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Unlike Windows 8, which only supported upgrade installations, all retail installation media of Windows 8. Microsoft stated that the change was in response to customer feedback, and to allow more flexibility for users.

Pricing for the retail copies of 8. Many of the changes on Windows 8. The Start screen received several enhancements on 8. Additional customization options were also added, such as expanded color options, new backgrounds some of which incorporating animated elements , and the ability for the Start screen to use the desktop background instead.

Applications are no longer added to the Start screen automatically when installed, and all applications now have colored tiles desktop programs were previously shown in a single color. The app snapping system has also been extended; up to 4 apps can be snapped onto a single display depending on screen size, apps can be snapped to fill half the screen, and can also be used on any display in a multi-monitor configuration.

Apps can also launch other apps in a snapped view to display content; for example, the Mail app can open a photo attachment in a picture viewer snapped to another half of the screen.

Improved support is also provided by apps for using devices in a portrait vertical orientation. The lock screen offers the ability to use a photo slideshow as its backdrop, and a shortcut to the Camera app by swiping up. The on-screen keyboard has an improved autocomplete mechanism which displays multiple word suggestions, and allows users to select from them by sliding on the spacebar.

The autocomplete dictionary is also automatically updated using data from Bing , allowing it to recognize and suggest words relating to current trends and events. To improve the usability of the desktop interface, a visible Start button was restored to the taskbar for opening the Start screen, and the Quick Links menu accessed by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Template:Key press now contains shutdown and sign-out options.

Users can also modify certain user interface behaviors, such as disabling the upper hot corners for using the charms and recent apps list, going to the desktop instead of the Start screen on login or after closing all apps on a screen, automatically opening the "All Apps" view on the Start screen when opened, and prioritizing desktop programs on the "Category" sort mode on "All Apps".

Windows manager Chaitanya Sareen stated that the restoration of the visible Start button was intended to be a "warm blanket" for users who had become confused by the removal of the button on 8; the Start button was originally removed to reflect Windows 8's treatment of the desktop as an "app" rather than the main interface.

The suite of pre-loaded apps bundled with Windows 8 were changed in 8. However, it does not support data loss protection, Group Policy , Lync integration, or creating emails with information rights management. SkyDrive is integrated at the system level to sync user settings and files. Files are automatically downloaded in the background when they are accessed from the user's SkyDrive folder, unless they are marked to be available offline.

By default, only file metadata and thumbnails are stored locally, and Reparse points are used to give the appearance of a normal directory structure to provide backwards compatibility. The SkyDrive app was also updated to include a local file manager. SkyDrive use on 8. A Bing -based unified search system was also added; it can analyze a user's search habits to return results featuring relevant local and online content.

Full-screen "hero" displays aggregate news articles, Wikipedia entries, multimedia, and other content related to a search query; for instance, searching for a music performer would return photos of the performer, a biography, and their available songs and albums on Xbox Music.

The Metro-style version of IE 11 also adds tab syncing, the ability to open an unlimited number of tabs, and Reading List integration. On compatible hardware, Windows 8. Encryption begins as soon as a user begins using the system; the recovery key is stored to either the user's Microsoft account or an Active Directory login, allowing it to be retrieved from any computer. While device encryption is offered on all versions of 8.

A new kiosk mode known as "Assigned Access" was also added, allowing a device to be configured to use a single app in a restricted environment. Additionally, Windows Defender includes an intrusion detection system which can scan network activity for signs of malware. For enterprise device management, Windows 8.

Remote Data Control can be used to remotely wipe specific "corporate" data from Windows 8. Due to changes to improve its "security effectiveness", the bit version of Windows 8. A Microsoft spokesperson noted that the change primarily affects systems with older AMD bit processors, and that "the number of affected processors are extremely small, since this instruction has been supported for greater than 10 years.

These changes do not affect the bit version of Windows 8. In comparison to the original release of Windows 8, Windows 8. While Tom Warren of The Verge still considered the platform to be a "work in progress" due to the number of apps available, the impaired level of capabilities that apps have in comparison to desktop programs, and because he felt that mouse and keyboard navigation was still "awkward".

He touted many of the major changes on 8. Joel Hruska of ExtremeTech criticized continuing integration problems between the Desktop and apps on 8. Although praising the more flexible snapping system, he still pointed out flaws, such as an inability to maintain snap configurations in certain situations. Peter Bright of Ars Technica praised many of the improvements on 8.

NDIS 5. Multilink channel aggregation enables users to combine all available dial-up lines to achieve higher transfer speeds. For networked computers that have user profiles enabled, Windows 98 introduces Microsoft Family Logon which lists all users that have been configured for that computer, enabling users to simply select their names from a list rather than having to type it in. The same feature can be added to Windows 95 if Internet Explorer 4.

Windows 98 supports IrDA 3. Infrared Recipient, a new application for transferring files through an infrared connection is included. However, the cache parameters needed manual tuning as it degraded performance by consuming too much memory and not releasing it quickly enough, forcing paging to occur far too early.

This results in more memory being available to run applications, and lesser usage of the swap file. Windows 98 registry handling is more robust than Windows 95 to avoid corruption and there are several enhancements to eliminate limitations and improve registry performance.

The Windows 95 registry key size limitation of 64 KB is gone. The registry uses lesser memory and has better caching. WinAlign Walign. WinAlign aligns binary sections along 4 KB boundaries, aligning the executable sections with the memory pages. This allows the Windows 98 MapCache feature to map directly to sections in cache Walign.

Disk Defragmenter has been improved to rearrange program files that are frequently used to a hard disk region optimized for program start. Windows 98 also supports a Fast Shutdown feature that initiates shutdown without uninitializing device drivers. Windows 98 supports write-behind caching for removable disk drives.

A number of improvements are made to various other system tools and accessories in Windows Disk Cleanup , a new tool, enables users to clear their disks of unnecessary files. Cleanup locations are extensible through Disk Cleanup handlers. Disk Cleanup can be automated for regular silent cleanups. ScanRegW tests the registry's integrity and saves a backup copy each time Windows successfully boots.

The maximum amount of copies could be customized by the user through "scanreg. System Configuration Utility also known as Msconfig is a new system utility used to disable programs and services that are not required to run the computer. System File Checker checks installed versions of system files to ensure they were the same version as the one installed with Windows 98 or newer. Corrupt or older versions are replaced by the correct versions. For computers without an operating system and that do not support booting from optical drives, the Startup disk can be used to boot into MS-DOS and automatically start Windows 98 setup from the CD.

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