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in Windows 7 you can customize your PC
to look and sound the way you want and
you can do this by changing the themes
and by adding gadgets to your desktop
and we're going to look at both of those
options today so right-click on your
desktop and click personalize to go to
the themes a theme determines how your
computer looks and sounds and it
includes your desktop background colors
sound and your screensaver
windows 7 has a number of built-in
themes so try some of the built-in
themes and find one of them that you
like there are a wide variety ranging
from architecture to characters to
landscapes and more and there are more
themes online that you can download if
you like now we can also customize a
theme by using these four options at the
bottom so we'll start by changing our
desktop background put a check next to
any of the images that you want to see
and if you check more than one they'll
play through as a slideshow and you can
decide how often you want the picture to
change now to use your own images change
the picture location to your pictures
library or you can browse for any folder
on your computer and when you're done
click Save Changes you can also change
the window color you can click on any of
these boxes to change the color and then
you can change the color intensity using
this slider if you don't want the
windows to be transparent uncheck enable
transparency
if you want to change your sound effects
settings you can click sounds and to
change your screen saver click here
you can select any screensaver from the
drop-down list and then click preview to
look at it if you'd like to use a slide
show of your own photos select the
photos screensaver and then click
settings to change the folder select the
wait time for the screensaver and then
you're done so you can close this window
now now let's look at some gadgets
right-click on your desktop and click
gadgets gadgets are programs that you
can place on your desktop such as clocks
calendars slideshows and more you can
select any gadget you like and drag it
anywhere on your desktop to change the
settings for a gadget click the wrench
icon we're going to change our location
for the weather gadget
and there are many more gadgets online
that you can download just click get
more gadgets online so these are some of
the ways that you can customize the
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