Windows XP Desktop font's

[Guest]

Can someone please show me how to make the color behind the desktop font's
become clear?

 

[Guest]

Bones, try this:
The color Windows uses for the blocks behind icon captions is the default
desktop color --- what you'd see if you had no wallpaper. You can change this
color by right-clicking an empty area of the desktop and selecting
Properties. Choose the Appearance tab, then click the Advanced button. Choose
Desktop from the Item menu, and open the color picker under "Color 1" to
change it. Pick a color that closely matches the background in your desktop
wallpaper, and click OK and Apply to see the results.

An even better option is to open the System control panel, click the
Advanced tab, and in the Performance section, click the Settings button.
Scroll down and check the "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"
box, and click OK. The caption backgrounds will vanish, and the text will
have shadows so you can distinguish the captions from your desktop wallpaper.

Hope this helps!

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) 'System Properties' -> 'Advanced' tab -> Performance 'Settings' -> 'Visual Effects' tab:
"use drop shadows for icon labels..." must be checked

2) Right-click on Desktop -> 'Arrange Icons by' -> "Lock Web items..." must be CLEARED

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.

To check for web content: Display Properties > Desktop tab > Customize Desktop button > Web tab >
make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

 

[Malke]

Can someone please show me how to make the color behind the desktop
font's become clear?

Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and
click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop
shadows for icon labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>VisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop ->Arrange Icons by>Lock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.
To check for web content: Display Properties>Desktop>Customize
Desktop>Web - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Malke