Advanced Appearance

ABitMadInTheHead · Feb 8, 2008

Hey Shawn,
I have been having a problem with getting my Vista color changer to appear. When I click the "change the color scheme" button, my computer always bypasses step 3 and goes straight to step 4 even though I am in Windows Vista Basic. It stopped going to the Vista color changer quite some time ago but I didn't know what to do. My screensavers also stopped being see-through.
Any suggestions? I'd appreciate any help I can get!

Brink · Feb 9, 2008

Hi Kelly,

Welcome to Vista Forums. :party:

In the Vista Home Basic version, you will not have the Transparency or Flip 3D feature since that is part of the Windows Aero color scheme.

To see the color screen again, you will just need to change the color scheme back to Windows Vista Standard andnot the Windows Vista Basic one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

ABitMadInTheHead · Feb 9, 2008

Thanks for the quick reply, but I actually have the Windows Aero scheme and I am missing the Windows Vista Standard. I guess that means I don't have the Vista Basic Home (which I wasn't really sure about).
I have just changed to Windows Aero but I still don't get the color scheme, so is there anything else you can suggest?

Brink · Feb 9, 2008

Kelly,

You can see which edition of Vista you have by right clicking on the Computer button in the Start menu, then click Properties.

Not sure why you would not be seeing it, if you are running the Windows Aero color scheme. Did you see if restarting the computer helps any?

You can see if doing a System Restore using a restore point dated before the problem started will fix it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html

Or

Try a Repair install. This will allow you to repair your Vista installation and keep your user account files, settings, and programs.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html

Shawn

ABitMadInTheHead · Feb 9, 2008

Hey that did it!! I restarted and there it was. And I also learned another new trick, how to change the name of my computer. I bought this computer used so it always had another name and I had tried a lot of things to change it but nothing worked. So thanks for all your help :D

Brink · Feb 9, 2008

Your welcome Kelly,

I'm glad that that you were able to resolve your problem.

Have fun,
Shawn

tiny · May 24, 2008

Hello moderators!

I have a Vista Home Premuim-32bit.. I used to switch automatically between color schemes every time i start using Adobe Photoshop but then I'm able to revert back to Aeoro-or transparent- color scheme..but this time after using the photoshop, i couldn't revert my color scheme, i tried following this toturial but I'm not seeing the same instructions on my PC...what could be the problem? I'm updating my system all the time. :confused:

Brink · May 24, 2008

Hello Tiny,

Welcome to Vista Forums. :party:

What are you seeing instead? Can you post a screenshot of it to help determine what your problem may be?

If you need to know how to make screenshots, then see:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148532-how-use-snipping-tool-vista.html

To post them in your post, click on the paperclip icon in the post editor to upload the image and click on it again to select and add it into the post.

Shawn

SittingDuck · Sep 3, 2008

Hi,

I would like to know if somebody else is having the same problem as me and if you can help me with that. I'm using the Windows Vista Basic colour scheme so I have to change things through that XP style advanced settings. My problem is that it doesn't matter which colour I chose for the active title bar or window border, in the end they will remain with the default blue colour. I have tried restarting and it didn't work. :mad:

Do you know if there are any registry entries that I can force in order to get the colours I want?
Something this simple should be fairly easy to change, I just don't get it.

Brink · Sep 3, 2008

Hello SittingDuck, and welcome to Vista Forums.

I believe you have to be using either the Windows Aero or Windows Classic color scheme for that item color to stick.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

SittingDuck · Sep 3, 2008

Hi Brink,

Since my laptop doesn't support Aero (that damn Intel 910/915 chipset) and I don't want to go back to a windows 2000 look, I think I will have to keep the default colour scheme. Thank you.

Brink · Sep 3, 2008

I tried it. You will not be missing anything.

mona · Mar 22, 2009

I'm sure this sounds pretty dense, but is there anywhere that shows exactly WHERE each item on the drop down menu of the "Advanced Appearance" dialog box makes a change? Most of it is self-explanatory, but there are a few that I can't really tell all the places changes are made. An example: How do you change the COLOR of the desktop icons? Is there a diagram or list describing each item? Thanks for any help...

mona

Brink · Mar 23, 2009

Hello Mona, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Usually you must be using the Windows Classic color scheme instead in order to change a listed item's color settings.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

mona · Mar 23, 2009

Thanks for your really, really quick reply.. I knew I didn't format my question properly.. Let me try this: From "Control Panel", choose "Window Color and Appearance" > "Appearance Settings", then choose "Advanced" > "Advanced Appearance" box, then..... click "Item" for drop-down list.... My question is: Is there a chart or something that says exactly what and where each thing on the list affects? One example is: Which item sets the desktop icon TITLE COLOR?

Little by little, I'm learning to adjust different aspects of the visual experience, but this one has me stuck!

Another {MUCH less important to me] is the "x" in the upper right of a window... MOST of the time, I have no problem adjusting the size of it - and, I keep them pretty large - usually 26 to 28, but lately, I've noticed that SOME windows have tall, skinny "x"'s - usually it is the "bottom" window in a stack... the ones on top have normally-sized "x"s.. Any thoughts?

I do hope I explained my question a little better.... if not, then I'm hopeless... Thanks, again... mona :sleepy:

ps I don't know who set up these smileys, but I'm one of the goofballs that love them!! Except for the ones that have bad things attached and mess up the computer when you download them.. :cry:

Brink · Mar 23, 2009

I do not know of anywhere that has these items listed with full details on them. However, you can use the free program D-Color to easily change the desktop icon text color like this though.

Not sure about the X issue though.

mona · Mar 23, 2009

Thank you so much.. I'll try your suggestion.. Hope you are having an enjoyable night!! :sleepy:

Brink · Mar 23, 2009

You're welcome Mona. I hope it does everything that you wanted it to.

Aud4ey · Feb 15, 2015

I know it's been awhile since this forum was active but I'm hoping someone can help. In the last few days, my font display has changed and Google searches in Chrome or Firefox give me results where the fonts look gappy and sometimes look like there are dots above the letters. I uninstalled the most recent Windows Update but this didn't help.

I've also tried to do system restores but four attempts now equal four failures and the error message just says that there was an unexpected error.

I changed colours and themes without success and in the advanced settings anything with a font is set as Segoe UI. Would changing any of these help?

Any help you can give is much appreciated.

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