Would you love to put your own touches on Windows 8? In this chapter, you learn to personalize your Windows 8 experience by performing the following tasks: B B B B B Personalizing Your Lock Screen Adding Badges Adjusting the Look of Windows 8 Tweaking Your Touch Experience Choosing Your Language 3 Personalizing Windows 8 After the initial (and hopefully pleasing) shock when you are wowed by the color and movement on the Windows 8 Start screen, you may begin wondering how you can add your own stamp on the experience. Can you change the background color that your live tiles float in? Can you change the Lock screen to include a photo that has more personal relevance for you? Do you want to add badges that display updates at a glance, even before you log in to your computer? Well, the answers are yes, and yes, and yes. This chapter shows you how to personalize Windows 8 Consumer Preview so that it looks and acts the way you want. Or, at least, close.