Configuring the desktop

Configuring Your Desktop
January, 2006
Joel May

Clean it Up
Experiment with Themes
Put up New Wallpaper
Try some Screen Savers
Set Screen Resolution and Color Quality
Go for some Visual Effects

Configuring Your Desktop Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Clean it Up Right-click on the Desktop > Arrange Icons By > Name

Configuring Your Desktop Clean it Up Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab

Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Experiment with Themes Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab

Configuring Your Desktop Experiment with Themes

Configuring Your Desktop Experiment with Themes www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?text=themes

Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Put up New Wallpaper Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab

Configuring Your Desktop Put up New Wallpaper

Configuring Your Desktop Put up New Wallpaper You can also use pictures (your own or from the Web) as your wallpaper

To use a photograph of your own as wallpaper:
Scan the photograph or transfer it from your digital camera onto your hard drive
Convert it into .BMP format using a photo editing program like the one that came with your camera or scanner
Save it, with a name you’ll remember, to the Windows folder on the C:/ drive
The next time you want to change your wallpaper, you’ll find it listed along with the others

To use a photograph from the Web as wallpaper:
Locate the photograph and right-click on it
From the drop-down menu choose “Set as Wallpaper” and left-click on it
It is now displayed as your wallpaper, and it is listed along with the others with the name IE Wallpaper

Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Try Some Screen Savers Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Screen Savers Tab

Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Set Screen Resolution and Color Quality Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Settings Tab

Clean it Up

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Appearance Tab

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Active Title Bar

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Right-click on the Desktop > Properties > Appearance Tab

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Start > Right-click My Computer > Properties

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Start > Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced

Configuring Your Desktop Go for some Visual Effects Start > Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Settings

Clean it Up

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Configuring the desktop

by Joel May on Jun 30, 2011

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