Colors and other XP defaults

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I finally entered the 21st Century and swapped over from XP running under
"classic view" to the default XP appearance. Well, okay, that's cool, but
under Advanced, I have tried to make some changes, but they won't take.

In particular, I'm trying to replace that "Mattel Toybox Blue" title bar
with another color; specifically two different shades of blue that should
show a gradation from left to right. I can pick my two fave colors, but they
won't 'stick.'

I was able to change the color of the Active Window from Hospital White to
my preference (cool, K&E drafting-table green), but the choice for the
Message Box is grayed out.

Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could change
them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
 
Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could change
them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
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In some ways, yes.

[[NOTE: You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of
Display Properties. (Right-click an empty area of your desktop, then click
Properties, and then click the Appearance tab). If you select a visual style
other than Windows Classic, that style determines the appearance of your
menus, fonts, icons, and other Window elements. ]]
from...
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Thanks, Wesley,

My complaint is that, within the Appearance/Advanced utility, I can created
a title bar with graduated color, using Color 1 and Color 2. The title bar
then shows up that way in the pop-up Appearance/Advanced box, but when I
click Apply, all I get is the standard blue XP title bar. There seems to be
a provision for customizing the title bar, but it just doesn't work.

No big deal, though; I can limp along as-is.

Wesley Vogel said:
Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could change
them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
Click to expand...

In some ways, yes.

[[NOTE: You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of
Display Properties. (Right-click an empty area of your desktop, then click
Properties, and then click the Appearance tab). If you select a visual style
other than Windows Classic, that style determines the appearance of your
menus, fonts, icons, and other Window elements. ]]
from...
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Jim Wood said:
I finally entered the 21st Century and swapped over from XP running under
"classic view" to the default XP appearance. Well, okay, that's cool, but
under Advanced, I have tried to make some changes, but they won't take.

In particular, I'm trying to replace that "Mattel Toybox Blue" title bar
with another color; specifically two different shades of blue that should
show a gradation from left to right. I can pick my two fave colors, but
they won't 'stick.'

I was able to change the color of the Active Window from Hospital White to
my preference (cool, K&E drafting-table green), but the choice for the
Message Box is grayed out.

Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could change
them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I use Classic myself. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Jim Wood said:
Thanks, Wesley,

My complaint is that, within the Appearance/Advanced utility, I can
created a title bar with graduated color, using Color 1 and Color 2. The
title bar then shows up that way in the pop-up Appearance/Advanced box,
but when I click Apply, all I get is the standard blue XP title bar.
There seems to be a provision for customizing the title bar, but it just
doesn't work.

No big deal, though; I can limp along as-is.

Wesley Vogel said:
Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could
change them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
Click to expand...

In some ways, yes.

[[NOTE: You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of
Display Properties. (Right-click an empty area of your desktop, then
click Properties, and then click the Appearance tab). If you select a
visual style other than Windows Classic, that style determines the
appearance of your menus, fonts, icons, and other Window elements. ]]
from...
How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Jim Wood said:
I finally entered the 21st Century and swapped over from XP running
under "classic view" to the default XP appearance. Well, okay, that's
cool, but under Advanced, I have tried to make some changes, but they
won't take.

In particular, I'm trying to replace that "Mattel Toybox Blue" title bar
with another color; specifically two different shades of blue that
should show a gradation from left to right. I can pick my two fave
colors, but they won't 'stick.'

I was able to change the color of the Active Window from Hospital White
to my preference (cool, K&E drafting-table green), but the choice for
the Message Box is grayed out.

Under Classic View for XP, all parameters were variable and I could
change them. Is XP less versatile in this regard?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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