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Today's Tips 07/17/2006

Enable Or Disable Windows XP Interface Components!

You can enable or disable portions of the new interface by clearing or selecting a check box:
1. Right-click My Computer and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.

To select all of the check boxes, click Best Appearance. To clear all of the check boxes, click Best Performance. If you select Restore Defaults, several check boxes are selected. The default selections are determined by your computer's capabilities.

Portions of the New Interface
- Animate Windows when minimizing and maximizing
- Fade or slide menu items into view
- Fade or slide ToolTips into view
- Fade out menu items after clicking
- Show shadows under menus
- Show shadows under mouse pointer
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Show window contents while dragging
- Slide open combo boxes
- Slide taskbar buttons
- Smooth edges of screen fonts
- Smooth-scroll list boxes
- Use background image for each folder type
- Use common tasks in folders
- Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons

NOTE: Enabling or disabling these components can significantly hinder or enhance performance depending on the hardware specifications of your computer.

Windows XP interface is enabled by default in the Home Edition and Professional Edition.

Gary Chambers

Create Your Own Desktop Theme In Windows XP!

When you modify any element of a theme, It is recommended that you always save your changes with a new theme name. If you select a different theme before you save your changes, the changes that you made to the theme are lost.

To create your own desktop theme, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes, and then click Display. Or, right-click an empty area of the desktop, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Themes tab, and then, in the Theme list, click the theme that you want to modify.
3. Make your intended changes to the elements of the theme that you want to modify.

The following list shows individual desktop theme elements and their locations on the Display Properties dialog box tab or in Control Panel:
 

- To change the background design, the color, or the position of the background design on your screen, click the Desktop tab in the Display Properties dialog box.
 

- To change the icons on your desktop, click the Desktop tab in the Display Properties dialog box, and then click Customize Desktop.
 

- To change the screen saver, click the Screen Saver tab in the Display Properties dialog box.
 

- To change the color scheme, the window and button styles, or the font size, click the Appearance tab in the Display Properties dialog box.
 

- To change the color, the size, and the font settings of individual window elements, click the Appearance tab in the Display Properties dialog box, and then click Advanced.
 

- To change your mouse pointer scheme or the appearance of individual pointers, click the Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties dialog box. (Click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Mouse.)
 

- To change a sound scheme or to apply a sound to individual program events, click the Sounds tab in the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box. (Click Start, click Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and Audio Devices.)

4. When you finish making the changes that you want, click the Themes tab in the Display Properties dialog box, and then click Apply.

The changes that you make to the theme are saved as Previous theme name (Modified), where "Previous theme name" is the name of the previous theme. This name is displayed in the Theme list, and it is the default name of the theme when you modify it but before you save it with a new name.
 

5. Click Save As.
6. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for your new theme, and then click Save.
7. Click OK.

Your new theme is displayed in the Theme list and is applied to your desktop.

New themes are saved in the My Documents folder with the .theme file name extension. For example, you might name your file InternetFixes.theme. To open the My Documents folder, click Start, and then click My Documents.
 
Gary Chambers

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