Explanation of Control Panel > Display > appearance

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Under advanced appearance there is a whole list of things that can be done.
Is there a place where I can find a complete explanation of what each of
them are for and how to use them? Some are obvious, but many are not.

Thanks,

Norm Strong
 
One of these may have the answer:

Windows XP Booklist

Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out 2nd ed ISBN 0-7356-2044-X
www.microsoft.com/mspress
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 3rd ed ISBN 0-7356-2167-5
www.microsoft.com/mspress
Microsoft Windows Command-Line ISBN 0-7356-2038-5
www.microsoft.com/mspress
Microsoft Windows Registry Guide 2nd ed ISBN 0-7356-2218-3
www.microsoft.com/mspress

Windows XP Pro 2nd ed The Missing Manual ISBN 0-596-00898-8
www.missingmanual.com
Home Networking The Missing Manual ISBN 0-596-00558-X
www.missingmanual.com

Windows XP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition ISBN 0-596-00900-3 www.oreilly.com
Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd ed ISBN 0-596-00876-7 www.oreilly.com
Windows XP Hacks, 2nd ed ISBN 0-596-0000918-6 www.oreilly.com
PC Hardware in a Nutshell ISBN 0-596-00513-X www.oreilly.com
PC Annoyances 2nd Edition ISBN 0-596-00882-1 www.oreilly.com
PC Hardware Annoyances ISBN 0-596-00715-9 www.oreilly.com
Internet Annoyances ISBN 0-596-00735-3 www.oreilly.com
Home Networking Annoyances ISBN 0-596-00808-2 www.oreilly.com

Windows XP Solutions 2nd ed ISBN 0-471-74752-1
www.wiley.com/compbooks/pcmag
Windows XP Speed Solutions ISBN 0-7645-7814-6
www.wiley.com/compbooks/pcmag
Guide to Home Networking ISBN 0-7645-4473-X www.wiley.com/compbooks/pcmag
Windows XP MVP (Most Valuable Professional) ISBN 0-7645-9786-8
www.wiley.com/compbooks

Hacking Windows XP ISBN 0-7645-6929-5 www.TweakXP.com

The BIOS Companion ISBN 0-9681928-0-7 www.electrocution.com
Breaking Through The BIOS Barrier ISBN 0-13-145536-2 www.rojakpot.com

Downloadable Guides

XP Tweak Guide (TweakGuides_XPTC.zip) from www.TweakGuides.com
Windows Registry Guide (registryguide2003.exe) from www.winguides.com
Error Message for Windows (MSWinErr.zip) from www.gregorybraun.com
 
Under advanced appearance there is a whole list of things that can be
done. Is there a place where I can find a complete explanation of what
each of them are for and how to use them? Some are obvious, but many
are not.

Thanks,

Norm Strong
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Hi Norm,

There's really only a few non-obvious ones to think of. As someone else
already pointed out, the colors won't matter if themes are enabled, but the
size settings are still used.

A couple of items to note.....the size set for the caption buttons, the
'x' , min and max button, also control the size of icons in the system
tray. Small buttons = small icons. The other is that the Icon font settings
is for the labels of the icons on the desktop AND the font used in Windows
Explorer.

That's about all that isn't mostly obvious.


DanS
 
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