Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

18 |^ |^ May 2019

Take it to the nex t level

Takeprecautions
We’reenteringpotentiallyriskterritory
withsomeofthesetips.Therefore,make
sureyouhavesomekindofsystem
backupinplace– eithera rollback
optionlikeSystemRestoreorRollback
Rx(seepage 16 fromlastissue)oran
up-to-datedriveimageusingMacrium
ReflectFree(www.macrium.com/
reflectfree.aspx). Donethat?Good,
let’smoveon...

Customiselockscreen
Can’ttweakthelockscreentoyour
satisfactionusingtheoptionsunder
Settings>Personalisation>‘Lock
screen’?Checkthe‘BootandLogon’
sectionofWinaeroTweakerforoptions,
likenotautomaticallyselectingthelast
logged-onuserbydefaultoraddinga
limittohowlongtheslideshow
featureplaysfor.

Grablockscreenimages
If you’reusingtheWindowsSpotlight
featuretodisplayrotatingbackground
images,andyou’dlikea permanent
copyofanyorallofthem,selectFind
LockScreenImagesinWinaeroTweaker
followedby‘Getthisone’underthe
currentphoto(ifit’sdisplayed)tosave
it,or‘GetallimagesstoredonthisPC’
tocopythemtoa desktopfolder.

Applythe AeroLite theme
AeroLiteisa no-frillsthemeparticularly
suitedforlow-endPCssuchas2-in-
tablets.If youthinkit mighthelpwith
performance– orwanttoseeif itsclean
andsimplelinesappeal– thenopen

WinaeroTweakerandclick‘EnableAero

Lite(default)’underAppearance>Aero

Lite.Youcanundoit fromhere,too.

CustomiseAero Lite

Onceenabled,selectWindowBorders

underAdvancedAppearanceSettings

tochangethewidthandpaddingof

windows– changesareperformedin

real-time.Youcanalsochangethe

heightofthewindowtitlebarand

changethefont– thisrequireslogging

offandonagain,butalsoworkswith

otherdesktopthemestoo.

ChangeWindows’

start-up sound

YoucancustomiseyourWindowssound

schemebytypingsoundsintothe

Settingssearch box and selecting

‘Changesystem sounds’. What you

can’tdofromhere is change the

Windowsstart-up sound. Instead,

navigatetoAppearance > Startup

SoundinWinaero Tweaker and you can

applyyourown choice of WAV file in

placeofthedefault. If your chosen file is

inanotheraudio format, convert it using

PazeraFreeAudio Extractor (www.

pazera-software.com/products/

audio-extractor/).

Switchsystem fonts

Tiredoftherather conservative Segoe

UIfontusedby Windows for its desktop

components?Swap it out for something

moreglamorous (but legible) via

WinaeroTweaker’s Advanced

There are failsafes

and reset options

built into our

tweak tools.

Give your low-end PC a breather by trying the svelte Aero Lite theme.