I don't know whether there is an URL for it. "Windows 98 Secrets"
(Livington/Straub) have a bundle of scattered pages on it, mainly
pp.848-850. They DID print warnings, but they weren't enough for me.
Once/twice I DID try to micro-manage inside the "Item" dropdown menu.
You must have SIX applications open at once to do that, BECAUSE the same
item may affect them in different ways. You may end up with invisible
text somewhere! Also, playing with icon spacing can squeese them atop
each other &/or push them off the screen entirely! It is safer by far to
use Desktop Themes or Schemes...!...

To install Desktop Themes, if they are not already in the Control Panel
or in the START menu...
1. START, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup
tab.
2. Check "Desktop Themes"; click "Details"; check the themes you want;
"OK" twice.
3. Perhaps, re-boot.

Some themes require "high color". To get "high color":
1. Right click the Desktop & select Properties
2. Click the "Settings" tab
3. Use the "Colors" dropdown menu to select "high color"
4. Be prepared. It may ask your permission to restart the computer.

I understand that's best; however, it can also be done at: "R-Clk
Desktop, Properties, Appearance tab, & select a different 'Scheme' in
the dropdown selector". This will also get the fonts, colors, et al,
right, across applications, without trying to micro-manage inside the
"Item" dropdown menu, which one may live to regret.

The main thing I still do in that Item dropdown menu is to adjust the
colors of the Active/Inactive Title bars. I like to have them change on
a gradient.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"ms" wrote in message
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| W09SE
|
| I want to change the colors I see when programs run. Now I see white
text
| on a light gray background in a legend box, impossible to read. Not
with a
| particular program, all programs.
|
| Control Panel/Display/Appearance
|
| In Desktop, when I select a color, am I selecting text color, or
background
| color?
|
| And in that list of entries, what is the name of the background in
legend
| boxes?
|
| Basically, is there a link to describe how to use Display/Appearance?
|
| ms