Windows 8.1 New "Computer Settings" feature

The more feature-rich computer settings are available in the Windows 8.1 preview released recently, and these settings are sorted again. Let's take a closer look at the new system setup features in the Win8.1 preview version of "Computer settings."

After entering the Win8.1 preview system, touch screen users can slide from the right side of the screen to the middle, the screen will appear on the right side of the Charm Super button, click the "Set" function corresponding to the gear icon, the desktop right display function options interface, there are beginning, settings, notifications, language, power, help and other functions, Users who use the keyboard can enter by pressing the "Win+i" key and choose "More computer Settings".

Icon: Select "Change computer Settings" from the Settings menu in the Win8.1 preview version

Open the Win8.1 preview version of "Computer Settings", you will see a new top-level settings (top settings), which will be based on the system to record users before the operation and filter according to the frequency of use, listing the more commonly used settings options to facilitate users to quickly change common settings. At the same time, "Computer settings" four word on the right side also added a "magnifying glass" button to facilitate users directly in the computer settings to search for related options.

Icon: Win8.1 Preview version of the new "Computer Settings" interface, top-level settings

Compared to the WIN8 and Win8.1 preview version of the "Computer Settings" category, you can see that it seems that the Win8.1 preview version of the number of categories is less, but after careful observation of the classification of detailed setup options can be seen, in fact, Windows 8.1 added a number of options to set the function, They are then divided into nine main categories: Computers and devices, accounts, SkyDrive, search and applications, privacy, networks, time and language, ease of use, updates, and restores, each with a rich set of detailed features.

Left: Win8 Computer Set Item category right: Win8.1 Preview Computer Settings category

Computers and equipment

The "Computer and device" settings in the Win8.1 preview computer settings include a lock screen interface, display, device, mouse and touchpad, input (depending on system and peripherals), corner and Edge, power and sleep, AutoPlay, computer information, and so on.

Lock Screen Interface: Adds the slide show on lock screen option and the option to use the camera when the computer is locked, compared to Windows 8 settings.

Display: This item is mainly used to display device-related property settings, where we can set the display and resolution directly, without entering the control Panel.

If you have more than one monitor, you can zoom in on the Start screen by setting the application size option, which includes multi-monitor detection, resolution settings, display orientation settings, and specific to small screen high-resolution devices.

Equipment: Used for management and computer-connected peripherals, such as printers, keyboard and mouse, monitors, speakers and so on. The user can also set the default save location of the file to an external removable storage device here by setting.

Mouse and Touchpad: lets you set the mouse main button (left/right) and the number of rows The wheel scrolls.

Input: Set some performance in the input process, such as AutoCorrect spelling errors, whether to display text associations, and so on.

Corners and edges: Users can change gestures to touch and mouse operations here, such as gestures that swipe from the left side of the screen to change from application to display application list.

Power and sleep: Sets the time when the screen shuts down automatically and when the computer goes to sleep.

AutoPlay: Sets whether the AutoPlay feature is started.

Computer Information: View the current device's basic information, hardware configuration and operating system version, where you can change the current device name.

Account

Win8.1 Preview version of the computer settings under the "account" contains your account, login options and other accounts three subkeys.

Your account: Set the Avatar and other information for your current login account, where you can set the local picture or video to be the user's avatar.

Login options: The user can change the account password, set the picture password, pin code, and password policy here (login requires a password).

Other accounts: Users can add and manage other accounts on this computer here.

SkyDrive

The Win8.1 preview integrates the SkyDrive settings directly into the Computer settings menu, which contains child options such as storage space, files, synchronization settings, and so on.

Storage space: Visually display the user's SkyDrive space usage with pie chart, if the user feels the space is not enough can buy more storage space through here.

Files: Sets the various options for uploading the native files to SkyDrive.

Sync settings: Set the computer to turn on sync and select settings that need to be synchronized.