Vista Tutorial - Change the white window background

Hello!

Does someone know if it possible to change the white background that most
Vista programs seem to use? Classic appearance properties didn't change it.

The white background and dark task bar/border is a little hard on my eyes. I
could turn down brightness/contrast on monitor but then I have to turn it up
again in games and images. If I use digital brightness/contrast settings in
games I loose dynamic range and it looks washed out. (I use opera User Mode
feature to do this with web pages).


example:
http://jooh.no/web/white_brackground...nged_small.jpg

Hello Arnfinn,

AH> Hello!
AH>
AH> Does someone know if it possible to change the white background that
AH> most Vista programs seem to use? Classic appearance properties
AH> didn't change it.

it changes if your theme is classic, not the AERO

AH> The white background and dark task bar/border is a little hard on my
AH> eyes. I could turn down brightness/contrast on monitor but then I
AH> have to turn it up again in games and images. If I use digital
AH> brightness/contrast settings in games I loose dynamic range and it
AH> looks washed out. (I use opera User Mode feature to do this with web
AH> pages).

Probably the reason to block changing backgrounds and other visual color
in Systems dialogs (like explorer) is to give uses the most readable version

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