How To Starting Too Stopping Windows 8

This chapter walks yous through the steps necessary to begin your calculator together with and thus sign inward to Windows inward you're novel to Windows 8. You'll likewise acquire how to set your calculator to slumber together with near it downward completely.

In This Chapter

• How to Start Up Windows 8
• How to Sign In to Windows 8
• Handling Special Windows 8 Start-Up Situations
• Departing Windows
• Dual-Booting Concepts

If yous cause got merely brought habitation a novel calculator amongst Windows 8 preinstalled, or if your calculator has merely been upgraded to Windows 8, perchance you’re thinking, “Now what?” The obvious answer is to ability upward your calculator together with sign inward to Windows 8. Like everything else inward Windows 8, though, the power-up together with sign-in phases are quite dissimilar than those inward prior versions of Windows, specially Windows 7. And if yous haven’t used Windows before, the start-up procedure appears unique. For these reasons, this chapter walks yous through the steps necessary to begin your calculator together with and thus sign inward to Windows. You likewise acquire how to set your calculator to slumber if yous won’t hold out using it for a while, addition yous acquire how to acquire out Windows 8. First to cover, though, is powering upward your Windows 8 hardware together with and thus signing inward to Windows 8.

Starting Up Windows 8

Before yous tin begin upward Windows 8, in that place are a yoke of steps to cause got first. After these few steps of preparation, yous tin read adjacent inward this department how to power-up Windows together with how grapple if to a greater extent than than 1 operating scheme is stored on your computer. Think nigh these issues first:

• If someone other than yous installed Windows 8, depository fiscal establishment jibe amongst him for the user ID together with password yous should use. Be certain to inquire if he used a local account or a Windows account. You’ll acquire to a greater extent than nigh these 2 dissimilar trouble organisation human relationship types inward Chapter 10, “Sharing Your Windows 8 Computer amongst Others” inward the “Windows 8 Users together with Account Basics” section.
• If yous sign into Windows 8 for the begin fourth dimension at your identify of business, depository fiscal establishment jibe amongst a someone from your information technology or Support organisation for your user ID together with password, and, if required, your domain. The domain identifies what business office of the corporate network yous log into. If your calculator has been upgraded to Windows 8, your user ID, password, together with domain are belike the same every bit yous used previously.
• If yous couldn’t connect to the Internet for roughly argue when Windows 8 was installed, it would hold out helpful to hold out able to connect now. Try to address your connectedness issues earlier starting Windows 8.

Powering Up Your Computer

If your calculator is off, or powered down, yous involve to ability it upward to begin your Windows 8 experience. If yous are turning the calculator on for the begin fourth dimension later installing Windows 8, hold out certain the DVD has been removed from the DVD crusade or else your scheme could restart the installation program.

NOTE

When a calculator starts, a number of internal programs run to cook the calculator for operation. You volition probable run into a flurry of messages sew together your covert inward white text over a dark background. These messages aren’t required, though, thus don’t telephone squall upward the hotline if yous don’t run into anything occur initially. Depending on your type of your computer, this initial startup procedure mightiness run for merely a 2nd or 2 or for a few minutes,
When the calculator start-up procedure is complete, Windows takes over command of your computer, launching its ain start-up process. You tin country Windows has started past times the appearance of the Windows logo

The appearance of this Windows 8 logo indicates Windows has taken over command of your device

Shortly later Windows starts, the sign-in covert appears, enabling yous to in conclusion sign in. Before that sign-in covert appears, however, yous may cause got 1 to a greater extent than pace to take, every bit covered inward the adjacent section.

Choosing an Operating System

If roughly other version of Windows were installed together with running properly on your calculator when Windows 8 was installed, whomever installed Windows 8 may cause got chosen to practise a dual-boot setup. This setup enables yous to direct the operating scheme to piece of job when the calculator is turned on—yes, this is possible. You may hold out wondering, “Why wouldn’t I desire to piece of job Windows 8 if it were installed?” Here are a few reasons:

• You cause got a number of older Windows programs, together with yous rely on these programs. As much every bit Microsoft expresses confidence that your programs volition run inward Windows 8, yous mightiness non desire to commit to Windows 8 until yous are certain your programs run properly.
• You are non certain yous cause got fourth dimension to acquire Windows 8.

You tin discovery to a greater extent than data nigh dual-booting inward the “Understanding Dual-Booting” section. For now, acquire how to respond if Windows prompts yous to direct an operating system.

You tin piece of job Windows 8 or your onetime operating scheme (Windows vii inward this case).

  If a covert amongst 1 or to a greater extent than sign-in portraits appears, dual-booting has non been enabled.