How to Set-up User Accounts in Windows 8

With the latest User Interface Operating system named as "Microsoft Windows 8" you get the power of controlling user accounts. If you are the administrator of the Windows 8 OS installed on you machine, then you have the ability to create new users, set-up passwords or log-in PIN options for those accounts and even you can delete those accounts whenever you want. We are going to explain the procedures of those scenarios with all of you. We hope that all of our beloved readers will love the ride with E-Web-Tips.

How to Tweak Windows 8 Live Tiles

Moving Live Tiles

By default, Windows 8 has a good set of tiles enabled, and you have the rights to personalize the live tiles section of the Operating System. You can move around a tile on the Start Screen by simply clicking on a tile and dragging it to the new desired location. When you move a tile to a new place, other tiles automatically slide out of the way and move to their new positions. This happens even if you are moving the tiles from one group of Start Screen to the other group.

Customizing Live Tiles

When you right-click on a tile, it will bring up further options of customization of live tile, at the bottom of the screen: the options of live tiles can be turned of whether if they are consuming too much power or if they are irritating you; you can make the tiles larger of smaller in size - rectangular live tiles can be made square in shape and vice versa; and you can even remove the tile completely. This may become handy if you have a lots of applications installed that are lying on the Start Screen of your Operating System.

Adding New Application Tiles

Whenever you install an application in Windows 8 - either the application is new Modern User Interface or old desktop application - the installed application should install a tile into the Start Screen by default. But, if you have removed a tile from the start screen and you want to re-install it then there are various methods to do this.

If you know the name of the application whose live tile you want to restore, then simply you have to type the name of that application on the start screen: this will launch a search. Let's assume that you have typed the name of application correctly, then the application will pop-up in the search results - in this case you simply have to right-click on the icon of that application and select "Pin to Start" and the tile of that application will be re-installed to the Start Screen of Windows 8.

In-case if you don't remember the name of an application you want to reinstate or if you don't have a specific application in mind, then you should simply right-click anywhere on the Start Screen: this will bring up all Applications Options at the bottom of the screen. This step is also useful when you want to restore multiple applications at a time: you simply have to right-click on multiple applications and select "Pin to Start" and the selected tiles will start appearing simultaneously on the Start screen of Windows 8.

Getting Started with Windows 8 Live Tiles

Exploring Live Tiles:

There are a number of Modern User Interface Applications by Microsoft which have there own live tiles, but all those applications need prompting to display the relevant information. For example, you just click the "Weather" application and select Places. In this modern interface of application, you can choose your default city or location, and then your area's present weather conditions will start appearing in the live tiles. Many of the other applications in Windows 8 (like Finance, Sport and News apps) require an initial interaction before they could start working completely.

Tweak Your Live Tiles:

Some of those applications of Windows 8 that show some data to your live tiles can be modified to display different information. For instance, open the Weather application again, open the Places menu and enter the name of a place to find its weather. Then you can pin this new location to the Start screen by right-clicking on your new location on the main screen of the weather app in Windows 8. While most of the live tiles are related to some of the pre-installed applications and services of Windows 8, third party applications do have their own live tiles in place, but the capability of customization and modification varies considerably.

Measure Performance of Live Tile:

Microsoft is very much concerned that the live tiles don't put a drawback on either your system's performance or on the battery life - in case of laptops and tablets.
To check for yourself that how much of processing is being used by your PC:
1. Go to the Start screen and type "Task Manager".
2. When you've opened the task manager, click on the "App History" tab of task manager of Windows 8.
This will make a list of applications that you've used on your PC and how much of processor and network resources have been used by those applications. The last column here "Tile updates" shows that how much memory was used by Tile to keep its contents updated. If you find any Live Tile that is using more memory than you'd like, then you can stop it by just going to the Start Screen and deactivating the tile from here.

Turning off Tiles:

If you want to deactivate or remove some or all of the live tiles, then it is quite a simple task. It is also a useful step if you want to customize your Start Screen.
To turn-off the Live Tiles in Windows 8, you have to follow some of the following simple steps:

1. Go to the Start Screen of Windows 8.
2. Right click on a tile that you would like to make changes to.
3. Click on "Turn Live Tile off" button appearing at the bottom of the screen, if you want to turn that tile back into a standard tile with a static icon.

This will stop the notifications and updates appearing on the tile and this will help to stop the needless usage of system resources.
To completely remove a tile from Start screen and to simplify your start screen, follow some of the following simple steps:

1. Go to the Start screen and locate the Live Tile that you want to Remove.
2. Right-click on it and select "Unpin from Start" appearing at the bottom of the screen.

Note: If you want to remove multiple tiles then you can do this by right-clicking on multiple tiles and removing them simultaneously.

How to Setup Wireless Network in Windows 8

Broadband Internet has become very common, almost it is being used everywhere, so if you have a wireless router in your home then there is a good chance for you. If you don't have a Wireless network, then there is certainly a good time for you to embrace the freedom of Wireless Internet and switch on to the upgraded technology and make your network accessible anywhere in home. Let's assume that you have a router of your own, then it is necessary to configure it carefully to gain maximum security and performance. The procedure of setting-up a router varies from one model to other: you will have to check the instructions guide by manufacturer for accurate procedure on how to connect to the router from your PC and how to change settings of your router.

How to Select or Create a Suitable Windows 8 Theme

Choosing a Theme:

There is always a series of default themes present in Windows 8 - which are ready-made packages of special background images, screen-savers and sound effects. These ready-made themes contain one theme that is based on flowers and one around the Earth. You can pick your desired theme from available themes by right-clicking on the empty space on the desktop, choosing "Personalize" and then selecting one of the Themes available in your Windows. All pre-available themes contain a selection of images and the desktop background will keep changing as it cycles through those images. If you want to manually move onto the next image then just right-click on the desktop and select "Next Desktop Background" from the options menu.