Eight elements to open the fantasy journey of Windows 8

Author: Sunny

With the official release of Windows 8, many of my friends began to stir Windows8 equipment, and many of my friends have even get our hands on. But when our friends opened the Windows 8 notebook out of the box, we found that some people encountered a lot of challenges: What is a Microsoft account? Why did Microsoft ask us to log in with it? If you are unfamiliar with Microsoft's next-generation operating system, you will most likely encounter similar problems when setting up your Windows 8 system. In order to allow everyone to smoothly transition to Windows 8, this article lists the eight things you need to do when setting up the Windows 8 operating system.

1. Create a Microsoft account

Before opening your Windows 8 computer, you need to sign up for a Microsoft account. Its predecessor is the familiar Windows Live ID. Through this Microsoft account, You can easily synchronize the settings of all your Windows 8 devices.

[Figure: Create a Microsoft account]

How to register a Microsoft account? You can register by entering the relevant information through the https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx page. Registration process You can use your favorite email address to register. After registration, you can use this registered account to log in to your Windows 8 system, and the account will automatically connect to your cloud for synchronization between devices, including web pages. Favorites and browsing history, Microsoft applications and services.

2. Setting the picture password

If you are a security enthusiast or a friend who likes cute pictures, Windows 8 new picture password new features will definitely make you excited. With this feature, you can use any image you store in the Windows 8 image folder to log in to the system instead of the traditional text password. Just select a picture you like, and you can set a picture password consisting of three gestures: circle, line and point.

[Figure: Set Picture Password]

Before setting the picture password, you need to set a start screen. Under the login option of the system settings, you can select “Create a picture password” to create. Once you click this option, the system will show you how to create it. You can complete the creation of the picture password as prompted. So you can choose the three gestures you want to complete the setup.

The Windows 8 operating system allows you to set a separate password for each user of the same device. In addition, you don't have to worry about forgetting the picture password. The system allows you to log in with a text password.

3. Install anti-virus software

Because of malware, viruses everywhere, you sure you are comfortable with browsing the web without installing security software. Fortunately, many companies, including McAfee and Microsoft, offer free or paid anti-virus and Internet security tools. Before you buy or save a webpage password, you must first install an internet security suite for your computer. This security software can be downloaded and installed according to your preferences.

[图:Install anti-virus software]

Here, Xiaobian wants to introduce a free security software provided by Microsoft —— Windows Defender, this software can provide enough security for everyone. And it is also the system comes with.

Of course, if you are worried about receiving a virus-infected email or clicking on a suspicious link, you can choose to pay for a more advanced security suite, such as Symantec or Norton.

4. Running Windows Updates

Although Windows 8 is a very new operating system, Microsoft has released important updates to improve the security and performance of the operating system. Although Microsoft claims that Windows 8 is warmer than Windows 7, it is clear that our malware developers are also very good at discovering and exploiting ubiquitous vulnerability software. Considering that the developer preview of Windows 8 was released in September last year, we still believe that our hackers have enough time to find these vulnerabilities.

[Figure: Running Windows Update]

To ensure that your Windows 8 system is the latest version, you can scroll the mouse across the right side of the screen to export the Charm menu, then click the Settings icon, then Go to the update option and select “Check for updates now” to check for updates.

5. migrate data

to buy a new computer, data migration is definitely a headache, then how can we safely and conveniently photos on Windows 7 devices, movie And document migration to Windows 8 devices? Fortunately, migrating data to Windows 8 is not a time consuming task. You can use the free software Windows Easy Transfer or an external hard drive to migrate data.

[Figure: Data Migration]

If you are migrating via Easy Transfer, you will need to find this software in the Windows 7 Start menu. In the migration options, select "External Hard Disk". Or USB flash drive, then bring a click & "This is my old computer".

Then select the data of the computer account you need to migrate, this is the data will be successfully migrated to the hard disk, open the Windows 8 device, the same is to find Easy Transfer, in addition to select “ this is my new The computer & rdquo; option is the same as the Windows 7 settings, the software will automatically complete the migration of data for you after the setup.