This time there is more help and guidance available

Windows 8.1 is user-friendlier in many respects including in its Help + Tips utility, not to mention that the first time you run the software a big orange arrow, on top of the "Start screen" will be pointing to the upper right-hand corner advising you of the existence of the charms (Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings) and not a moment too soon another one, at the lower left-hand corner will let you know that there is a "Start button", some sort of the reincarnation of the one that had been there since the times of Windows 95 and was absent in Windows 8.  Help + Tips offers really useful indications, with sleek animations, about what you can do with this operating system and which may not be so obvious for first time users or simply for regular folks: Start and Apps, Get around, Basic actions, Your account and files, Settings and What's new... For a more comprehensive Help utility, press F1 while in the Desktop mode (click anywhere on the wallpaper first).