It is not that hard to customize your Windows 8 start screen view. There are many options that you can customize in Windows 8 like the logon screen and the lock screen.
Windows 8 provides customization options for the new Start Screen as well. You can resize tiles, move tiles, delete tiles and add new tiles. If you want to change the back color and other views of Windows 8, What settings should you change? We will share a simple solution for that to use with Windows 8.
Edit / Change the view or look of your Windows 8 Start Screen:
1. Open the charm bar by hovering mouse over the top-right corner or bottom-right corner.
2. After opening the charm bar, click ‘Settings’ option. A sidebar will appear.
3. In the sidebar’s bottom-right side, click ‘More PC Settings’. A Metro Control Panel will appear.
4. On its left, click ‘Personalize’ if not selected. Then from the right, choose ‘Start Screen’.
5. The layout of Start Screen will appear.
6. Select the background view from the options given under ‘Choose a background’ label.
7. To change the back color, move the slider given under ‘Change background color’ label.
8. You are done! You customized your own Windows 8 Start Screen’s look.
Examples of Windows 8 Start Screens:
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1. Metro User Interface
2. All functions are working properly
3. Options to access Settings, Devices, Share and Search
4. Choice to run on startup
5. Always On Top function
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This Windows 8 Icon Package contains 7 main sections, with 209 icons in the colours; white, blue and black (total 627 icons). The Icons are 256 x 256px ico files (from 16 to 256px) and 256 x 256px PNG files.
Most of these icons are for desktops or smartphones. There are also icons included for web browsers, social networks, mobile operators, software packages and system icons.
How to use these icons:
The ico files are for Windows Operating Systems. Just replace the original icon from the properties dialogue in any program / folder.
The png files are for Windows Mobile OS, Android, iOS and Linux OS.
Note: The icons are one solid colour, we recommend to use a dark background for the white and blue versions and a light background for the black version.
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Download this Windows 8 Theme for Windows 7 for free. It is basicly a Windows 7 theme based on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. It is based on this theme.
Notes:
-Light window color
-Restored scrollbars to default
-Thin border
-Invisible ‘Show Desktop’ button
Download this Windows 8 theme for Windows 7 here
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