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Customize Your Windows XP Desktop



1. Turn on your computer and log in if you have not already done so.

2. Make sure your mouse isn't over any icons or tool bars on your screen, then right click. A menu will appear. Move your cursor down over "Properties" and click once.

3. A window named "Display Properties" will appear. Go to the second to last tab: "Appearance".

4. If you like the bars on your screen rounded, go down to "Color Scheme" to change tool bars and window borders to a predefined theme's colors.

5. If you move down to "Font Size", you can change how big the text is.

6. If you want to change any of the colors, click "Advanced".

7. The boxes shown will be squared, in the old Windows style, but don't worry. If there is any color you want to change, click on the item and chose the colour(s) you would like.

8. To change the colours, scroll through the different colours until you find the one that you like, and then select it.

9. To change the appearance of text, click on some text in the preview window, and change the size, boldness, underlining, font, and colour.

10. If you like boxes that are squared at the edges, go back to "Appearance", open the scroll box "Windows and Buttons", and select "Windows Classic Style".

11. Now you can choose from even more themes.



12. Once you have chosen a theme, you can follow the steps above to change colours and sizes.

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