Win8 system alternative personalization skills

Microsoft Windows 8 not only has a cool new interface and excellent cross-platform and touch features, but also provides a wealth of personalized features, such as the familiar start screen tile settings and grouping, user avatars and locks Screen interface, system login picture password, etc. 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 in real time. Or other system notification information, if some friends feel that the notification information in the upper right corner of the Win8 screen is displayed for a short time, and they are worried about missing some information, you can modify the display time of the Win8 notification information by setting. The method is simple.

In Win8's "Easy to use the settings center", scroll down and select "Make it easier for you to follow the task" and find the "Open" status of the Windows notification dialog should be kept Long time (X) & rdquo; option, the default setting is the shortest 5 seconds, select the appropriate value from the drop-down list (up to 5 minutes), click the “ Confirm & rdquo; button, Win8 system will press the new settings The length of time shows the notification information.
Icon: Adjusting the display time of Win8 notification dialog box

Modifying the registry adjustment Win8 start screen tile display line number

Under the default setting, Win8 system will display screen according to different The resolution specifies the default number of tiles on the start 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, enter “regedit" (without the quotation marks) to open the Win8 Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionImmersiveShellGrid 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.
Icon: 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 & rdquo; and log in again to the system or restart the computer to see the modified Win8 start screen tile number settings take effect.
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 The more the better, if the display resolution supports displaying more tile lines, you can set it to display the most Win8 tiles by yourself!

Modify the registry to improve the touch response speed of Win8 devices

If some friends feel that the quick operation has a delay in response when using the Win8 touch computer, try to improve the touch response of the Win8 device by modifying the relevant key values ​​of the registry.

Press the shortcut key "Win+R" to open the Win8 Run window and type "regedit" instead of 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_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftTouchPredict, find the "Latency" and "SampleTime" items in the right column, double-click or select "Edit" from the right-click menu, Win8 defaults to 8, change their key value to 2, and then restart Win8 or logout and login will take effect.
Icon: Modify the registry to improve the touch response speed of Win8 devices

Note: This modification may increase the power consumption of Win8 devices and reduce battery life. You can choose according to your needs. .