Many of these complaints were eventually addressed in the following release of Windows 8.1 that was released to the public in October of 8.1 as a free upgrade through the Windows Store.

While many of these features were welcomed as a clear advancement over the Windows 7, public response to Win8 was weak, mostly citing the unintuitive user interface for traditional Desktop PC use, a large focus on Metro apps, restrictive Windows Store practices, elimination of Start Menu button, lack of traditional Start Menu options, and other workflow and UI issues. This includes a brand new interface called Metro that aimed to improve the user experience for touchscreen displays, a brand new Start Menu that boldly promoted access to Windows Store apps and removed traditional access to listed items, greater integration with online services, synchronization of apps, and app states between devices, Windows Store for online distribution of new format of cross-platform optimized Windows apps, built-in antivirus software, support for UEFI Secure Boot and many other features.

Originally released to the public in October 2012, Windows 8 program managed to introduce large changes over its processor.

Windows 8 32 bit