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Conquer the Lock screen The Lock screen is the first thing you see, and it should be the first thing you make your own The Lock screen looks prety but you can swatch the picture. Press [Windows tick Change PC Settings ‘and open the Personalisation men ‘the frst things you see are your options fer replacement images. You don't have to stick with the elaay images Microsoft has provided. You can apa picture of your baby, cat or favourite pot plant on the Lock sreen instead just dick the Browse’ button {and choose the image you want to use Configure whet you see onthe Lock seren by “prelang the opps te Persone orl Atthe bottom ofthe Lock EM score stort Updates about happenings nyour PC. You can see ough. 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Easy ~ ether click your profile Picture atthe topright comer ofthe Sart screen and click Lock, or just ress Windows} [Lat the sar time. You can customise your Lock screen colours separately from your Start sereen colours. Open the desktop, bit [Windows IR. type Tegedit, anc {0 through HREV LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE, Mirosoft, Windows, CUrrentversion, Explorer and then Accent Right-click Accent, create & ‘ew Disord, an call DefauitColorset [Now ect this svat the bare to ecimal and set ths to be a number betwen Dane! 24 Fancy etching the Lock AKO) siscnstooshe [Windowsl+IR type ‘gpedt. msc’ go to ‘Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalisation” and change ‘Do net splay the lock screen To enable. why not ade some pep to your Lock screen by ‘utomatically changing ts image? Search the Windows Store for Chameleon, lt takes a number of pictures from coal sources suchas National Geographic and Bing, an automaticaly pastes anew one on the Cock screen ata st interval Another option for shutting your Lack sereens is Lockerz you can give ita selection ‘ofyour local pictures or even hookit up to your SkyDrive account for a truly personal andom experience lek: things such as Twter cents, third-party weather apps and more Cea cea 3! Enough about the Lock screen apart from to tell you that there are loads of ways to.et past itto the login screen: dick't drag it up, spin your rmousewheel, or hit [Space to progress You see your account picture ‘on yeurlogin seen, Or you ‘might not. I you've not set ‘one up, you ust see a silhouette Use the Users mena in CChange AC Settings to aca picture of yourself this follows you anywhere Your use your Microsoft lagin The login screen hasa neat feature for visually irmpated {Users in the bottom let, 50 you can turn on narration, the magnifier and more belore you log in, Press (Tab then [Enter] fyou want 10 get tere without dicking You can also use the accessibility dialog to turn fon the on-screen keyboard Useful on touchscreens and for those who can't use keyboard Log cut! Shut down! De it all without logging in. There's ‘nicon at the bottom-right fof the login screen that does the business access by tapping (Te). [Tabj then [Ente then selecting the function you want withthe arrow keys [once logged in, you might vant to by getting around the Start screen using ‘nothing but your keyboare, Use the arrow keys to Tick between icons, and [Enter to run your selection Jump through the Start IQ) :s07 2/4809 Fase Ur and [Page Down] to hop to ether end, or use [Tab] to jump up © your profil picture, CONQUE THE LOCK SCREEN il ‘Chameleon ful of beautiful photography, periect or making your Lok seta oot amsnng erm pee tte 2 fee eee reer ee ees eet Pec ee PeesTake your first steps Devic BMJ Add user accounts Its easy and transferable ‘Making separate user accounts for different people is simple process and is perfect for families who share and enjoy, multiple devices. You can either add a user account from the desktop Control Panel (as you would in previous versions of ‘Windows or choose ‘Settings’ from the Charm bar, then choose ‘Change PC settings’ and select ‘Users, You can login ‘vith any user account - even while somebody elses logged in to the same device. You need to lag in witha Microsoft account which ean be created ina few easy steps. I you previously had @ Hotmal or Windows Live account, or used ‘Windows Live Messenger or Outlook cor, you can use this account without creating @ new one, and you can take some Settings with you, whichever computer you log int. 12 ceoBY] Setup your email Your inbox upgrade ‘Windows 8 includes Mail~a simple but elfecive eral chert that delivers messages from a varity of sources to 3 Single inbox. You can set up your email lusing various accounts, inckding Google and Microsoft (Hotmail or Outlook com you have an Exchange