Flexible and flexible, Win 8 system alternative personalized settings

        Microsoft Windows 8 system not only has a cool new interface and excellent cross-platform and touch features, but also provides a very rich set of personalized features, such as the familiar start screen tile settings and grouping, user avatar and lock screen interface, System login picture password and so on. In addition, Win8 also has some slightly "alternative" personalization settings, such as modifying the notification information display time, adjusting the number of tile on the start screen, or even modifying the sensitivity of the touch, etc., you need to use the control panel and the registry. Editors, interested and friends in need may wish to find out.

Modify the Win8 "Notification" information display time in the 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 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.

See "Where is the Windows 8 Control Panel?" Open the Win8 control panel and select "Easy to use - easy to use the settings center". In the "Easy Use Settings Center" of Win8, pull down the scroll bar, select "Make it easier for you to pay attention to the task", and find the "How long should the Windows notification dialog should be open (X)" option. The default setting is For the shortest 5 seconds, select the appropriate value from the drop-down list (up to 5 minutes). After clicking the "Confirm" button, the Win8 system will display the notification information for the new set time length.

Illustration: Adjust the display time of the Win8 notification dialog box

Modify the registry to adjust the Win8 start screen tile display line number

In the default setting, Win8 The system will specify the default number of tile lines on the start screen according to the resolution of different display screens. For example, the default tile of 1024×768 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 the "Win+R" key combination to open the "Run" window, enter "regedit" (without the quotation marks) to open the Win8 Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows \\CurrentVersion\\ImmersiveShell\\Grid and select "New - DWord (32-bit) value" from the context menu and rename it to Layout_Maximumrowcount. Right-click on the newly created Layout_Maximumrowcount, edit its key-value, and enter the number of new 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.

Illustration: Manually set the number of Win8 tile display lines

Click "Confirm" to save the modified Win8 registry, return to the Win8 start screen, click the user icon in the upper right corner , select "Logout" and re-login to the system or restart the computer to see the modified Win8 start screen tile number setting takes effect.

Left: Win8 start screen display four rows of magnetic stickers Left: Win8 start screen display six rows of magnetic stickers

Generally speaking, we all hope to make full use of the screen area The number of magnetic stickers is as natural as possible. If the display resolution supports more display of the number of tiles, you can set it to display the most Win8 tiles by setting it!

Modifying 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 Win8 touch computer, you can try to modify the registry. Key values ​​to improve the touch response of Win8 devices.

Press the shortcut key "Win+R" to open the Win8 run window, enter "regedit" (without the quotation marks) to open the Win8 registry editor. To be on the safe side, you can first select the menu "File - Export" command to back up the current registry for easy import and recovery. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\TouchPredict, find the "Latency" item and the "SampleTime" item in the right column, double-click or select "Modify" from the right-click menu. Win8 defaults to 8 and changes their key value to 2. Then restart Win8 or log out and log in to take effect.

Illustration: 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. Weigh the choice according to your needs.