You are welcome. It's a perilous thing to fool with! Three days/nights
weren't enough for me to get it exactly right! Even if you follow
thanatoid's suggestion-- better open up SIX apps to see what it does to
each! Or you'll end up nearly as batty as he must be!


--
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
...
| "PCR" wrote in news:ejnxNmr$GHA.4604
| @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
|
| 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.
|
|
|
| Thanks, PCR
|
| ms