Customize Microsoft Windows 7 The Way You Want
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by: Stephanietayla
If you want to customize Windows 7 the way you want, have a look at the Personalization window that provides you with the options for customizing Windows 7.
Personalization window incorporates the following options:
1. Change Desktop Icons : This option allows you to open the Desktop Icon Setting dialog box where you can select which desktop icon to be displayed on your desktop.
2. Change Mouse Printer : Clicking this option opens the Mouse Properties dialog box where you can select a new mouse pointer scheme as well as modify what icons are to be used in several pointing situation.
3. Change Your Account Picture : Want to select the latest photo to represent you on Windows 7 Start menu, click this option to open the Change Your Picture window.
4. Display : Clicking this option will open the Display window which allows you to adjust all sort of display settings for the monitor incorporating screen's brightness, text and icon size, screen resolution, and color depth.
5. Taskbar and Start Menu : This option allows you to open the Taskbar and Start Menu dialog box where you can customize Windows taskbar, Start menu, and toolbar that appears on the taskbar.
6. Ease of Access Center : This option allows you to open the Ease of Access Center window. Here you can turn on and adjust a huge series of accessibility settings which is architectured to make the use of personal computer easier for those who are visually and auditory physically impaired.
7. Change the Visuals nad Sound on Your Computer : This allows you to choose a new predefined theme for your Windows 7 desktop, also to save the changes that have been made by you to desktop background, color scheme, sound effects, and screen savers. You can also select a Windows XP colour scheme in Windows 7 by clicking Windows Classic or one of the high-contrast themes in the Basic and high Contrast area of the theme list box.
8. Desktop Background : To open the Desktop Background window, click here. It allows you to select new wallpaper images, you can also select your own photo images to set as a wallpaper, it also allows you to change the wallpaper image or to select a new color for the background by selecting Solid Colors from the picture Location drop-down list.
9. Window Color : Open Window Color and Appearence window using this option. Here you can choose a new color and the amount of reflectivenes for the title bars of windows, the start menu, and taskbar.
10. Sound : This option allows you to assign new sounds to different program events by opening the sound tab in the Sound dialog box. To reuse, you can save your new choices as a custom sound scheme.
11. Screen Saver : This option allows you to open the Screen Saver Settings dialog box, where you can choose a new screen saver, modify the time before the screen saver appears and also to adjust your monitor and hard drive power settings.