Windows 8 tricks

Disable the Lock ScreenWindows 8 shows a lock screen when you restart your computer,log out, or lock it. Its very pretty, but it just adds one more keystroke to the login process. You can actually disable the lock screen entirely, although Microsoft hides his option very well.

This option is located in the Group Policy Editor. To launch it, type gpedit.msc at the Start screen and press Enter.

In the Group Policy Editor, navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization.

Double-click the Do not display the lock screen option, set it to Enabled, and click OK.

The next time you restart your system, log out, or lock the screen, you'll see the login screen instead of the lock screen. 




Display Administrative Tools
By default, Windows hides the Event Viewer, Computer Management and other Administrative Tools from the Start screen. If you use these applications frequently, you can easily unhide them.
From the Start screen, mouse over to the bottom or top right corner of the screen and click the Settings charm.

You can also press WinKey-C to view the charms.

Click the Setting link under Start and set the Show administrative tools slider to Yes.

The Administrative Tools will appear on the Start screen and inthe All Apps list.
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Customize Search ApplicationsMetro apps can appear as options when you use the searchfeature.
You can control the apps that appear here and trim down the list. First, click the Settings charm from anywhere on your system and click the More PC settings link.
From the PC settings screen, click the Search category and use the sliders to hide apps from the search screen.

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How To Set Picture Password For Windows 8

Hi friends! You all know that Windows 8 is going to come with its many of the awesome apps. One of its awesome apps is its picture password. It can be used to fully protect your PC without any fear of cracking your password. When you are using picture password, the image which you have selected will appear after booting your window. You have to drag your cursor in that way three times which you have set as password. Without matching all three innings, your PC will not log on. Isn't it interesting? So, come on let’s do it.





Follow these steps to set your picture password—

(Note:— You can directly go to the control panel in the start button and skip the First and Second step.)

1. Go to the ‘Control Panel’, and click on the ‘User Accounts and Family Safety’.







2. Now, go to the ‘User accounts’ and click on ‘Make changes to my account in the Settings App’.

3. Click on the ‘Users’ on the left pane and click on ‘create a picture password’ below the ‘Picture password’.

4. It will ask your current password if created, provide your current password and press ‘OK’.

5. Now, click on ‘Choose picture’.

6. Select the picture you want to set as your password and press ‘Open’.

7. For your confirmation, it will ask again that choose this picture or any other. So, click on ‘Use this picture’.

8. Now, it will ask you the method in which way you want to set. There are three ways to set as password, choose one of them and repeat it three times.

9. Then again, for your sake it will ask to repeat your way to set as password, repeat the same act which you have chosen as password.






10. Finally, click on ‘OK’ and your password has been created.

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