[Windows 8 General] dazza9075:
Here is a list of 10 tweaks for Windows 8, shamelessly stolen from This Website, ill give a brief overview of them below but since I didn't find these myself I think it only fair that you visit the original site for the full story,

The funky animation one is pretty dam cool and the wee tool found on the link for it is the best way to edit those settings, I found the recommended settings adequate

1. Run Automatic Maintenance on a Schedule

By default, it runs them at 3AM, or if you're using your computer, the next time your computer becomes idle. You can change this time in the Action Center, as well as tell Windows whether you want to wake your computer up to perform these tasks.

2. Customize the Apps in the Search Bar

Bring up the Charms bar (with Win+C), click Settings, and go down to "Change PC Settings." From there, choose Search from the left sidebar, and turn off the apps you don't want taking up space in this menu.

3. Enable the Hidden "Aero Lite" Theme

You can still find it in the Themes folder on your computer.

4. Enable the Secret Start Screen Animation

When you first sign onto Windows 8, you get a very cool animation of all your tiles filling up the screen. After that, though, the Start screen has a much more toned down animation. If you want to enable the cooler animation for every launch of the Start screen, you can do so with a simple Registry tweak found Here.

5. Customize More Icons in Windows Explorer

Windows 8 now lets you customize your Library icons right from its settings. Just right-click on the Library, go to Properties, and you should see the option to change the library's icon right at the bottom

6. Create and Name App Groups on the Start Screen

You can do so by clicking the small button in the bottom-right corner of the screen and then right-clicking on the groups.

7. Take Faster Screenshots

If you press Win+Print Screen (or Win+Volume Down on a tablet), Windows will take a screenshot of your screen and automatically save it in your Pictures folder as a PNG file.

8. Tweak the Number of Rows on the Start Screen

You can tweak this number by editing the Registry, see Here for details

9. Hide Recent Files from Your Jump Lists

To access the preferences, just right-click on the Taskbar, go to Properties, and click the Jump Lists tab.

10. Get More Out of Your Multiple Monitors

If you have multiple monitors, you've probably noticed that Windows extends your taskbar across both screens. It does more than just that, though: you can press Win+PgUp to move your current app to your left monitor, and Win+PgDn to move it to the right monitor. In addition, if you go to the Desktop Background section of your Personalization settings, you can right-click on any individual wallpapers and choose which monitor you'd like it to show up on. Of course, if you like things the old way, you can also turn off the dual taskbar in Taskbar Properties

11. How to make your own Windows 8 "Metro" Shortcuts

Fairly straight forward and obvious way to make your Metro shortcuts, example Here shows you how

12. Various tips and tweaks

This site has gone to great lengths to get a list together for many tweaks, many of them focus on removing what makes Windows 8 good, ill have a look through them all in time and will repost the good ones, but for now there's all sorts to look at from changing the size of the header bar and borders (pretty handy!) to various ways of adding old style "start menus"