Here’s the new addition to the ongoing series of informative posts on Building Windows 8 blog by Microsoft,today they detailed the new and improved Windows 8 setup.
One of the biggest challenges to be faced was to convince the users to upgrade their operating system rather than buying a new hardware along with to upgrade from the earlier version of Windows to Windows 8,first thing they did right is to optimize the Windows 8 to run on lower hardware requirements so that users will not have to upgrade their hardware along with their software.
But the problem doesn’t stop then and there itself,because most of the users directly go on buying the new Windows based PC or Laptop preinstalled with a licensed copy of newer Windows version was to avoid the tedious Windows setup on their existing machines.So to counter those issues microsoft have made a lot of improvements to make the Windows 8 setup experience a pleasant one and not a tedious one,so that it would encourage the potential upgraders to upgrade their operating system and avoiding the waiting process to save money up for the costly hardware upgrade instead.
Talking about the Big improvements in the setup experience,taking the upgrade experience online,so no need to buy the upgrade Disks instead upgrading the newer version of Windows.So whenever you want to upgrade and purchase your Windows operating system you can do it with a few simple steps right from your PC via the Web upgrade method.The web upgrade method involves “pre-key” the setup image for each unique user so that after downloading the setup over the internet you don’t have to enter the 25 digit product key again while installing Windows8.The physical Disk upgrade is also available for those who prefer the old school way of upgrade.But this digital distribution is indeed a big improvement for ease of installation.
One more improvement is Integrating their earlier Upgrade Advisor, Windows Easy Transfer, and Setup together to work seamlessly for Windows 8 upgrade.
Reducing the number of setup screens also plays a vital role in the enhancing the Windows 8 setup experience,less the number of setup pages/screens the user see less the confusion.
Here’s the sneak at what the Web Setup experience would look like:
1.The First Step would scan your PC for Compatibility checks and would return a summary like this.
2.The next screen would give detailed compatibility report about existing programs on the system and their compatibility with Windows 8.
3.Then the Download Manager screen would pop up with the Windows 8 download and other details such as estimated download timing and status of completion of the download.
4.After downloading the setup you get 2 options
Continue with the installation
If you want a dual boot system you have option as “install on another partition” which would allow you to choose the device to create a bootable media either the USB drive or choosing to create an ISO image which can later be burned onto a DVD-R.
5.Next screen you would get prompted to choose what personal data want to keep before proceeding with the upgrade.
As a result of this improved setup experience the maximum 60 screen setup of Windows 7 is narrowed down to 11 clicks in Windows 8 setup with 82% fewer clicks in the Windows 8 installation as compared to Windows 7.
One of the biggest challenges to be faced was to convince the users to upgrade their operating system rather than buying a new hardware along with to upgrade from the earlier version of Windows to Windows 8,first thing they did right is to optimize the Windows 8 to run on lower hardware requirements so that users will not have to upgrade their hardware along with their software.
But the problem doesn’t stop then and there itself,because most of the users directly go on buying the new Windows based PC or Laptop preinstalled with a licensed copy of newer Windows version was to avoid the tedious Windows setup on their existing machines.So to counter those issues microsoft have made a lot of improvements to make the Windows 8 setup experience a pleasant one and not a tedious one,so that it would encourage the potential upgraders to upgrade their operating system and avoiding the waiting process to save money up for the costly hardware upgrade instead.
Talking about the Big improvements in the setup experience,taking the upgrade experience online,so no need to buy the upgrade Disks instead upgrading the newer version of Windows.So whenever you want to upgrade and purchase your Windows operating system you can do it with a few simple steps right from your PC via the Web upgrade method.The web upgrade method involves “pre-key” the setup image for each unique user so that after downloading the setup over the internet you don’t have to enter the 25 digit product key again while installing Windows8.The physical Disk upgrade is also available for those who prefer the old school way of upgrade.But this digital distribution is indeed a big improvement for ease of installation.
One more improvement is Integrating their earlier Upgrade Advisor, Windows Easy Transfer, and Setup together to work seamlessly for Windows 8 upgrade.
Reducing the number of setup screens also plays a vital role in the enhancing the Windows 8 setup experience,less the number of setup pages/screens the user see less the confusion.
Here’s the sneak at what the Web Setup experience would look like:
1.The First Step would scan your PC for Compatibility checks and would return a summary like this.
2.The next screen would give detailed compatibility report about existing programs on the system and their compatibility with Windows 8.
3.Then the Download Manager screen would pop up with the Windows 8 download and other details such as estimated download timing and status of completion of the download.
4.After downloading the setup you get 2 options
Continue with the installation
If you want a dual boot system you have option as “install on another partition” which would allow you to choose the device to create a bootable media either the USB drive or choosing to create an ISO image which can later be burned onto a DVD-R.
5.Next screen you would get prompted to choose what personal data want to keep before proceeding with the upgrade.
As a result of this improved setup experience the maximum 60 screen setup of Windows 7 is narrowed down to 11 clicks in Windows 8 setup with 82% fewer clicks in the Windows 8 installation as compared to Windows 7.
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