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  1. PowerToys Theme Scheduler: Auto Light/Dark Switching for Windows 11

    Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. ART Purple Grunge

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    • background color-purple customization desktop-wallpaper grunge purple purple-grunge theme visual-design wallpaper webp-format windows
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  3. Windows 11 OOBE: 7 essential setup choices for privacy, theme, and productivity

    Windows 11’s out-of-box experience (OOBE) still spends too much time selling users on apps and features while hiding the handful of settings that actually shape day‑one comfort, privacy, and productivity — and that needs to change now. The common-sense fix is simple: replace promotional screens...
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    • accessibility clipboard history dark mode enterprise nearby sharing night light onboarding oobe partial restore personalization privacy settings setup start menu taskbar theme uiux windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows News

  4. Windows 25 Theme: Restore Familiarity in Windows 11 Interface

    Windows 25 Theme: Bringing Windows 11 Back to Familiar Roots Windows enthusiasts have long debated the merits of Windows 11’s design choices, and one tweak has sparked lively conversation among users: the centered taskbar and Start menu. For many long-time Windows users, these design decisions...
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    • customization nostalgia taskbar tech trends theme user interface windows 11 windows 25
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 Theme with 8 Photos Won't Cycle

    I have a Microsoft winter theme with 16 photos installed. I can't get the photos to cycle. I have the cycle time at 1 minute. Any help will be appreciated. Regards, Jim
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    Windows 11 Text in light mode issues

    Hi All, I have the latest build in W11 fully up to date. However when I change the windows theme to 'light' the date/time and sound/network in the task bar when I hover over just turns to white boxes and when I search for something windows + S I can't see the text I am typing and lastly not all...
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    • accessibility bug report dark mode light mode settings taskbar text issues theme user interface windows 11
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 The Last Cursor You Will Ever Need For Windows

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    Windows 10 How to Change Desktop Icon Text Color from Black Back to White

    Can someone please tell me why the text under my desktop icons has turned black,it used to be white.i can hardly see it since it turned black.Thanks greyhound
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    • accessibility color contrast desktop icons display issues text colour theme user interface visual appearance windows settings
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Dialog background too dark

    About a few months ago I think, I started to notice my three Win10 machines the background color of certain dialogs were now a very dark grey. It looks really weird and makes some things harder to see. I guess it happened after a certain update (who knows which one) and as my machines got that...
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    • accessibility background color dark mode dialog personalization theme update user interface windows 10
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Windows XP theme

    Is it possible to get a windows xp theme on windows 10?

  11. Windows 10 Watchdog crash and no screen/PC unusable but on

    Hi, the last week I'm been suffering freezes and reboots. I had one or two BSOD but that doesn't seem to be the main problem, and I have no dumps of them. I have recently changed from a HDD to a SSD, I have applied a theme on my Windows 10, and I have updated to Fall Creators update. I cloned...
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    • 3d vision binary path boot issues bsod cloning crash dump files fall creators freezes hdd nvidia reboots ssd system performance theme usage issues watchdog windows 10 windows firewall
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    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Identification of Desktop Picture

    Can any one identify the airport in this Windows Desktop Theme photograph?

  13. Windows 10 Firefox 57 ? css. chrome ?

    I am a disabled person not technical hope am not out of line someone installed a zip file with chrome css to make Firefox 57 look like classic look go to screenshot on the top of page site Firefox Configuration - MarkRH I got this which looks nothing like the screenshot on the site can you tell...
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    • accessibility chrome classic look configuration css customization disability firefox firefox 57 help internet screenshot step by step support theme user interface web browsers
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  14. new post tab

    Using the theme UI.X........when answering post or creating a new post, like this one, the new post tab is missing. It would be nice to have...as it stands now, one has to go back to the forums main page and then select the new post tab.
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    • attachment feedback forums interface missing feature navigation new post post creation tab issues theme ui.x user experience
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    • Forum: Feedback Forum

  15. Forum page looks washed out

    Signed into the forum as usual and I normally run theme v1.0.2 blue but today the colours are really washed out see my snip:
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    • colors display issue forum theme version 1.0.2 washed out
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    • Forum: Feedback Forum
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    Windows 7 Saving a new Theme in Powerpoint

    Powerpoint is saving my file when I try to save a new theme but the page is blank when I try to apply the new theme. I have used two .png files in the theme and a shape but I don't think this can be the problem Im very stuck for ideas and would really appreciate some help Thanks in advace

  17. Using iconography to enhance UX design

    Link Removed Iconography is a visual language used to represent features, functionality, or content. Icons are meant to be simple, visual elements that are recognized and understood immediately. In a previous post, we explored communication through visual cues. We also dove a little deeper...
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    • aesthetics app design custom icons design consistency icon resources icon sets iconography interface design metaphorical icons semantic icons standard icons theme user experience user familiarity user interaction ux design visual communication visual cues visual language windows 10
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  18. Windows 10 Anyone know how to save a Theme?

    Hi I know how to create a theme in Windows 10 by putting all the image in a folder and pointing to it. What I want to know is there a way to save it as a Theme file, the way that the are in the Microsoft store, so that you can download the whole thing as one file? I'm working on my Rise of...
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    • content sharing creation customization download game graphics image lara croft microsoft store pc gaming print screen rise of the tomb raider screen shots theme theme file user contribution windows 10 windows key
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Removing cursor schemes that have (system scheme) behind the name of the theme

    How do I get rid of custom mouse schemes with system scheme behind it's name? Example: Saving it as: chosen name for custom scheme: dice What I've put behind the name of the custom scheme: (system scheme) dice (system scheme) Note: Pressing delete does not help with this situation.
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    • accessibility control panel cursor customization delete graphics interface mouse scheme settings system theme troubleshooting user experience windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Server 2012R2 Basic Theme color issue

    I have one Server 2012R2 VM that serves as a Session Host for RemoteApps on which the Windows Basic Theme colors have become corrupted. On some Windows text is being display as Yellow on a White background making it almost impossible to read. This is applied to Console and RemoteApp sessions...