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Posted September 13, 2011 at 2:16PM
I have managed to change the background of Desktop to a colour but would like the screen background to be a colour all the time. Colouraid say this is possible on Windows XP. (My eyes are uncomfortable with a white background)If someone would advise how this can be done I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance.
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Posted September 13, 2011 at 3:51PM
I'm sorry but I cannot quite work out what you mean. The screen background colour is the desktop colour. But are you meaning the colour in the windows that open?
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Posted September 13, 2011 at 9:09PM
Hi Woolwell. Sorry if I am not being clear. There is a condition known as Meares-Irlen syndrome: sufferers find it easier to read books etc which are printed on coloured paper instead of white. Likewise reading text on a pc screen is easier if the background is coloured. The preferred colour varies from person to person. I find it helpful if anything I read has a green background. Is it possible to change the screen on my pc so that whenever I am reading text, the background will be a colour ( a shade of green, in my case) Hope this helps. Thanks for your trouble
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Posted September 13, 2011 at 10:14PM
My sympathies. I suggest that you set your desktop background to a green colour (which I think you have done) and then set the window colour also to be green see MS How to change appearance. It should be window colour that you want. This may not work with all programs and you may have to change some of your settings in the browser to get a green background.
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Posted September 13, 2011 at 10:28PM
rightclick on a blank part of Desktop, choose Properties | Appearance tab | click on the 'Advanced' button | Item dropdown box - choose 'Window' and change the colour.
Have a play with the other options
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Posted September 14, 2011 at 8:04PM
Thank you Iotvic & Wombwell. I now have a background color for the MS programs. However the pages of others' websites (my bank, online newspapers, pcadvisor etc) are still white. Is the background color for any incoming pages set by the sender? Perhaps I have misunderstood things and it is not possible to have a PC set so that all pages have a background colour regardless of what the sender uses? Thanks again for your help.
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Posted September 14, 2011 at 9:30PM
As I stated in my previous post you may have to change some settings in your browser too. If you are using Internet Explorer then go to Tools - Internet Options and then on the General tab - under Appearance click on Colors - then untick use windows colours and set the colours that you want. This should work but perhaps not with all sites.
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Posted September 16, 2011 at 10:13AM
Thanks Woolwell. I use Moz Firefox but doubtless the same procedure applies. I will follow your advice after the weekend. (Car to get ready for MOT & some research on car insurance has to be given priority just now.) Thanks again.
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Posted September 16, 2011 at 12:37PM
In Firefox - it's tools - options and then the content tab - colours and untick allow pages to use their colours. You can also select the colours you want.
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Posted October 2, 2011 at 4:27PM
Sorry to take so long to thank evryone for their help. I 'found' the item which was allowing users to dictate what background colour they wanted & removed the option. Thanks again. It is so much more restful to read with a colored background.
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