Chapter 7. Customizing the Desktop and the User Interface

  • Optimizing Windows 7 Menus 224

  • Working with Menus, Desktops, and Startup Applications 230

  • Customizing the Taskbar 236

  • Optimizing Toolbars 239

  • Working with Desktop Themes 240

  • Optimizing the Desktop Environment 243

  • Screen Saver Dos and Don’ts 246

  • Modifying Display Appearance and Video Settings 249

As an administrator, you’ll often be asked to help users customize their desktops and user profile data. You might even be asked to create for new users a default working environment that closely maps to a corporate standard or reflects core user preferences. One way to create a default working environment is to create a default user account, log on as that user, set up the environment as necessary, and ...

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