All the images in your theme display in the 'Choose your desktop background' window. Windows will cycle through the images in a theme if your PC is on AC power, but not on battery power unless you change the default setting (discussed below).Ĭlick Desktop Background at the bottom of the window. If you don't want to make any changes, exit from the window. The first group of themes (Aero) provides nice background images from which to choose.ĭouble-click a theme to select it. A theme consists of a background image, window color, sounds, and screen saver but you can customize a theme's default settings. The Personalization window contains various themes. Alternatively, you can click Start | Control Panel | Display, and click Personalization in the lower left corner.

The easiest way to get to the Personalization window is to right-click in a blank area of the desktop and click Personalization. Your wallpaper selection is made on the 'Personalization window'.

You can choose a picture that Windows provides, or use your own image. The picture on your desktop behind the icons is called the background, or wallpaper. Change the Desktop Background or Wallpaper Remove the checkmark by 'Enable transparency' to see if you like that effect better. When you click on a color, the window changes to that color. Sixteen different color schemes are displayed on the 'Window Color and Appearance' window - many more choices than in older versions of Windows. Either right-click in a blank area of the desktop and click Personalization or click Start | Control Panel | Display, and click Personalization in the lower left corner.Īt the bottom of the window, click Window Color. The setting to change the color of the windows in Windows 7 is also accessed from the Personalization window.

♦ Change the Desktop Background or Wallpaper.

♦ Change the Windows Color / Color Scheme.

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