4 Personalizing Windows Vista

To switch between themes

  1. In Control Panel, click Appearance and Personalization.

  2. Under Personalization, click the Change the theme task.

  3. Click the Theme arrow, and then in the list, click the theme you want to use. Then click OK.

To change the desktop background to your own picture

  1. Save the picture you want to use in your Pictures folder.

  2. In Control Panel, under Appearance and Personalization, click the Change desktop background task.

  3. In the Picture Location list, click Pictures.

  4. Click the thumbnail of the picture you want. Then click OK.

To change the desktop background to a Windows Vista picture

  1. In Control Panel, under Appearance and Personalization, click the Change desktop background task.

  2. In the Picture Location list, click ...

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