Win8 system flexible and comfortable alternative personalization techniques

Author: Shiny
Microsoft Windows 8 system not only has a cool new interface and excellent cross-platform and touch features, but also provides a wealth of personalized features, For example, we are familiar with the start screen tile settings and grouping, user avatar and lock screen interface, system login image password and so on. In addition, Win8 also has some personalization settings that are slightly different, such as modifying the notification information display time, adjusting the number of tiling lines on the start screen, and even modifying the sensitivity of the touch, etc., which requires the control panel and Registry editors, interested and needy friends may wish to find out.

modifications in the control panel Win8 & ldquo; notification & rdquo; information display time
we can often see the system & ldquo Win8 interface in the upper right; notice & rdquo; real-time display of the current functions of the application tips or other system update Notification information, if some friends think that the notification information in the upper right corner of the Win8 screen is displayed for a short time, and you are worried about missing some information, you can modify the display time of the Win8 notification information. The method is simple.
See "Where is the Windows 8 Control Panel?" Go with the same route, open the Win8 control panel, select “Easy to use —Easy to use the Settings Center”. In Win8's "Easy to use the settings center", scroll down and select "Make it easier for you to follow the task" and find out how long the Windows notification dialog should remain open (X)&rdquo ;Options, the default setting is the shortest 5 seconds, select the appropriate value from the drop-down list (up to 5 minutes), click the “Confirm” button and the Win8 system will display the notification information according to the new set time length.
Illustration: Adjust the display time of the Win8 notification dialog box
Modify the registry to adjust the Win8 start screen Tile display line number
Under the default setting, Win8 system will specify the start according to the resolution of different display screens. The default number of tiles on the screen, such as 1024× the default tile for 768 pixels is displayed as four lines. If we want to adjust the number of tiles displayed on the Win8 start screen, we can do this by editing the registry.
Press “Win+R” to open the “Run” window and enter “"regedit" (without the quotation marks) to open the Win8 Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows \\CurrentVersion\\ImmersiveShell\\Grid and select ”New —DWORD (32-bit) value" from the right-click menu and rename it to Layout_Maximumrowcount. Right-click on the newly created Layout_Maximumrowcount, edit its key-value, and enter the number of new tile rows in the “Value Data” box. Note: Different screen resolutions have their maximum and minimum values ​​for the corresponding tile. The number of rows must be within this range.
Illustration: Manually set the number of Win8 tile display lines
Click “Confirm”Save the modified Win8 registry, return to the Win8 start screen, click the user icon in the upper right corner, select “Logout” And log in again to the system or restart the computer to see the modified Win8 start screen tile number setting is effective.
Left: Win8 start screen display four lines of magnetic stickers Left: Win8 start screen display six lines of magnetic stickers
Generally speaking, we all hope to make full use of the screen area, the number of magnetic lines is more and more Well, if the display resolution supports displaying more tile lines, you can set it to display the most Win8 tiles by setting it!