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More info?)
Hi again Kenny
"Kenny S" <hotmail@coldmail.com> wrote in message
news:ut7PRAY2EHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I have not read the threads here but you must know
Why *must* I know...
that you can change
> colors of scrollbars only if
> you are using a CLASSIC theme of xp.
Well, I do now!
I am almost sure you can change the
> color of the scrollbar, but I dont have the time now to experiment. If you
> are using a "VISUAL STYLE" then you cannot change it
> unless you EDIT the MSSTYLE file.
> This can be done with a program like this:
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http://www.tgtsoft.com/prod_sb.php
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> you can find style xp here http://www.tgtsoft.com/
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> also check out this site for more themes based on visual styles
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> http://www.themexp.org/
I'll try that
> I dont know if this info helps at all....
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> kanny
This is all getting FAR too hairy for me.
I'm gettting to the point where I am going to toss the whole bloody lot out
of the window.
Most of things I need to get into to adjust things I just can't read.
Sorry, but I am too pi$$ed off and tired to do more at the moment (It's
bedtime here in the UK)
Hopefully, I'll be in a better frame of mind tomorrow.......
:/)
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> "zulu" <nothere@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:Eu2sd.419$p4.29@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi Kenny, thanks for that, but the short answer is no, it (*as far as I
>> can see) does _not_ allow me to darken the scrollbar. :-((
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>> Incidentally, that is a typical example of the sort of interface I can
>> hardly read, even with the aid of a 3x magnifying glass!
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>> I need ALL fonts to be at least 5mm high (minimum) and BOLD.
>> My eye condition also makes me nearly colourblind. All colours are light
>> pastel shades to me now, which is why I am having a problem with the
>> scrollbars.
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>> I guess I will HAVE to try other themes...
>> Thanks for your efforts everybody
>> (Don't stop trying though, please!)
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>> --
>> ¦ zulu ¦
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>> "Kenny S" <hotmail@coldmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O53NFAW2EHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Zulu you can try a program that is called displayset and it can change
>>> various aspects of the windows interface when its in classic mode:
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>>> You can get it here
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http://www.electricboom.com/downloads/DISPLSET.ZIP
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>>> tell me if it helps
>>>
>>> Description:
>>> The Appearance tab of Windows's Display Properties dialog has hardly
>>> changed since the original Windows 95. It still uses a cramped preview
>>> pane that shows only a limited subset of the effects of your changes. It
>>> still treats some settings as different when they're actually the same
>>> for example, the typeface and size used for "Active title bar" and
>>> "Inactive title bar". And it doesn't include the ability to modify all
>>> the settings that are included in its own appearance schemes. DisplaySet
>>> remedies all of these limitations, while remaining compatible with the
>>> existing Appearance tab. DisplaySet was written by Neil J. Rubenking,
>>> and first appeared in PC Magazine August 1, 2001 (v20n14). Source code
>>> is included.
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>>> "zulu" <nothere@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>> news:aSVrd.72$Zt6.50@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>>>> Nope. :-(
>>>> Nice try, but NO effect whatsoever on the scrollbars.
>>>> (Does it affect _yours_?)
>>>> Please keep trying....
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>>>> --
>>>> ¦ zulu ¦
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>>>> "a nonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:urcXT%23L2EHA.3816@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> "zulu" <nothere@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>>>> | I *still* need to darken the scrollbars (greyed out in
>>>>> | appearences>advanced )and too pale for me to see...
>>>>> | I can change the size but NOT the colour.
>>>>>
>>>>> Control Panel
>>>>> Display
>>>>> Appearance
>>>>> Advanced
>>>>> Item: 3D Objects
>>>>> Color 1: <-something-darker->
>>>>> OK
>>>>> OK
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