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Cancel Submit. Vijay B. Hi, As you have product key from dreamspark, you have to contact dreamspark for the issues related to installation. Microsoft does not have any direct link to download Windows 8. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
Andre Da Costa Article Author. In reply to Vijay B's post on April 5, I contacted them several times. Those people don't care about it. They keep telling me to contact institute support. How to install Windows 8. To install Windows 8. If you're using Windows 8, follow these steps to install Windows 8.
Double-tap or double-click the ISO file. Double-tap or double-click setup. Important If you decide that you want to install Windows 8. If you decide to go back to your previous operating system, you'll need to reinstall it using the recovery or installation media that came with your PC, which is typically DVD media. If you're running Windows 8 and you don't have recovery media, you might be able to create a USB recovery drive.
After you install Windows 8. Why windows 8. Start Button This was a popular war-cry among those who lamented the interface changes in Windows 8. And yes, the desktop does now have a Start button, sporting the new Windows logo, but it doesn't do what the veteran power users probably wished for: It launches the new-style Start page.
But really, that's okay, since you can think of that as simply a full-screen start button panel — just start typing a program's name to launch it or look for a file or setting.
Boot to Desktop Another vehement request of long-time Windows users was that you should be able to bypass the modern-style Start screen entirely, and with Windows 8. So if you've got desktop icons for all the programs you ever use or have them pinned to the Taskbar, you'll never have to see that tiled screen again.
Unless you mistakenly press the new Start button! To turn on boot-to-desktop, right click the Taskbar and choose Properties, and then Navigation. Finally, under Start screen, check the "Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in. A highlight of search's new capabilities is what the company calls "Search Heroes," designed result pages that offer more than just app, file, or web results, but instead offer actions.