Like Win7/XP system, in Win8.1 system we can also customize our operating system by setting theme, we can create custom Win8.1 system theme, and with friends share it. The following small series will introduce you to the Win8.1 system theme setting skills.
What is the Win8.1 system theme?
- The Win8.1 system theme is a combination of pictures, colors and sounds. Topics include:
Parts of the theme:
1. Desktop background. Provide a background image, color, or design for the window that is open on the desktop. The desktop background can be a single picture or a slide show. You can choose the desktop background image that comes with Windows, or you can use your own image.
2. Window border color. The color of the window border and the taskbar. The theme can contain a specific window border color, or you can automatically select a color based on the color in the desktop background image.
3. Sound. A collection of related sounds that are heard when an event occurs on the computer. An event may be an action you perform, such as logging in to your computer or possibly performing operations on your computer, such as letting you know when you receive a new email.
4. Screen saver. A moving picture or pattern displayed on the computer screen after a certain period of time without using the mouse or keyboard. The screen saver is disabled in the theme that comes with Windows, but you can enable and add a screen saver to the theme.
You can find all your themes in the "Personalization" in “Control Panel”. Click or click on any topic to apply it to your desktop. Open “personalize”:
- swipe in from the right edge of the screen and click "Search" (If you use the mouse, point to the top right corner of the screen and move the pointer down. Click “Search”), type “personalize" in the search box, and then click or click “Set" & "Personalize".
In the "Control Panel"> Personalization", there are four types of themes:
1. My theme. The theme you created, changed, saved, or downloaded. As soon as you make changes to the theme, these new settings appear here as an unsaved theme.
2.Windows default theme. A Windows theme that can be used to personalize your computer. Most of these topics include a desktop background slide.
3. The theme of the installation. A theme created by your computer manufacturer or other non-Microsoft provider.
4. High contrast theme. Make the items on the screen easier to see. High-contrast themes do not include automatic window border colors or desktop background slide shows.
How the Win8.1 system creates themes:
You can't just use the themes that come with Windows, you can also use your own images and screen savers to create custom themes and choose the colors and sounds they come with. To start customizing, tap or click on any topic to apply it to your desktop. Then change each part of the theme until the desktop background, window border color, sound, and screen saver meet your requirements. All changes made will appear as unsaved topics under “My Topics".
Win8.1 system to create the theme of the steps:
1. Open in the following ways "personalization": swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click & ldquo; search & rdquo; (if used Mouse, point to the top right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click “search”), type “personalize" in the search box, and then click or click “set"; and “Personalization”.
2. To change the desktop background, click or click "“desktop background" at the bottom of the page, browse to the image you want to use, select the checkbox for the image you want to include in the slide show, and then click or Click “Save Changes”.
3. To change the color of the window border and the taskbar, click or click “color” at the bottom of the page, and then do one of the following:
- Click or click “Auto” In order for Windows to automatically select colors based on the colors in the desktop background image, then click or click “Save Changes”.
- Or click or click the color you want to use, then tap or click “Save Changes”.
<quo;Auto”Window Color Options:
1. To change the sound of the computer when an event occurs, click or click on the "sound"," Program & rdquo; items in the list and & ldquo; OK & rdquo;.
2. To add or change the screen saver, click or click the item in the “Screensaver” and “Screensavers list at the bottom of the page to change any settings to suit your needs. Like, then click or click “OK”.
3. After you are satisfied with the display and sound of the new theme, save the theme so you can use it at any time.
Win8.1 system to save the theme steps:
1. Open the "personalization" by: swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click "search” (if using the mouse, Point to the top right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click “search”), type “personalize" in the search box, then click or click “set”&&quoquo; & rdquo;.
2. Under "My Topics", click or click an unsaved theme to apply it to your desktop.
3. Click or click “Save Theme”.
4. Enter a name for the topic and click or click “Save”. The new topic name will appear under “My Topics".
How the Win8.1 system shares themes:
1. After saving the theme, you can share it with friends and family. To send your theme to someone else, you first need to save the theme in a shareable file format called a .themepack file.
2. Open “Personalization by: swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click "Search” (If you use the mouse, point to the upper right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down , and then click "Search”), enter “Personalize" in the search box, and then click or click “Set" & "Personalize".
3. Click or click on your custom theme to apply it to your desktop.
4. Long press or right click on the topic, then click or click “Save theme for sharing”.
5. In the "File Name" box, enter a name for the topic, then click or click "Save".
6. You can share topics using email, web or external drive.
How to delete the theme in Win8.1 system:
1. If you no longer use the theme you have created or downloaded, you can delete it from your computer and save disk space. (You cannot delete a theme that comes with Windows.)
2. Tap or click a different topic to apply it to your desktop. You cannot delete the theme you are using.
3. Long press or right click on the topic you want to delete, then click or click “delete topic”.
How to get more themes in the Win8.1 system:
1. You can find more themes in the personalization library on the Windows website to add to your collection. See which topics are newer, more popular, or browse categories such as animals, cars, and movies.