Windows 8 n00bified

[Chips86]

Hi guys!

I was just wondering if anybody could give me a step by step idiot proof guide on how to get this working on win8.

As a primarily console based gamer, IL2 is the only game I really play on PC. Unfortunately, due to my console leaning, I am utterly utterly useless at anything to do with files etc. I have recently upgraded to win8 and updated my machine aswell to run it sufficiently, just have ran into the win8 brick wall.

Thank you in advance for your time