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Changing the appearance of windows and backgrounds

You can change the appearance of Windows desktop items, such as the colors of

windows and dialog boxes and the color and design of the desktop background.

To change Window colors and effects:

1 Click (Start), Control Panel, then under Appearance and Personalization, click

Customize colors. The

Window Color and Appearance

dialog box opens.

2 Click one of the color choices and adjust the Color intensity slider, then click

OK. Your new color settings are applied.

3 For even more color adjustment options, such as color schemes, shading effects,

and screen fonts, click (Start), Control Panel, then under Appearance and

Personalization, click Change the color scheme. Change the setting you want,

then click OK.

To change the Windows desktop background:

1 Click (Start), Control Panel, then under Appearance and Personalization, click

Change desktop background. The

Choose a desktop background

dialog box

opens.