Desktop Color, Folder and Web Fonts a Mess

[William Wisnieski]

Hello Everyone,

My little four year old rascal got a hold of one of our Windows 2000
computers and did in two seconds what I probably couldn't do if I tried!
Somehow he went in and changed a setting somewhere that has wreaked havoc
with the desktop, windows explorer and internet explorer.

The desktop now has a white background. I can't get the color back to the
classic blue. The icons are ok though.

In addition, all web pages have this strange white or almost transparent
look to them. The fonts on the websites are much bigger now too. The same
goes for when you use Windows Explorer or My Computer to look through
folders. The fonts are bigger. And when you open a folder, the name of
folder that appears on the top left on the left, when you open them, are
blue now...they almost look like hyperlinks.

I've tried changing font sizes in Internet Explorer and Windows, as well as
Desktop Settings with no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

William

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

William Wisnieski fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

Hello Everyone,

My little four year old rascal got a hold of one of our Windows 2000
computers and did in two seconds what I probably couldn't do if I
tried! Somehow he went in and changed a setting somewhere that has
wreaked havoc with the desktop, windows explorer and internet
explorer.

The desktop now has a white background. I can't get the color back
to the classic blue. The icons are ok though.

In addition, all web pages have this strange white or almost
transparent look to them. The fonts on the websites are much bigger
now too. The same goes for when you use Windows Explorer or My
Computer to look through folders. The fonts are bigger. And when
you open a folder, the name of folder that appears on the top left on
the left, when you open them, are blue now...they almost look like
hyperlinks.

I've tried changing font sizes in Internet Explorer and Windows, as
well as Desktop Settings with no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

William

Have you looked at the

1: "Accessibility Options" in control panel theres a load of stuff in
there for customising the machine?
or
2: Open "My Computer" > Tools > Folder Options ... has "Single click to
open" been enbaled?

 

[William Wisnieski]

Steve,

I corrected thr problem which was happening because of two setting changes.

I deselected "Use High Contrast" on the Display Tab of Accessibility
Options. Then I selected "Use Windows Classic Desktop" on the General Tab
of Folder Options when in My Computer.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

William

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

William Wisnieski fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

Steve,

I corrected thr problem which was happening because of two setting
changes.

I deselected "Use High Contrast" on the Display Tab of Accessibility
Options. Then I selected "Use Windows Classic Desktop" on the
General Tab of Folder Options when in My Computer.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

William

You're welcome, thanks for the feedback