You need to move your mouse to the side of the screen, locate the settings button and then select the power icon to turn off or restart your computer.
To do this, open the Windows Store app from the Start screen, then select Update Windows. Unlike previous versions of Windows that came with a classic start-up screen and a small button on the bottom that let you turn your computer on and off, Windows 8 lacks those features.
Your computer may be updated to Windows 8.1 automatically, but you can also update it manually.
If you already have Windows 8, you should now able to upgrade to Windows 8.1. Traditional desktop apps still work the way they did in earlier versions of Windows: They'll appear in individual windows that you can move and resize. Windows 8.1 allows you to view several different Start screen apps and snap them to different parts of the screen.
Its programmers seem to have every incentive to stick with proven things and not change them unless absolutely necessary.An app that has access to your location and internet connection If Microsoft made cars, "steering wheel 8" would now be paddles, hidden under the dash, "easy" to use after activating the logo on the screen! Hey, it's 2014 and we really can't have steering wheels that still look round any more, you kidding? On my own time, I use - and love - Ubuntu. Zero! Windows 8 is all about that, it's not adding ONE SINGLE THING that windows 7 could not do for me. What an improvement! I just learned a new trick! I'm good at this! Way to go Microsoft, make us monkeys learn all these new tricks, never mind there's no actual quantifiable benefit for the user being added. In the Windows Edition section you should see the link get more features with a new edition of Windows 3. Oh wait I see - I can now click the "desktop" tile to get back the the "desktop". Open Control panel and click on system icon 2. If you already have a Media Center product key, select 'I already have a product key' from the window that opens up on the desktop. Type features on the Windows 8.1 start screen and select the 'Add features to Windows 8.1' entry from the results. But these are straits that turn out to be one-way with no easy way out. Windows RT users are out of luck, Media Center is not available for their operating system. Example: Me the unsuspecting user hitting the wonderful "windows" button to see the same old set of available programs, now beautifully laid out as sleek looking tiles. After IT "upped" me to Windows 8, I was super-thrilled to find the "escape" button, my friendly companion since prehistoric times, getting me out of trouble after getting lost, had been demoted.
Running my employer's CAD software at work forces me to use Windows.