You're 100% right--there are a lot of ways to skin a cat, and if it seemed
like carping or over parsing on my part (and it does to me on reflection) I
apologized. It was a good idea to take a look at that check box--and
sometimes pics used for wall paper can come from (and end up in) more than
one file and off the beaten path as well.
CH
"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Chad. Yes, there are several roads to Rome : )
>
> By way of explanation, it's the way I get there, because the non Classic,
> less iconic view of Control Panel Home seems slightly inscrutable at a
> glance, and demands a bit of reading, with further layers revealed when
> you
> click on something, which then I have to type all out, if I'm giving
> directions. The search box might work. But I copied and pasted "Make the
> computer easier to see" in Control Panel, and it told me to search Help
> and
> Support (it couldn't find a match). Then I shortened it to "easier to
> see",
> and got a list. My goal really, is to figure out the shortest path I can
> think of, so that I thereby type as little as possible; my typing speed is
> quite poor (I love the Copy Address as Text feature, which seems based on
> Classic View). It's really not meant to be a directive as to how one
> should
> use their Control Panel.
>
> Too, I recall a particular post months ago, where I was trying to instruct
> the OP to a Control Panel item, and they just couldn't find it. 7 or 8
> replies later, I finally came up the the idea to switch the Control Panel
> to
> its Classic View, and Voila, they found it.
>
> Sooo, there's the history of all that...
>
> But thanks for the heads up!
>
> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
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>> Dean--
>>
>> It's not necessary for classic view to access any of these settings. You
>> just rt. click control panel on the start menu>type adjust in search.
>>
>> CH
>>
>>
>> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:uDoiv171HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Try this. Go to Control Panel (Classic View) > Ease of Access Center,
>>> and
>>> click on "Make the computer easier to see". Make sure "Remove
>>> background
>>> images" does not have a checkmark (Apply, Save).
>>>
>>> "Ed S." <EdS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>>> My desktop had a photo and went blank. I've tried replacing it by
>>>> clicking
>>>> on personalizing, browsing and clicking on a photo but it will only
>>>> respond
>>>> and set colors.--
>>>> Ed
>>>
>>
>