal File option is displayed. After the official win8 version is available, you can change your personal information, programs and configuration files are stored in the new win8 system.

6. Everything is ready. You can start the installation. Of course, if there is an error in the selection, you can also choose to change the selection to reselect.

7. After the upgrade is successful, you can see that you have logged on to the system. The settings in this area are omitted. For details, refer to the previous blog win8 to experience http://andygao.blog.51cto.com/323260/711004.

8. After Successful Logon, you can see that the following is the main win8 interface. There are options such as desktop, control panel, programs we have installed, and Microsoft app store.

Below are some programs I have installed. Win8 also comes with a pdf reader. When copying files, you can also select the pause button.

9. We click to enter the system desktop. Win8 cancels the original Start Menu. I found the place where I entered the command line for a long time. Right-click at the bottom left of the desktop, and a menu will appear. There are some options, such as the command line, my computer, control panel, event viewer, and computer management interfaces. It is very convenient to run these programs on a tablet.

10. I personally suggest that Microsoft release different win8 versions based on the tablet and desktop computers. It is good for desktop computer users to keep the Start Menu. In fact, the tablet is a touch screen, therefore, the current design is reasonable. By the way, we will give the most common cmd commands in win8. Mastering these commands makes it very convenient for us to use. It is basically the same as xp and win7, press win + R to call up the command line. Below are some common commands.

Cmd.exe: CMD command prompt compmgmt. msc: Computer Management mmc: Console Auto-off command: shutdown calc: Start Calculator

Control: control Panel diskmgmt. msc: disk management devmgmt. msc: Device Manager gpedit. msc: Group Policy osk: Open the Screen Keyboard

Mspaint: Windows drawing tool notepad: notepad

11. Place the mouse at the bottom left of the desktop. the Start Menu of win8 is displayed.

12. Move the mouse to the rightmost bottom of the desktop. You can see that a menu is displayed, and some operation options are available here. Search, share, start, device, and settings are available from top to bottom.

Click search. In win8, the search content is clearly classified.

At the beginning, the main interface of the system starts the menu. Let's take a look at the settings and click to enter the settings to set the computer's network, sound, input method and other information.

If you want to set more items, you can click more PC settings in the lower right corner to set a series of contents such as user accounts and user attributes.

11. After the system is upgraded, the desktop is the same as the original desktop. Open a Web page and you will see the BING homepage. It is very beautiful. Run QQ and check again. OK. If you find that the program cannot run, the solution is to install Microsoft Visual C ++ Redistributable Package. If not, it is incompatible. I tested the basic routine software, which can be run in win8.

Summary: WIN8 is basically the same as Windows 7. We do not recommend that you directly install win8 in the production environment before the official win8 version is available. As an influential product, win8 runs on a tablet from a more friendly perspective. I believe that the appearance of win8 tablet will lead the tablet to a new stage. I look forward to the future of desktop computers or all-in-one computers, as well as monitors with touch functions. I believe the future will be a world full of touch information transmission.

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