WIN8 System Alternative Personalization techniques

Microsoft Windows 8 System not only has a cool new interface and excellent cross-platform and touch characteristics, but also provides a very rich personalized features, such as our familiar with the beginning of the screen to set up and group, user avatar and Lock screen interface, system login picture password and so on. In addition, WIN8 also some slightly more "alternative" personalized settings, such as the change of notification information display time, adjust the beginning of the screen, or even modify the number of the touch of the corresponding sensitivity, and so on, need to use Control Panel and Registry Editor, interested and need friends may wish to know.

Modify the WIN8 "notification" Information display time in Control Panel

We can often see the system's "notification" function in the upper right of the Win8 interface to display the current application update or other system notification information in real time. If some friends feel that the Win8 screen in the upper right corner of the notification information display time is shorter, worry about missing some information, you can set the change WIN8 notification information display time. The method is simple.

Pull the scroll bar down in Win8 's easy to use settings Center Select Make it easier for you to focus on tasks, find out how long the Windows Notification dialog box should remain open (X), default to the shortest 5 seconds, select the appropriate value from the Drop-down list (up to 5 minutes), and click Win8 The system displays the notification information at the new set time length after the Confirm button.

Diagram: Adjust the display time of the WIN8 Notification dialog box

Modify registry adjustment Win8 Start Screen tile display line number

By default, the WIN8 system specifies the default number of tiles on the start screen based on the resolution of the different display screens, such as the screen default for 1024x768 pixels, which appears as four lines. If we want to adjust the number of lines on the Win8 start screen, you can do this by editing the registry.

Press the "Win+r" key combination to open the Run window and enter "regedit" (excluding quotes) to open Win8 Registry Editor. Navigate to Hkey_current_usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionimmersiveshellgrid and choose New-dword (32-bit) from the right-click menu. Rename to Layout_maximumrowcount. Right-click the new Layout_maximumrowcount, edit its key value, and enter the new number of tile lines in the Value data box. Note: Different screen resolutions have the maximum and minimum value of their corresponding tiles, and the row number setting must be valid within this range.

Diagram: Manually set the WIN8 tile display line number

Click "Confirm" to save the modified Win8 registry, return to the Win8 Start screen, click on the user icon in the upper-right corner, select "Log Off" and log on to the system or restart the computer to see the Win8 Start screen just changed the number of lines set to take effect.

Left: Win8 Start screen shows four lines of magnetic paste left: WIN8 Start screen display six lines of magnetic paste

Generally speaking, we all want to make full use of the area of the screen, the number of magnetic paste lines naturally more the better, if the display resolution support to show more number of lines of magnetic paste, it may be set to let it show the most Win8 magnetic paste bar!

Modify the registry improve WIN8 device Touch response speed

If some friends feel a quick reaction 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 enter "regedit" (excluding quotes) to open Win8 Registry Editor. For insurance purposes, you can select the menu "file-Export" command to back up the current registry to facilitate import recovery. Click Hkey_local_machinesoftwaremicrosofttouchpredict, and then locate the "latency" and "sampletime" items in the right-hand column, double-click or choose Modify from the right-click menu, Win8 the default value is 8, Change their key values to 2, and then restart Win8 or log off and login to take effect.

Diagram: Modify the registry to improve the WIN8 device touch response speed

Note: This modification may increase the power consumption of WIN8 devices and reduce battery endurance, and you can weigh your choices according to your own needs.