personalization

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Running an Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU with 8 Gigs RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 on Windows 7 (Upgrade from Vista Home). No video card problems, however for some reason desktop background is stuck on one picture (set for slide display) and Gadgets display has disappeared. Changes to...

As the title says, i want to change the boot logo in windows 7. How i do that ?

I have windows 7 Home Basic, somehow... How can i add up a PERSONALIZE, ( right click > personalization ) option? Windows 7 Home Basic doesnt seems to have it... Besides, is it possible to add up " AERO GLASS EFFECT" in windows 7 Home basic? what i meant is GLASS with transparency or just...

I'm trying to change the size of the font used for icons. But only for icons. Everytime I change it it also changes all other explorer font sizes including the start menu and explorer listings. Why? Does anyone know??? I've attached a screenshot of where I'm changing the icon font (in...

I can't seem to be able to access sound configuration to switch off my System SOunds. I've tried accessing the configuration via both Personalization settings and direrctly trhrough COntrol Panel but hwne i click on the SOunds link nothing happens. All other configuration is possible, just...

Is there a way to disable that stupid snap to borders or grid or whatever on my desktop? I don't like that it won't let me place a window outside the top of the screen or behind/below the taskbar. Thanks. Stan.

I experienced this problem soon after upgrading from vista to windows 7. When i leave the computer until it goes into screen saver and then come back a few minutes later, my personalized window color will change into a pale blue color soon after waking the computer from the screen saver. The...

Hello, How I can customize my desktop like that popular screen of windows 7? Many Thanks Link Removed - Invalid URL

Hi there, for some reason my desktop items have gone, i have tried right clicking desktop then going to personalization then the desktop icon settings and I have made sure that computer and recycle bin is ticked but it makes no difference. I have also looked at my desktop folder via explorer and...

I'm an admin on a Windows 7 PRO 64 bit Problem is I can't set an image for my wallpaper or I can't change my wallpaper I did a sysprep on a ref machine and since reloading the image(with imagex) I can't change the background, it's black and there is no way to set an image as a background...

Google has made their Personalized Search service available to all users, including those not signed in to a Google account. This feature can alter the search results which appear when you use Google based on your previous search activity, however if you wish to turn it off, see the instructions...

Hi, I have windows 7 and I can't fix this problem. First the screen colors changed to only blue and yellow colors, which made the color red appear black. Then, while trying to fix it, the entire screen turned blue tinted and now I don't know how to change it back to its original colors. I've...

I recently installed Windows 7 home premium upgrade on my laptop. For the first week or so everything seemed to work ok. Then about a week ago the screen began to change to user logon after setting idle for 15 or 20 minutes. I checked my personalization settings and it shows the user logon on...

I recently installed Windows 7 home premium. Since the installation, when the computer sets idle for any length of time, the screen goes to user logon. I have tried everthing to remove this, but no luck. I tried unchecking the logon on resume box in personalization but it won't let me uncheck...

Here's one I haven't seen before. I upgraded an older Pentium 4 socket 478 from Vista 32 to Windows 7 Home Premium 32 doing a clean install. I thought that the desktop icons looked larger than they should and I was surprised to see under "personalization", "display", that "larger, 150%" was the...

I desire to personalize the disply (ie fonts, text, etc) in this new copy of Windows 7. How can I achieve this task then set these new settings, permanently? I have a vision problem and would like to enlarge, everything on or off-line. Also, I use Mozilla as a browser and would like to...

Habitually, I keep six or seven folders on my desktop and, when using XP, they would always remember their individual proportions and what part of the screen they were to open up on - that way I could always have several columns of folders side-by-side, with no overlaps, always with the same...

i have a pre-release/test version of windows 7. I've tried changing my theme, desktop pic, and power settings, but it always reverts to default when i restart my comp. Can anyone help with this?

Just installed Windows 7. I've got a WEI of 5.5, far above what's required for aero glass. Personalization has Windows Color as Windows Classic. Ran the troubleshooting for windows transparency and got: The current theme doesn't support Aero Not fixed Desktop Window...