To change the appearance of your windows as well as the resolution of your display system, use the Personalization control panel in Vista or the Display control panel in other versions of Windows. A fast way to retrieve the panel is to right click any unused area on the desktop and click Personalize (Vista) or Properties.
Customizing in Vista
The Vista Personalization menu is a springboard to everything the user normally customizes, including window appearance, sounds and mouse settings. Clicking any of these options returns a dialog box like the one below.
The Themes Dialog
Each appearance category has its own dialog box for changing settings. In Windows XP (above), all the appearance options are tabs at the top of the dialog box. In Vista, you have to go back to the Personalization menu to switch to another group of settings.
Customizing in Vista
The Vista Personalization menu is a springboard to everything the user normally customizes, including window appearance, sounds and mouse settings. Clicking any of these options returns a dialog box like the one below.
The Themes Dialog
Each appearance category has its own dialog box for changing settings. In Windows XP (above), all the appearance options are tabs at the top of the dialog box. In Vista, you have to go back to the Personalization menu to switch to another group of settings.
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