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Urgent -New To Windows 8.1 - Help Please To Set Up!!
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I have been on windows 7 for years and can alter anything - but have just bought a new Windows 8 laptop yesterday. Have spent 5 hours setting it up from scratch and it works fine. Have set up the desktop so it looks like my old windows7 with all the icons on the desktop - just need some help as I can't find where to change things! There is no bar at the top with all the icons for print etc. These are my initial problems:
1. I have been told before h to resize web pages on Windows 7. I have not just clicked the square to enlarge then but dragged them each side and top/bottom to fill screen - but in some cases when I go into them again (even after switching of the laptop)y are still the same! Am I missing something?
2. Can't find how to locate my programs - on Win7 I clicked bottom left of screen and it shoed programs and option of locating prog/files. where is it now?
3.I used to be able to locate a page showing 'computer' with details of this and any printers and plug ins like a memory stick - where is that?
4. This is important. When I set up the laptop initially yesterday it kept asking me if I had a MS account. I had only because I have a 'never used' Hotmail acct and I signed in to this and now it shows this Hotmail acct when I first switch on the laptop and I have to put a password which is the old Hotmail password!!
Firstly I not want these MS Hotmail details to show and I don't want to have a password anyway to log in.
I have my usual gmail address which I have set up with my gmail/thunderbird and all these came on automatically - so how do I get rid of these Hotmail sign ons and will it affect my new laptop if I just remove them - I am unsure of myself here.
I am sure I will find some more probs - so can all you Win8 experts please help me?
Thanks a lot
1. I have been told before h to resize web pages on Windows 7. I have not just clicked the square to enlarge then but dragged them each side and top/bottom to fill screen - but in some cases when I go into them again (even after switching of the laptop)y are still the same! Am I missing something?
2. Can't find how to locate my programs - on Win7 I clicked bottom left of screen and it shoed programs and option of locating prog/files. where is it now?
3.I used to be able to locate a page showing 'computer' with details of this and any printers and plug ins like a memory stick - where is that?
4. This is important. When I set up the laptop initially yesterday it kept asking me if I had a MS account. I had only because I have a 'never used' Hotmail acct and I signed in to this and now it shows this Hotmail acct when I first switch on the laptop and I have to put a password which is the old Hotmail password!!
Firstly I not want these MS Hotmail details to show and I don't want to have a password anyway to log in.
I have my usual gmail address which I have set up with my gmail/thunderbird and all these came on automatically - so how do I get rid of these Hotmail sign ons and will it affect my new laptop if I just remove them - I am unsure of myself here.
I am sure I will find some more probs - so can all you Win8 experts please help me?
Thanks a lot
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thanks for quick reply Murraymints - I was struggling with Win8.!
Have gone thru your points. Firstly I had it set at 125% and when I reset it to 100% - problem solved!
Re. the 2 progs you mention on start up tiles. Could not find them but in pulldown list there was one called This PC with little icon and I pinned this to desktop and that showed what I wanted.
Re.the passwords. The only option I can see is to ADD further one as there is currently my HMail as I said and Guest. I can add my GMail acct for sure but will I be able to remove the other? I used to go straight in without this page on Win7 without password!
Thanks so much
Have gone thru your points. Firstly I had it set at 125% and when I reset it to 100% - problem solved!
Re. the 2 progs you mention on start up tiles. Could not find them but in pulldown list there was one called This PC with little icon and I pinned this to desktop and that showed what I wanted.
Re.the passwords. The only option I can see is to ADD further one as there is currently my HMail as I said and Guest. I can add my GMail acct for sure but will I be able to remove the other? I used to go straight in without this page on Win7 without password!
Thanks so much
This tells you how to bypass the log in screen.
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