Windows 8 Refresh

Microsoft Corporation

2010

User Experience

Challenge

Modernize and make approachable an experience once considered “heavy lifting.”

Solution

Create an impression through user-friendliness and simplicity that, when Windows is experiencing serious issues, solving the problem is quick, easy, and can be done by users of all experience levels.

Result

Having gone a long way from an old-fashioned wizard to a full-screen touch-experience, Refresh has received positive inclusion in many Windows 8 articles.

Launch point from special Boot Options

Launch point from the Control Panel