500+ Metro Style Icons For Windows 8

Metro-style icons have been popular even since the release of Windows Phone 7. A good number of icons and icon packs are available on the web to replace default Windows icons. The next version of Windows, Windows 8 also includes Start screen inspired from Windows Phone 7 UI.

Despite introducing Metro-style Start screen and apps, Microsoft hasn’t incorporated Metro-style icons in Windows 8. That is, Windows 8 carries most of icons from previous versions of Windows. Users who love Metro-style icons and want to replace the default icons with the cool black-and-white icons, can now download an awesome pack that contains over 575 icons for your Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems.

One can use these icons to replace application icons in taskbar, application tile icons in Windows 8 Start,  Explorer Ribbon icons of Windows 8, application icons, system tray icons, Explorer library icons, Explorer drive icons, and file type icons.

Windows 8 Icons Pack contains over 575 icons and the pack is updated daily to include new icons. The pack comprises icons for power button, print preview, security, accounting, volume controls, numbers, house appliances, computer hardware, photo, video, weather, media controls, folders, file types, arrows, USB device, power button, memory card, and updates.

The only catch is that all icons are in 26×26 pixels but you can scale the icons using the EPS source given the pack. Don’t forget to create a system restore point, system image backup or custom Refresh PC image in Windows 8 before replacing default Windows and application icons.

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Things to Know Before you Download Windows 8

Microsoft today unveiled the “release preview” version of Windows 8 which mostly indicates that the new Windows operating system is feature-complete. Windows 8 Release Preview is available as a free download and it is very likely that your existing system specs are good enough to run Windows 8.

The System Requirements for Windows 8

According to this Windows 8 FAQ, any machine equipped with 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of hard disk space and 1 GHz processor should be able to handle Windows 8. The minimum RAM requirements are 2 GB in case you would like to install the 64-bit version of Windows 8.

Should you download Windows 8 Setup or the ISO Image?

As you may have noticed on the Windows 8 download page, the installation of Windows 8 can be done in two ways.

1. You can either take the easiest route and download the Windows 8 Setup program – that’s also the default option.
2. Alternatively, you can download ISO Images of Windows 8.

If you are planning to install Windows 8 on your existing computer, either on a different partition (dual-boot) or just want to upgrade from an older version of Windows to Windows 8, the default Setup program is a good choice.

Please note that that your installed software programs will only be preserved if you are upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8. If your planning to install Windows 8 on top of Windows XP or Vista, only the files will be preserved but not the various software programs that you may have on the disk.

The Windows 8 ISO image may be more handy in other situations like:

1. Your computer has an x64 processor but is currently running the 32-bit version of Windows. If you want to install the 64-bit version of Windows 8, download the 64-bit ISO.
2. You want to install Windows 8 on your Mac (iMac or Macbook) using Boot Camp software.
3. You want to install Windows 8 on multiple computers. In that case, you can download the ISO once, create a bootable DVD and boot the other systems using this newly created Windows 8 disk.
4. You plan to run Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine inside your existing copy of Windows.
5. You are running Windows XP.

The universal product key for Windows 8 is TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF.

Will my software programs run inside Windows 8?

Before grabbing the ISO image of Windows 8, quickly run this setup utility and it will show a list of all software programs and hardware drivers on your system that are compatible with Windows 8. Alternatively, you can visit this page to see a list of all known software and hardware devices that are found to be working with Windows 8.

How should I go about installing Windows 8?

You can have Windows 8 on your computer in three ways – you can install Windows 8 side-by-side (also known as dual-boot), as a virtual machine (so that it runs inside your existing Windows just like any other software) or you can have Windows 8 as your primary OS (there’s no going back from here).

If you just want to try out Windows 8  but without modifying any of your existing set-up, the safest bet is to use a Virtual Machine. If you have a vacant disk partition or don’t mind creating one (it’s easy), go for the dual-boot option. Else, if you have a spare computer, you can consider upgrading to Windows 8 overwriting the previous installation of Windows.

Also note that if you are upgrading from Windows 8 Consumer Preview to the new Windows 8 Release Preview, none of your installed programs, files and account settings will be preserved though everything would be moved to the windows.old folder.

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How to Create a Windows 8 Bootable DVD

Whether you are looking to install Windows 8 on multiple computer or want to install Windows 8 on your Mac using Boot Camp, you would need to create a bootable DVD using the installer media. Here’s a step-by-step guide that will help you create a bootable DVD using Windows 8 ISO images. If your computer doesn’t have a DVD burner, you may create bootable USB flash drives as well using the same procedure.

1. Download the ISO image of Windows 8 available at microsoft.com.
2. Download and install the Windows 7 DVD / USB tool available at microsoftstore.com. It’s a free utility that is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
   
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   2. Launch the utility and browse for the ISO file that you downloaded in Step 1.
      
   3. If you are creating a bootable DVD, use DVD as the media type else use USB device in case you want to turn your external disk or Flash Drive into an installation media.
      
   4. For this example, we will create a bootable Windows 8 DVD so let’s insert a blank disk and hit the Begin Burning button.
      
   5. In the next few minutes, the bootable DVD will be ready for you to install Windows 8 on any of your other machines. Good luck!
      
   
   
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