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Windows 8.1 five major changes, I believe that many inexperienced people do not know what to do, so this paper summarizes the causes of the problem and solutions, through this article I hope you can solve this problem.

Change is always very difficult, when we are used to a thing, accustomed to a way, then we will naturally resist when we change. So it is not difficult to understand that the launch of Microsoft Windows 8 last year did not receive a warm welcome. Unlike Windows 7, Win8 subverts previous operating habits and takes some time to learn to adapt. Between vendor promotion and user habits, we have to give up something familiar, such as the "start" button.

To address the discomfort of users, Microsoft released a new version of Windows Windows 8.1 last month, which includes a series of adjustments and new features, but you will still find some persistent problems if you try to use Windows 8.1. As the mainstream system in the future, we still need to improve our awareness and skills of Windows 8.1.This is the original intention of this article.

There are two pieces of good news: if users use a genuine Win8 system, they can upgrade to Windows 8.1 for free without having to pay expensive upgrade fees, which is also a concession made by Microsoft to promote the new system in the future. The other good news is that if you want to install Windows 8.1, you have to meet its configuration requirements, but its hardware requirements are not high. At present, many tablets use Atom processors that can run the new system smoothly, which lowers the threshold for using Windows 8.1.

Individuation

* * you won't notice the difference between this major update and Win8 every time you launch Windows 8.1. users can still see the tile start screen when you boot, but in terms of details, Windows 8.1 is more personalized. For example, you can change the background image of the magnetic tile screen (the touch screen swipes the rightmost part of the screen or the mouse clicks on the upper and lower right corner of the screen, and select "personalize" from the "Settings" option in the pop-up suspension menu). You can also use the right mouse button to click the tile button to change the size of the tile button (including large icons, wide icons, medium icons, small icons), of course, you can also remove the corresponding tiles from the tile screen.

Individuation

The touch screen swipes up the bottom of the screen or clicks the lower left corner of the screen with the mouse to browse all the applications on your computer, or you can type the program directly through the search function to quickly open the program.

Microsoft also allows users who find it difficult to adapt to the Windows 8.1 magnetic patch screen to boot directly into traditional desktop mode, although this option is hidden in a deep way. In PC desktop mode, right-click in the "taskbar" space, select Properties, and in the "start screen" in the "Navigation" column, check the box "log in and go to the desktop instead of the" start "screen.

Specific operation process

New start menu

* the start menu is back. In fact, I didn't care about the start menu when using the pre-Windows 7 system, and no one ever felt how convenient it was, of course, only before Windows 7. In Win8, when you switch to desktop mode, you will find that you can only switch from desktop mode to tile mode after clicking on the original start menu, which makes most users uncomfortable.

Start menu

The newly added start menu in Windows 8.1 does not return to the Windows 7 style, and only one menu pops up after clicking, including menus such as Control Panel, Task Manager, and shutdown / restart. There are other utilities, including programs and features, where you can uninstall or change desktop applications and power options, and customize battery settings.

Multitasking using snapshot view

Win8 provides a more convenient function, that is, to open the two programs at the same time, and automatically split the proportion of the two programs on the screen, this function could have improved the efficiency of users, but because the segmentation ratio can not be changed freely, and the automatic segmentation of the screen can only be displayed in the proportion of 1gamma 3jue 2max 3, resulting in small segmentation blocks in the text image is difficult to see, so the user usage rate is very low. Windows 8.1 has been modified accordingly, and now you can split the screen according to your preferences to make the content on the left and right sides more suitable for reading.

Multitasking using snapshot view

The process is relatively simple, as long as you open an application and slide your finger or mouse down from the top of the screen until the program window shrinks and slides the reduced program to the left / right side of the screen. Then return to the desktop and continue to open the second program, continue the previous operation to put the program on the other side. By default, the snapshot view separates the two programs symmetrically, and the user can control the size of the window by dragging the black bar in the middle of the screen. When the screen resolution is large enough, the user can split up to four applications.

Change the default application

Microsoft spares no effort to promote its own products, for example, the default browser of the newly installed native system must be Internet Explorer, and the default mail application must be OutLook, but depending on user habits, many users will choose applications provided by other third parties, while Windows 8.1 allows users to set commonly used programs as default programs.

Change the default program

This setting is not difficult to achieve, according to the way to change the background image of the magnetic patch screen to open the right suspension menu, select "Settings", in the "computer Settings" option, you can click "search and Application" option. Select the program and select "default" at the bottom of the list, where users can change the default of all programs such as web browsing, email, music, video, photos, calendars and maps.

Xbox Music list

* one point is probably the most interesting in this article. Windows 8.1 provides a great feature to create Xbox music lists based on the site, and you read it right: according to the site.

Xbox song list

Specifically, if you are visiting a music website, the music you are playing can be manipulated through the "share" function in the floating menu. When the user clicks the "share" button, the music played by the site will form a playlist in Xbox in a few minutes, and the list will not disappear the next time Xbox is opened, so that users can save all their favorite music and enjoy it at any time.

Although there are still some problems in Windows 8.1, for example, it is more suitable for touch screen operation than mouse control. But I have to say that there are still a lot of improvements, if you plan to continue to live in the Windows camp in the future, then you will learn it at some point in the future to adapt to it, since this is an inevitable thing, why not let it start earlier?

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