Urgent -New To Windows 8.1 - Help Please To Set Up!!

[moggie 939]

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

[murraymints]

if you need to print a page touch on the wee horizontal bars on top right of screen to find drop down menu including print

[murraymints]

2 programs will show on win8.1 start up in tile form if you have pinned them to desktop page they will be there at the bottom

[murraymints]

computer is also on a tile in start up page...

[murraymints]

if you want to pin anything to desktop start up just hold down tile until it presents the option...pin ups appear in a string at bottom of desktop page

[murraymints]

if you go into control panel vis computer you can change user accounts..ie passwords etc

[murraymints]

via ^^

[murraymints]

if you touch on the aforesaid three horizontal bars on topright it offers zoom ..you use this to size page 100% being full screen

[Daffy6543]

Those bars are nothing to do with Windows, they are a Google Chrome browser feature.

[murraymints]

daffy That is what I am using ..assumed op would be too !

[murraymints]

using IE it is the wee cog at the top right rather than the bars on Chrome

[moggie 939]

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

[murraymints]

yes..you can remove accounts as well as add

[hc4361]

This tells you how to bypass the log in screen.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/fl/auto-logon-windows-8.htm

[moggie 939]

Thanks to you both - getting there now!