Introducing Windows 8: Download Free Windows 8 e-book from Microsoft
Everyone knows about Microsoft’s new OS “Windows 8” which comes with many new features, enhancements and UI updates. It comes with a brand new Start Screen which has replaced the good old Start Menu. It comes with Office 2013 style Ribbon UI in Windows Explorer. It comes with new hot corner feature which helps you in accessing system tools quickly and easily by moving the mouse cursor to screen corners.
There are so many new features in Windows 8 and its possible that you might have missed a few of them. Today we are going to share a free e-book released by Microsoft which will help you in learning all new features of Windows 8.
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“Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals” is a free Windows 8 e-book from Microsoft press which provides detailed tutorials and instructions to find and use new features present in Windows 8.
Following are some areas covered by this e-book:
- Hardware requirements
- Windows 8 editions or SKUs
- Using Start Screen and Metro apps
- Using Metro UI and hot corners
- New features of Windows Explorer (which is now known as File Explorer)
- New features of Task Manager
- Customizing and configuring Windows 8
- Client Hyper-V
- Windows PowerShell 3.0
- Networking enhancements
- Windows To Go feature
- Deploying Windows 8
- Group Policy and Security in Windows 8
- Developing Metro apps for Windows 8
- Windows 8 recovery (Refresh or Reset PC)
- Using Internet Explorer 10
Above are only a few selected points which we noticed while checking the e-book. There are many other useful points given in this e-book which will definitely help you in using and tweaking Windows 8.
The e-book also tells you why should you use Windows 8 and why is it better than Windows 7 or other previous Windows OS? You’ll also learn many keyboard shortcuts and methods to use the new Start Screen and other Metro UI features on a touch enabled device such as Tablet like a professional.
The e-book also contains information about new Windows Server 2012 so if you are using the Server edition, you should also give a try to this e-book.
You can download this free e-book using following link:
Download Free Windows 8 e-book from Microsoft
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It will help me a lot. I am planning to install Windows 8 in my computer. xD
Well, it’s my first time that I need to read e-book to explore the Windows operating system 😛
Hello,
For everyone who downloaded the demo version of Fruit Ninja in Windows 8 Release Preview, here is how you can convert it into the full version and save 4.99 $:
1. Make sure you are signed in with a Microsoft account into Windows.
2. Uninstall Fruit Ninja.
3. Open ”Store”, right click a blank area, choose ”My apps” and then from the drop-down list choose ”Apps which are not installed on this PC”. Then click on Fruit Ninja and click on Install. It will install easily and will make you save 4.99 bucks, the price of Fruit Ninja now!
Do not try to update the app because it will give you some weird error code (0x…) saying it cannot update the app and corrupting it (either you will not see it on the Start Screen or it will not start).
I report it has worked for me, so, please VG, can you share this tip to everyone?
Do this immediatly as you never know when Microsoft is going to fix this glitch. I say it is a glitch because that version was a demo since Windows Store contained only free apps by default.
Thanks,
Vali
Hi VG,
Is there any diffrence Between Windows 8 Final (Launched on 26th Oct) and Windows 8 RTM (90 day Trial), Which you had posted about ?????
^^ Both are same just the versions are different. 90-day trial was Enterprise edition and if you purchase Windows 8, it’ll Windows 8 Pro.
Thanks a lot for when I make the leap to Win 8 Pro. Still happy w/ Win 7 x64 Ultimate. Waiting to see if more patch files ahead and can boot right to desktop for 24″ monitor. Not about to get such a size touchscreen. Beginning to feel ol that legacy prgs will run ok on 8 which was main worry. Lost lot when went to 7 back then and took s/w guys awhile to update them.
Have to be sure LastPass works on 8 and hopefully IE 10 tho could prob use IE 9 until updated.