5. Using the New Windows 8.1 Interface

In This Chapter

• Working Your Way Around the Start Screen

• Using the Charms Bar

• Personalizing the Start Screen

• Personalizing the Lock Screen

• Changing Your Account Picture

• Making Windows 8.1 More Like Windows 7

• Setting Up Additional User Accounts

• Configuring Other Windows Settings

Window 8 revolutionized the way Windows looks and works. Windows 8.1 picks up on those changes and adds a few more tweaks and refinements—all of which you need to learn to get the most out of your new PC.

Working Your Way Around the Start Screen

Everything in Windows 8.1 revolves around the Start screen. That’s where you start out and where you launch apps and software programs.

Note

While the Start screen appears ...

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