Win 8.1 - a few questions...

eddywatson

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Hello

I am new to windows 8.1, For the past 5 or so years ive been using vista. I just have a few questions I hope people can help me with

1. When windows 8.1 starts up I always have to enter my password from my hotmail email address. Can i bypass any login screen and just get it to load my desktop?

2. When I put a dvd into my drive, or i get a message on skype or when a download is completed i get this chyme noise from windows... how do I turn it off ?

3. When i open a video within windows media player it always opens in a small little box, and i have to click to make full screen, with the square/box icon in the top right hand corner, is there anyways to make a video i open within wmp so it always opens to max screen size

thats it for now but im sure il think of more things lol
thank you
 
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Oh look, it's jh30uk being as helpful as ever!

1) Yes, you will have to convert your account to a local one, and then remove the password so that it doesn't have to login. Go to user accounts, then "Make changes to my account in PC settings", which will bring up the full screen interface. Then on "your account" there will be "disconnect" underneath where your email address is displayed, this will change your account in to a local only one. After you have done that, in the same area, go to "sign in options" and click "change" underneath password, you can remove your password in this part.

2) For putting DVDs in, go to control panel, then sound and then the sounds tab. In that list you will be able to choose what actions make what sound, if any. A quicker or easier solution would just be to mute all Windows sounds, which you can do by clicking on the speaker icon next to the clock, clicking mixer, and then clicking on the speaker icon on the bottom of the "Windows Sounds" slider.

As for Skype, its sound settings are in Tools > Options > Notifications > Sounds. Here you can select what events make what sound, or just mute them all.

3) You should change your media playing application to Windows Media Player Classic Home Cinema, http://mpc-hc.org/ which is a third party media player that allows you to change the window size settings easily, by maximising the window, right clicking in the video window > options and then check "remember last window size". You'll have to close it and then open it up again, and from then on it'll open up maximised (not full screen, though if you double click in video window it will full screen it) as Windows Media Player's window size is determined by the resolution of the file playing.
 
Spoffle's advice is pretty good on the most part up above, except for 1).

You CAN do what spoffle suggests, but you can also add a PIN number, saving having to type the password in. You can do this via PC settings and accounts.
 
spoffle said:
Oh look, it's jh30uk being as helpful as ever!

1) Yes, you will have to convert your account to a local one, and then remove the password so that it doesn't have to login. Go to user accounts, then "Make changes to my account in PC settings", which will bring up the full screen interface. Then on "your account" there will be "disconnect" underneath where your email address is displayed, this will change your account in to a local only one. After you have done that, in the same area, go to "sign in options" and click "change" underneath password, you can remove your password in this part.

2) For putting DVDs in, go to control panel, then sound and then the sounds tab. In that list you will be able to choose what actions make what sound, if any. A quicker or easier solution would just be to mute all Windows sounds, which you can do by clicking on the speaker icon next to the clock, clicking mixer, and then clicking on the speaker icon on the bottom of the "Windows Sounds" slider.

As for Skype, its sound settings are in Tools > Options > Notifications > Sounds. Here you can select what events make what sound, or just mute them all.

3) You should change your media playing application to Windows Media Player Classic Home Cinema, http://mpc-hc.org/ which is a third party media player that allows you to change the window size settings easily, by maximising the window, right clicking in the video window > options and then check "remember last window size". You'll have to close it and then open it up again, and from then on it'll open up maximised (not full screen, though if you double click in video window it will full screen it) as Windows Media Player's window size is determined by the resolution of the file playing.
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thank you
the sign in thingy worked a treat and now my laptop boots up even quicker lol.

1 more question...
When i click on anything to delete it just deletes it straight away, without a warning "are you sure you want to delete this?"

how can i turn that warning on? because if i click on delete on the wrong thing i wont be able to click on stop/cancel and it will be to late

thank you
 
eddywatson said:
thank you
the sign in thingy worked a treat and now my laptop boots up even quicker lol.

1 more question...
When i click on anything to delete it just deletes it straight away, without a warning "are you sure you want to delete this?"

how can i turn that warning on? because if i click on delete on the wrong thing i wont be able to click on stop/cancel and it will be to late

thank you
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Just go to recycle bin and restore it.
 
What is the difference for my post #11 to your #12, nearly exactly the same.

As said above your #1 is not even correct, as you do not need a local account to do so.

You are not as clever as you think though you troll around the forum calling others clueless.

I only seen your trolling post as someone quoted it, you have been on ignore for months and still waste you time posting towards me.

I gave a link in my OP that will answer the OP's and Deeps questions and I found it using Google years ago when it was Vista then Seven then Eight Tuts.

Search here would also show results as they have been asked before, I seem to remember the other day a staff member telling a peep to use search as something has been asked before so go and have a go at him in the CPU section.
 
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linktoinsanity said:
Spoffle's advice is pretty good on the most part up above, except for 1).

You CAN do what spoffle suggests, but you can also add a PIN number, saving having to type the password in. You can do this via PC settings and accounts.
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But you'd still have to type the PIN in, which really is no different to typing your password in a practical sense, because you still have to interface with the keyboard to get into Windows. The OP's post suggested that he just wanted the computer to load up without having to do anything bar maybe pressing the power button.
 
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