personalization

So my girlfriend and I both have different user accounts on our computer. The trouble I'm having is I like a nice picture of my car as my background and she likes the stock images of flowers. When I set a picture of my car it shows up on both my desktop and hers and the same with her setting her...

Hi I just bought a ssd drive and I have 2 partitions. 1 is for work and one is for personal. I did a fresh install for my personal partition. However for work I want to make a clone(it would be a huge pain to setup everything again) of it on my ssd drive. Original Drive 1 Tb seagate hard...

I've watched, waited and read literally hundreds and more likely thousands of posts, both here and elsewhere across the the internet, regarding opinions both pro and con as a result of folks dipping their virtual toes into the arguably troubled waters that is the Windows 8 Metro UI. I listen to...

By following the Personalize prompt on the desktop, I reach "Windows color and appearance" but at that point I don't know (can't find) how to change the color of the task bar. I might add that I don't understand the meaning of most of the choices in the menu on that window. Any hints gratefully...

Y'all are making far too big a deal over the Start screen. I used the DP for months; now the Beta non-stop since 29/2. Hardly ever visit Start. The lack of the old Start Menu & Windows orb is completely meaningless. The OS works just fine, as is. Between the following, there is noise & a...

Allow me to preface this w/ WOW! (Now dual-boot W8 & W7, both x64) Installed in about 15 mins. & takes up 14.4Gig; couple mins. more to put in personal info, personalize things an initial bit & a few secs. (for it) to find Devices (camera, printer, etc.). Cool differences & greater...

First post anywhere; any and all help appreciated. I have been trying and failing to get the custom logon screen background to work in Windows 7 Home Premium. I don't want to use software to accomplish this if I don't have to. I have followed the few simple steps described regarding...

Hi, I know how to personalize my pc with different background colors. However, I would like to know how to use an image stored on my pc instead of a background color. I currently have a slideshow running with my favorite pics and the background color frames those pics, but I would like...

Hello, I just purchased a new laptop with windows 7 home premium installed in. I connected the laptop to my SHARP 32"LCD through HDMI port and the problem I have now is that the desktop is bigger than the LCD screen I can not see all the desktop I want to make the desktop fully fit on the...

Hi there, I am newbie here, nice to meet you all. I have font issue in my windows 7. For example, when I opened some software like Itunes and Youtube Downloader, some fonts in both software would appear in "Courier New" which they are supposed is "Lucida" fonts. I'm not sure whether this is...

I hate how when I change the color of my themes, this taskbar...i guess thats what it is, is still the same color. How do I change the color of this?

# downloads Windows 7: The Starter and Home Basic editions of Windows 7 are crippled when it comes to customization. If you want Aero Glass, Aero Peek, or just wallpaper switching from the desktop context menu, here's a handy patch. More » More...

Hi I've been fooling around with an Icon making program and it's easy and a lot of fun. I've done this before but this program works really well and lets you make higher quality Icons then others I've tried before. http://icofx.ro/ I like to make my own Icons. I use a lot of Icons in Windows...

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

I Have my laptop currently with it personalized to my liking, I'm going to build a gaming pc, is it possible to use a system image, to copy my settings/preferences, and tweaks, to my new computer, and not have to painfully re-install, change, and personalize everything again? or do you know...

# wallpapers Windows 7: If you like to switch up your wallpaper often but are too lazy to go through the desktop background personalization settings, here's a quick way to set a bunch of wallpapers at once. More » More...

When I went to my computer this morning the color of the background on the active window ( I believe that is what it is called ) had been changed from an egg shell color to a seafoam (?) green color. Not only that but the active icon that were in the right hand side of the taskbar were gone. It...

Hello people! GeekTech here, and i want to show you how to change your windows 7 theme, to windows Xp!, watch this video : Things you need to add the theme: http://download948.mediafire.com/zpa8ch7v7reg/arhq03thy304901/Windows+XP+theme+for+win+7r.zip

Another new Windows 8 feature was revealed yesterday, likely as a result of “playing around” with the leaked Windows 8 Milestone release. Roaming options are integrated into the operating system, which apparently are only available for users who have linked the operating system to an online...

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit So I had the "Windows Repair" virus. I succesfully removed it with MalwareBites and Ad Aware and everything seems to be working fine, with exception to my desktop background. It's pitch black. When I try to change it through personalize ->desktop backgrounds...