Win8 Consumer Preview Edition tips and tips (4)

Desktop Utility Menu

Most of the time, we will still operate under the traditional desktop, and there is no awkwardness without the previous start menu. In fact, Win8 is still preparing something to replace the start menu.

Move the mouse to the lower left side of the screen most right and you will see a new context menu, here it integrates many useful features, control panel, command Prompts, programs and features, network connections, and more.

What are running in the system

Win8 further enhances the task manager, which helps users to understand the current system health more clearly. Right-click in the blank space of the taskbar and select Task Manager to launch it.

The new task manager will classify the process, which are the system processes, which are the programs that the user can run, and the CPU and memory occupied by each process. Disks and network resources are also clearly identified.

A new feature like "Application History" helps us understand the history of all running applications, how much time it runs, and how much data is downloaded from the network.

Automatic login

If you are disgusted with the lock screen in front of you after each boot, even if you are tired of entering the account password every time you log in, you can remove it and Set the system to log in automatically.

Open the run window by Win + R, enter gpedit.msc Enter to open the Group Policy Editor, expand Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Control Panel - Personalization, then double-click Do not on the right Display the lock screen, select "Enabled" in the newly opened window and then confirm to exit. The next time you reboot the system, you will not be able to open the lock screen again.

Next, still pressing Win + R to open the Run window, enter netplwiz open the "User Accounts" remove "to use this computer, the user must enter a user name and password to "Before, after confirming, the system will ask you to enter the password of the current account to confirm the operation.

After the above operation, after the next boot the system will go directly to the start screen.

basic Windows 8 tips and techniques described here, Xiao Bian will continue to contribute more ideas for everyone in the future, we hope you can enjoy in Windows8 explore this new system. If you have more tips that Xiaobian doesn't know, please don't hesitate to tell us more.