8 Tips You should know before you start using Windows 8.1

After the official release of Windows 8.1 Preview, upgrading to Windows 8.1 Preview may be the first choice to experience the new system. Windows 8.1 has many new changes, such as installing applications that are not automatically added to the Start screen. Also use a lot of practical functions, small series today to share with you ...

When Windows 8.1 starts, you can skip the Xiandai interface and go directly to the desktop;

Right-click on the taskbar (the bottom one), select attributes;

Select navigation;

Check "jump to desktop after login instead of ' start ' screen";

Are you sure.

A simple search can now provide all the results from computers, applications, and networks. View the results in a neat, graphical view to instantly take action and start the application. Search, click, Finish. Whether you find a song or find a video, you can start playing it instantly.

In Windows 8.1, there are two new tile styles that can now be divided into: large, wide, medium and small. Change the style of the tile, still right-click the tile and choose to change the tile size, and different styles will experience different styles, such as a weather tile with different presentation styles. Name Magnetic sticker rental, will be a class style or according to their own use habits, you can put different tiles in a group, but also to name it.

Some applications are not displayed by default on the Start screen, for example calculator, alarm clock, scan, recorder, etc., want to find them, in the beginning of the screen in the lower left corner of a downward arrow, click on to see all the application of the icon, see those "new" logo is the new Xiandai Windows 8.1 Application。

You can now use desktop wallpaper as a background image for the start screen, as well:

Right-click on the taskbar (the bottom one), select attributes;

Select navigation;

Check "Show my desktop background on the Start screen";

Are you sure.

It's still called the Start menu, but it's not the Start menu anymore. When you click on the Start button, you will go to the start screen, but to see some system settings or shutdown, you can click on the Start menu button (or use the shortcut key win+x), you can see some settings of the class things.

In the File Explorer "library" will not become the default display, but in "This computer", you can see documents, pictures, music and so on folders, if you need to display the library, right click on the left sidebar blank, click on the display library can be.

If you use IE 11 on a large screen, it is more important to always show the Address bar and tab page:

Open IE11 in the Start screen;

Use the shortcut key win+c to open charms Bar;

Select Settings > Options in the menu;

Choose to use the display address bar and the tab page.