Computer Basics Absolute Beginner’s Guide, Windows 8 Edition, Sixth Edition

5. Personalizing Windows 8

In This Chapter

• Personalizing the Start Screen

• Personalizing the Lock Screen

• Changing Your Account Picture

• Configuring Other Windows Settings

• Using the Traditional Control Panel

• Setting Up Additional Accounts

When you first turn on your new computer system, you see the Windows Start screen as Microsoft (or your computer manufacturer) set it up for you. If you like the way it looks, great. If not, you can change it.

Windows presents a lot of different ways to personalize the look and feel of your system. In fact, one of the great things about Windows is how quickly you can make Windows look like your version of Windows, different from anybody else’s.

Personalizing the Start Screen

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