appearance

....change this ugly green background on the Tiles page? Thanks.

Consider the following scenario: You are running Windows 7. You launch Control Panel, choose Appearance and Personalization and then click on the Personalization link. You back out of the Personalization page by either clicking on the Back button or... Link Removed

Hi, I'm new here and hoping that someone might be able to point me in the right direction. I currently use XP but I am interested in upgrading to 7. I have spent dozens of hours researching Win 7 online, but my big questions do not appear to have easily found answers. (1) Do all menus in...

If you switch between Windows and Linux and would rather your Windows machine had a touch of Torvalds (via ), Ubuntu Skin Pack will get the job done. (more…) More...

I need to install a font thats missing from W7, so I go to Google and get Microsofts answer. Go to Control Panel, click on appearance and open the Font section, then click on "File" and choose "Install a Font". However, as is typical to 40% of their instructions, its not there. There is no "...

Well ... Windows 7 may be prettier than XP; but does it really pay to ditch a working Windows XP network and replace it with Microsoft’s shiny new version?… More...

Changed the appearance of Win7 to make it look like XP. Changed desktop color, active window color etc. Everything worked fine. Except I still have 3d fonts under the icons on the desktop and they look terrible on a solid background. The setting is the font for "icons" - changing the style or...

Now, my window color looks too old. I have already found its cause. That's because I chose the advanced section, but I don't know how to close the advanced section. Please help me! Thanks!

When first started, the welcome screen contained 3 icons representing 2 home users & 1 guest account. Now, the welcome screen only shows 2 icons..last user logged on & guest user. How can I revert to former view? Have read all help menus within Win 7, as well as system restore. Didn't...

Is there a way I can change the appearance of how windows load up before you see the logon screen? I want to see another loading screen instead of the default screen with the green bar moving up to load. Is there a way?

My window color thing looks like this... It was fine a second ago and now its very odd looking like an old style... See attachment. Sorry for short and brief question, It's late I must be going to bed. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys! I would like to ask, whether someone has any idea how to change the bloody pale blue color of selected files. When I am using advanced settings under "Advanced appearance settings" it changes just the border of the dragged selection - no the selection itself. When I stop dragging...

I want to make my windows 7 explorer icons in my menu bar to be like the old win 2000 look, ie. I want my up arrow back, how can I do that.

Ubuntu 10.04 First Thoughts - Quandy Factory 1 Boot Time ↑ This is the most immediate, obvious improvement in 10.04. True to their commitment, the Ubuntu developers have made big strides in shaving as much as they can off startup and shutdown times. Startup is visibly faster than 9.10...

Why is it that my Taskbar look different from others?

as you can see by the title, i had a problem with the glass/ aero colors. I can change them. i click the "window color" button but it doesnt go to this window http://moeminthar.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/windows-color-and-appearance.jpg it goes to this window...

This Color Scheme Looks TERRIBLE. PLEASE HELP!! I have had Windows 7 Home Premium for a couple of months on my desktop, and it dawned on me that the beta on my 4 year old laptop looked much nicer. So I tried to get Aero to work on my desktop. I tried to troubleshooting in the control panel, and...

With XP I had a number of folders on my desktop, simply to contain icons for similar functions and reduce the desktop clutter. These folders were just a single window, which could be set to any size, with a title and an address bar at the top and a status bar at the bottom, and the only things...

i did folder with background in windows xp Link Removed - Invalid URL but background no see in windows 7 how do folder with background image be seen in win xp and win 7

Hi all. Would somebody please tell me how to fix this issue?? As you see I have "Windows Aero" selected and applied, but my menus still show up as I would have "Windows Classic" applied. You can see in this shot that I already pressed "Apply", but the menus didn't change. Dragging windows all...