Customizing the Default Background Wallpaper (Scroll Down For Own Wallpaper)

1. Hit CTRL + F at the same time on your keyboard and enter custom

2. Enter “custom” into the search bar and on the left side click the option Customize your Start Screen

3. You can now select a custom color and a custom background from a pre-defined set of tribals, flowers, patterns and shapes:

If that is not enough for you, proceed below with setting up a custom background wallpaper!

Setting Custom Background Wallpaper

1. Download Decor8 from Stardock, before you do that, please keep in mind this will cost approx 4.99 to purchase, but there is a free trial so you can try it for free and if you don’t like it you can remove it

2. After installing Decor8 you will be greeted by this:

3. Click the option Try Decor8 to test it

4. You should now see a tile saying “Not using a custom background” – you can now pick your own background by clicking on Select file at the bottom. Simply browse to a wallpaper file, typically a jpg or png file:

Tip: To exit the Decor8 app, simply hit CTRL + D to go straight to your desktop. If by accident you close it, search for Decor8 after hitting CTRL + F.

5. Alright, now we have found a wallpaper and can select it from the big list of pictures (scroll a little) and then change some of the settings like “make background fill the entire screen”, blu effects, color, contrast and so on.

If you still have questions, post a comment below and let us know if you managed to change the Start screen successfully!

Tip: Don’t want to install any 3rd-party software? Try the built-in snipping tool. Hit Windows key + F and enter Snipping and launch the tool. Draw a rectangle to take a screenshot (after click the button to take it).

Download and Install Greenshot

1. Download Greenshot from http://getgreenshot.org/downloads/

2. After downloading and installing the tool it will use the original shortcut key PrntScr to take screenshots

3. When you right-click on the tray icon you will see various options you can choose from to customize settings, paths and where the tool stores screenshots by default

Edit Screenshots Using Built-in Editor!

One of the key advantages of Greenshot is that you have a built-in Screenshot edito that allows you to add text to your screenshots or forms,lines,arrows and annotations:

4. You can simply use the PrtScr key on your keyboard and Greenshot will from now on take screenshots for you

If you don’t want Greenshot to do the job for you and copy a screenshot into the clipboard instead, simple close Greenshot via the tray icon

Other Alternatives

Know of any other good alternatives to take a snapshot of your desktop? WinSnap, Lightshot and other are possible alternatives or the good old snipping tool that allows you to take screenshots on Windows 8 without any 3rd-party tools. Handy!

Why is the administrator account disabled by default?

In operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 by default Microsoft has disabled the built-in Administrator account which has unrestricted privileges on entire PC for security reasons. When the built-in Administrator account is enabled and a user tries to perform any administrative task using this Administrator account no User Account Control confirmation box is displayed.

Therefore in order to make the computer secure it is always recommended to keep this Administrator account disabled and only enable it to complete admin tasks.

Let’s take a look at how to enable this built-in Administrator account:

1 Log into your Windows 8 computer with any account that has administrative privileges.

2 From the available options displayed on the screen click on Desktop.

3 Press Windows + R keys simultaneously in order to open the Run command box and in the available field type GPEDIT.MSC command and hit the enter key.

4 On Local Group Policy Editor snap-in under Computer Configuration from the left pane expand Windows Settings.

5 Expand the option Security Settings and then expand Local Policies.

6 From there,  click on Security Options and from the right pane double-click on Accounts: Administrator account status option.

7 On the opened box click on Enabled radio button to select and click on Ok button to save changes.

8 Close Local Group Policy Editor snap-in and restart your computer to allow the changes to take effect.

If you’re still having problems activating the admin account, post a question below or on our QA site qa.windows7themes.net

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