How to remove the start screen in Windows 8. Who is a System Administrator? Organize your Start screen
After installing the Windows 8 operating system, the Start screen contains a set of tiles similar to the list of frequently used programs in the Start menu of previous versions of Windows. The screen displays a set of tiles that Microsoft or the computer manufacturer has deemed relevant.
As a rule, these are not at all the applications that the user would like to see, but fortunately, this list can be customized to your taste and desire.
Removing tiles
First of all, it is worth removing from home screen Windows 8 unnecessary tiles. To do this, select the tile you are interested in and click the item in the menu that appears: “Unpin from start screen.”
In order to select one or more tiles at once, you need to click on them right click mice.
note: When you select a group of tiles, not all actions may be available.
Adding tiles
There are several ways to add tiles to your Start screen. The most common of them:
"All Applications" list. First you need to get on the list of everyone installed applications. To do this, you need to right-click on an empty area on the screen and select “All applications” in the menu that appears. The window that opens will display a list of all programs on the computer.
You can add a tile with a program or application to the Windows 8 Start screen by selecting it from the menu list and clicking the “Pin to Start Screen” button.
Search. If needed specific program, but you don’t know its location, just use the means Windows search 8, which are available on the Start screen. On the search results page, highlight the app you want and add it to your Start screen using the Pin to Start button.
Desktop. You can also add desktop elements to the Windows 8 Start screen tiles: Recycle Bin, folders, files, etc. To do this, select the element of interest, right-click and select “Pin to Start Screen” from the drop-down menu.
Placing tiles
After compiling an individual list of tiles, they can also be placed according to your taste. In order to arrange tiles on the home screen, simply drag them to the desired location while holding the element with the left mouse button.
In this case, the remaining tiles will be automatically placed around the dragged object. If necessary, you can select a specific group of tiles and place it separately from the rest.
This article will talk about how to add tiles in Windows 8.1 or how to remove extra tiles in the Modern or Metro interface. Not every user uses the Modern interface. For example, I haven’t been able to get used to it for a month now, or maybe I just don’t want to, because I’m used to my native seven. But maybe someone uses it Windows tiles 8. This article is actually intended for such a user.
The new interface has a lot of unnecessary tiles that can easily be removed and shortcuts added in this place necessary programs. Use built-in Windows programs 8 is somehow not very convenient. For some reason, there is a feeling that they are somehow underdeveloped or specially made this way, something like a rebus that must first be solved and only then used. I would like to give an example from my own experience of using the music player tile. So I launched the mp3 file and the music seemed to start playing, but I still couldn’t figure out how to turn it off. Not finding a music mute button (what kind of player is this that doesn’t have play buttons or stop, maybe it works from the power of thought, damn it, I didn’t think about that, I’ll have to try it), I decided to use the most reliable method and stupidly reboot the computer. And what would you think? Yes Yes Yes! I almost jumped out of my chair, the music continued to play as if nothing had happened, it didn’t even think about turning off. I don’t remember how I stopped it (apparently I was in a trance state), but after that I decided not to use the built-in tile applications anymore but to install regular programs like AIMP and ACDSee and to make it more convenient to launch them, I needed to configure the tiles.
So, let's look at how to remove unnecessary tiles. Open the “desktop” (damn, the name “Metro” or “Modern” infuriates me, I’ll call it R12 in the old fashioned way; desktop (after all, it’s a desktop?)), and select the first “square victim” that we will remove. Yeah, there you go! We remove the camera. I use ACDSee to view photos (or you can install FastStone, there are many different viewers). To do this, right-click on the tile we need
A simple panel like this should appear at the bottom. Find the icon called “Unpin from Start Screen” and left-click on it.
That's all! The tile has been removed. We see an empty space where the camera was. By the way, you can add any tile you need there.
To consolidate the material, we will perform this procedure again. This time we’ll put away the notebook (of course I need a notebook, but I’m willing to sacrifice it to consolidate the material). Also right-click on it
And in the panel that opens, left-click on the icon with a hairpin (I forgot what this garbage is called correctly)
We see that the notepad has been removed from the “Home Screen” (here it turns out that the “Modern” interface is called correctly in Russian)
Well, we have learned how to remove tiles from the start screen, now we will learn to add the necessary tile programs, i.e. tile-shaped labels.
To do this, on the home screen, click on the down arrow, where all the programs are located (of course, they can be launched from the bottom screen, but this is not very convenient, so we will transfer them to the top screen)
Here we see all the programs installed on our computer. Select the one you need. I chose “Eset Nod32” that came at random (although I don’t really need it there, but whatever you do for the sake of an example). Right-click on it and in the panel that opens at the bottom, left-click on the icon that says “Pin to Start Screen”
We look at the start screen and see a square label Eset Smart Security.
We add other programs in the same way. I chose the Yandex browser shortcut. Also right-click on it
And in the bottom panel select R12; “Pin to Start Screen” (the caption speaks for itself)
We look at the start screen and see the tile we added
This is how we set up the initial screen.
You can also freely move tiles from one place to another simply by clicking on it with the mouse and rearranging it to any other place.
If you no longer have enough space, you can customize their size. For example, if you often use some programs and less often others, then you can make them larger or smaller. To do this, again right-click on the tile we need and in the bottom panel click on the “Resize” icon
An additional window will appear with size options. In this case, there are two options (for other icons there may be three options, in my opinion there are three options only for built-in Windows programs 8.1). We choose small.
We see that it has become two times smaller. This way you can place who knows how many tiles on the home screen.
This is where I’ll end this article. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can add something to it. Leave your comments.
Sysadmin(he's on English language sysadmin, system administrator) - an abbreviated name of a profession, the full name of which in Russian sounds like System Administrator. This profession in Lately has become very popular for most young and not so young people, they teach it, they work on it, they get good money for it. This is due to the rapid development of various computer technology and their penetration into all spheres of human life. The word system administrator is often used in colloquial speech, in vacancies and resumes when searching for a job, in a word - everywhere. Below we will talk about what the profession is system administrator.
In modern realities, a system administrator can be called virtually any person who is involved in servicing and maintaining the work of a certain computer network, including all its hardware and/or software components, which may include:
- Personal computers, both workstations and servers;
- Network equipment such as switches, routers, firewalls and more;
- Web servers, mail servers, database servers, and others.
Also, in certain cases, the system administrator may be responsible for ensuring proper information security.
Depending on his specialization, a system administrator can engage in the following activities:
- The administrator of workstations and servers most often repairs both hardware (failed motherboards, burnt-out power supplies), and software (Windows won’t load, commas won’t print in Word”e...).
- Administrator corporate network based on an Active Directory domain. A very popular activity, given the prevalence of operating rooms Windows systems, as well as the need to somehow centrally control them. Such a specialist must be able to create, distribute into groups, edit users, give them the appropriate rights in the AD domain, and also be able to manage group policies for users, their computers and the groups they all belong to.
- Administration of networks and network equipment. His responsibilities include knowledge of network topology, the ability to work with both non-configurable and customizable network equipment, planning local computer network, as well as the ability to combine several remote workplaces into one network by setting up NATs and VPNs. You should also not forget to control access within this network and outside it - setting up a proxy.
- A web server administrator, who must at least be able to install, configure and maintain one of the following web servers - Apache, IIS, Nginx, and monitor hosting (which can be located both within the organization’s network and outside it). In addition, a good administrator should be able to configure normal resource distribution under high loads, clustering and many other specific things.
- Administration mail server It is also a common task for a system administrator; his tasks include working with such popular solutions as Exim, Microsoft Exchange, Postfix, Sendmail, or corporate email solutions from Google or, for example, Yandex. In addition to the obvious control over accounts (creation, deletion, configuration), it is also necessary to be able to set up an antispam system, etc.
- Site administrator. These responsibilities may include simply filling out the site with some content, but once we're talking about about the system administrator, then in theory he should be able to set up hosting (including a web server, as mentioned above), install and configure the desired website, for example, some kind of content management system (CMS).
- Very rarely, the responsibilities of a system administrator may include the task of creating or maintaining a video surveillance system. The tasks include installing and configuring cameras, responding to various events, saving and playing back recordings. He has a weak attitude towards system administration, and often falls into his responsibilities in conjunction with some other responsibilities.
Left out of the system administrator's activities described above are such possible things as database administration ( Microsoft SQL, MySQL and its multiple branches, Oracle, etc.), 1C administration (not to be confused with “1C programmer”), PBX and much more.
There are quite good options for personalizing the Start screen, but in Windows 8.1 they have expanded even further and allow you to customize almost all its aspects. The new release has increased the selection of colors and patterns, including animated ones, and there are some less obvious improvements that are worth knowing about.
Patterns and colors
The most obvious customization options are available right from the start screen. Just click “Settings” and select “Personalize”.
Everything works almost the same as in Windows 8, but there are many more possibilities. There are twenty options available in the list of background patterns, including six animated, twelve static, an empty background (matching background color) and desktop wallpaper. The choice of background and foreground colors is also very wide, especially compared to Windows 8. Together, this allows you to completely customize the Start screen to your liking. Here are a few examples where only the pattern, background and foreground colors are different.
Tip: if you expect to frequently switch between the Start screen and the Desktop, you should use the same background for them - this will soften the harshness of the transition from one interface to another.
Tiles
Consolidating administrative utilities. Administrators and old-school IT pros will appreciate the ability to pin administrative tools to the Start screen. To do this, click on the Settings charm on the start screen and select Tiles.
Turn live tiles on and off. Main advantage of Windows 8.1 in general and the start screen in particular - this is precisely the ability of tiles to update and show up-to-date information in real time. However, some would prefer to do without it - and they have such an opportunity. To turn off updating for one or more tiles, select them and select the “Turn Live Tile Off” option in the panel that appears. You can turn updates back on in the same way, just keep in mind that some tiles simply aren’t dynamic.
Replacing the Home screen
Desktop users may want to replace the Start screen with the Applications screen, which shows a static but full list everyone installed programs. As I already said in the article “”, this can be done in the properties of the taskbar, on the “Navigation” tab. The option you want is called “Show the Apps view automatically when I go to Start.” If desired, the list of applications can be sorted by category to make it even more convenient.
Setting up synchronization
When using an account Microsoft records(as intended) Windows 8.1 automatically synchronizes a lot of settings, including the Start screen, so that you can work in a familiar environment on all computers. It's worth exploring these settings because not all Home screen settings are synced by default.
Home screen sync settings can be found under PC Settings | SkyDrive | Synchronizing settings" (PC Settings | SkyDrive | Sync Settings).
The following options are available:
“Sync your settings on this PC”. This option must be enabled in order for settings to be of this computer synchronized.
“Start screen”. When this option is enabled, tiles and their placement are synced across all computers. By default this option is disabled, and if you enable it there will be some interesting side effects. Let's say modern applications that are not installed on the current computer may appear on the start screen, and if you click on the tile of such an application, it will be automatically installed.
"Performance" (Appearance). By default, this option is enabled and is responsible for synchronizing the pattern, background and foreground colors of the Start screen (as well as other settings not related to the Start screen). If you prefer to use different settings on different computers, it is better to disable this option.
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Tiles - called "live tiles" in Windows Phone - are located on the Start screen. Windows screen 8 (Start screen) and denote desktop programs, web pages, Explorer folders and other objects, including information from some special Metro applications (more on this a little later).
In the standard format, tiles are simple, opaque rectangles or squares that are automatically arranged in several rows across the home screen.
Touching a tile (or selecting it in any other way) will launch the application or interface associated with that tile. For example, if you click on the Mail tile, the Mail application will open.
What’s more interesting is that many tiles can display information that is dynamically updated in real time, even if the corresponding application is not running. To interact with this information, tiles use various styles of text, images, including the entire tile, and status indications (for example, to indicate the number of unread emails, etc.).
Take the Calendar app, for example. Once synchronized with one or more accounts, it dynamically displays information about upcoming events on the tile. Most often, it is this information that the user is interested in, so there is no longer any need to launch the application and manually search for events in it.
The Mail tile works much the same way, showing up to your five most recent emails in turn, and displaying an icon in the lower right corner indicating the number of unread messages.
There are tiles on which images are displayed. For example, the Desktop tile shows the desktop background, and the Photos application tile shows a slideshow of photos from hard drive and all kinds of network services.
Of course, tiles can be scaled to make them smaller (square) or larger (rectangular). Square tiles take up less space on the screen and do not look as expressive as larger rectangular ones. But this does not mean that they are not updated. As you can see, the Photos and Weather app tiles show useful updates even in smaller sizes.
How an app responds to scaling is up to the developer, so not all small tiles are that useful. For example, the “Mail” tile does not show any valuable information in a reduced form, and the “Calendar” displays only current date. And of course, tile updating can simply be turned off, returning them to their original static state.
Applications may offer additional features personalization through internal links. You can create a new tile directly from an application so that it opens a specific state of that application. For example, the Weather app allows you to create child tiles for individual cities, and the Mail app allows you to create child tiles for individual folders:
Child tiles are created the same way in all applications that support this feature. Just open the application panel (by right-clicking or activating the top or bottom border of the screen) and select the “Pin to Start” option. A pop-up window will allow you to give the new tile a suitable name.
By the way, child tiles appear in the All Apps list along with the “real” apps, so they can be found by searching.
As soon as you start using Metro apps, the start screen - an empty field with opaque tiles - magically comes to life. While this screenshot doesn't capture the interesting effect of constantly updating tiles in real time, it does show that a fully usable home screen looks much more vibrant than the original, untouched one.
I immediately liked the live tiles in Windows Phone, and the improvements Microsoft has implemented in Windows 8 look very interesting. In this operating system, designed for both PCs and devices, Microsoft offers larger, more expressive tiles with enhanced personalization options. They're also much brighter because app developers can use their own colors rather than being limited to a preset accent color like Windows Phone. (The question remains, however, why users are not allowed to change the colors themselves.) The only significant drawback of the tiles, of course, is that desktop computer they're not particularly useful, and since the Start screen can't be viewed side-by-side with the Desktop, few people will find this useful interface useful. But users of tablets and others similar devices tiles will surely appeal no less than to owners of smartphones on Windows based Phone.
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