[Show your style! Make Windows look the way you want
Published: September 7, 2006

You can change everything at once by choosing a theme. There are themes for hundreds of movies, TV shows, sports teams, games, cars, musicians, and anything else people get enthusiastic about. Or you can totally customize the appearance of Windows XP by tuning individual settings.
How to change the theme

Themes can change every aspect of your computer's appearance, including colors, sounds, pointers, and the desktop background. To change your theme, first find one that appeals to you. The Microsoft Download Center has many themes, or you can search the Web. To find a theme on a particular topic, search for "Download XP Themes topic." After you download a theme, just install it as you would any other program.

After you've installed a theme, you can change it manually. ]

more info from Microsoft- w/ screen shots of customizing/personalizing -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...lize/look.mspx

I HAVE WINDOWS XP.
I shall try and do what the others have said.

Be back later!!

Oh, the holding down Control and using my mouse wheel DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

lol

Another way of increasing the print size Mel is to hit Control and the + sign next to the backspace bar.

Print size decreases when you hit Control and the - sign on the left of the +

OH, I'M GETTING SOOOOO EXCITED.

I just hit the control and the plus and all the print got bigger, then I did it in reverse and the print got smaller.

SO NOW I LEARNED A NEW TRICK.

However, the top of the page didn't change. The toolbars.

So, I'm going to do the Properties, or Display, and the Theme thing. Will tell you how this turns out.

Oh, I feel like a kid again.

lol

OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've accomplished GREAT THINGS!!! lol

My theme is Windows Classic, my color is Pumpkin, and my fonts (I have no idea why), are terrific.

Good contrast on the desktop and nice size.

Still don't have the words OUTLOOK EXPRESS. Just the word OUT. Anything I can do about that.

I mean, I really don't care. The color pumpkin is easy on the eyes and the PRINT IS BIG.

I'm thrilled.

and THANKS TO YOU ALL!!

Mel

[Still don't have the words OUTLOOK EXPRESS. Just the word OUT. Anything I can do about that.]


Is that on the Icon & the only one messed up now?

If it is the icon - you can right click it and go down the list to Rename and just retype it and see if that fixes the problem.

Jo:

Tried doing exactly that BEFORE I changed themes and pumpkin colors.

Well, I did it last night and guess what?

I CAN NOW SEE Mozilla (that's how it looks), and Outlook Express is two lines on my icon, BUT WHO CARES.

I can see those icons. They are the only ones I care about anyway.

THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH.

Alan now thinks I'm a genius.

I threatened him with bodily harm if he so much as goes into the control panel or does anything to change what the screen looks like.

And the nifty little trick about holding down Control and pressing the plus sign.

THANK YOU MRS. DOUBTFIRE FOR THAT ONE. Well, you said hold down control and put the mouse scroll thing over it and that didn't do it BUT HOLDING DOWN CONTROL AND PRESSING THE PLUS SIGN.

What a cool thing!!

I might even like computers once again.

lol

Melody