Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple

Chapter 5. Customizing the appearance of Windows

In this section:

• Customizing the Start screen

• Unpin an app

• Change a tile’s size

• Reposition tiles on the Start screen

• Apply a new Start screen background

• Choose a lock screen image

• Choose lock screen apps

• Select an account picture

• Create a desktop shortcut

• Change the desktop’s theme

• Select a desktop background

• Change the screen resolution

There are many ways to customize your computer to make it uniquely yours. To name a few, you can change the color and background of the Start screen and rearrange the tiles; you can change the picture on the lock screen and customize the notifications you see there; and you can apply a theme to the desktop. If you log in with a Microsoft Account, those changes will, by default, ...