Microsoft Windows 8 system not only has a cool new interface and excellent cross-platform and touch features, but also provides a very rich set of personalized features, such as the familiar start screen tile settings and grouping, user avatar and lock screen interface, System login picture 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.
Modifying Win8“Notifications in the Control Panel; Information Display Time
We can often see the system's “Notifications” function in the upper right of the Win8 interface to display the current application update prompts or other system notifications in real time. 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? Choose the Same Way for You", open the Win8 Control Panel and select "Easy to use — Easily 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.
Modify the registry to adjust Win8 start screen tile display line number
Under the default setting, Win8 system will specify the default number of tile lines on the start screen according to the resolution of different display screens, such as 1024× 768 pixels The default tile for the screen 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 new number of 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.
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 back in to the system or restart the computer to see the modification. The Win8 start screen tile line number setting takes effect.
Win8 starts to 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 as natural as possible, if the display resolution supports more magnetic stickers Count, let's set it up to display the most Win8 tile!
Modify the registry to improve the touch response speed of Win8 device
If some friends feel the quick operation has a reaction delay when using Win8 touch computer, you can Try to improve the touch response of Win8 devices by modifying the relevant key values of the registry.
Press the shortcut key "Win+R" to open the Win8 run window, enter "ldedit" (without the quotation marks) to open the Win8 registry editor. To be on the safe side, you can first select the menu <; File & mdash; Export & rdquo; command to back up the current registry, easy to import and restore. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\TouchPredict, find the “Latency” and “SampleTime” items in the right column, double-click or select “Edit” from the right-click menu, Win8 defaults to 8, and their key values. Change to 2, then restart Win8 or log out and log in to take effect.