How to make my theme the DEFAULT

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Bill Glass

I've set up a customized desktop theme ... exactly the way I want XP to
look. What I cannot find is some way to make this theme the DEFAULT, so that
when I turn my computer on, THAT is the theme that is used. This must be
something VERY simple, but I sure can't find the answer. Anybody know?

Thanks!

Bill
 
Bill said:
I've set up a customized desktop theme ... exactly the way I want XP
to look. What I cannot find is some way to make this theme the
DEFAULT, so that when I turn my computer on, THAT is the theme that
is used. This must be something VERY simple, but I sure can't find
the answer. Anybody know?
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Default for you or default for everyone who gets a new account on your PC?

Once you set your desktop, unless you have done some other very strange
things or you do not administer your system completely - it should be set
for your user.
 
Read this, chances are that you're not saving your theme.

How to configure Desktop Themes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307855

Display Properties | Themes tab
[[Lists the available desktop themes. A desktop theme determines the
overall appearance of your desktop by providing a predefined set of icons,
fonts, colors, mouse pointers, sounds, background picture, screen saver, and
other window elements.
If you modify a predefined theme by changing any individual feature of the
theme, it automatically becomes a custom theme.]]
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Display Properties | Themes tab | Save As button
[[Click to save your current theme with a new name. You will be prompted to
type a name for the theme.
The features that are saved as part of your theme include the following
options:

Display Desktop Background, Position, Color
Display Desktop Icons (click Customize Desktop to change icons)
Display Screen Saver Screen saver
Display Appearance Windows and buttons, Color scheme, Font size
Display Appearance All features on the Advanced Appearance dialog box (click
Advanced)
Mouse Pointers Scheme or individual pointers
Sounds and Audio Devices Sounds Sound schemes and individual program
events]]
 
Ahhh... the ol' "should be." I'm the ONLY user for this computer, Shenan.
I've set up the theme I like, and logically it SHOULD be the theme that
kicks in, whenever I restart the system. But it isn't. After restarting,
I've gotta get back into Display Properties and re-select the theme I want
to use. Obviously, I'm missing SOMETHING........

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Thanks for the quick reply, Wes. As it happens, I'd already been to that
page. Unless I'm blind, it explains how to configure a theme, how to choose
properties of a theme, how to delete a theme ... but nowhere does it say,
"Here is how to select a theme and make it the default." And that is what
I'm trying to achieve. As I said, maybe I'm just not SEEING it, y'know? But
I've GOT a theme I've created that I want to use, but every time I reboot,
I've gotta get BACK into Display Properties and RE-CHOOSE it. What am I
doing wrong? (Incidentally, I am the ONLY person who EVER uses this
computer.)

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Wesley Vogel said:
Read this, chances are that you're not saving your theme.

How to configure Desktop Themes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307855

Display Properties | Themes tab
[[Lists the available desktop themes. A desktop theme determines the
overall appearance of your desktop by providing a predefined set of icons,
fonts, colors, mouse pointers, sounds, background picture, screen saver, and
other window elements.
If you modify a predefined theme by changing any individual feature of the
theme, it automatically becomes a custom theme.]]
----

Display Properties | Themes tab | Save As button
[[Click to save your current theme with a new name. You will be prompted to
type a name for the theme.
The features that are saved as part of your theme include the following
options:

Display Desktop Background, Position, Color
Display Desktop Icons (click Customize Desktop to change icons)
Display Screen Saver Screen saver
Display Appearance Windows and buttons, Color scheme, Font size
Display Appearance All features on the Advanced Appearance dialog box (click
Advanced)
Mouse Pointers Scheme or individual pointers
Sounds and Audio Devices Sounds Sound schemes and individual program
events]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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Bill Glass said:
I've set up a customized desktop theme ... exactly the way I want XP
to look. What I cannot find is some way to make this theme the
DEFAULT, so that when I turn my computer on, THAT is the theme that
is used. This must be something VERY simple, but I sure can't find
the answer. Anybody know?

Thanks!

Bill
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