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Customize Windows 8 Desktop

If you are not a big fan of the translucent glass effects provided by Windows Aero but would still like to take advantage of the other unique features and reliability offered by this user experience, then listen up. Microsoft has provided a number of ways in which you can fine-tune how it looks. As with Windows Vista, you can manully change various aspects of Aero’s visual style individually. In Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced a new feature called Aero Themes that helps you access and create unique visual themes that affect multiple UI elements at once. The next section takes a look.

Windows 8 Aero Themes Explained

Aero Themes is a formal combination of desktop background, Aero glass window color, sound scheme, and screen saver. Windows 8 comes with a number of built-in Aero Themes Personalizing the Windows Desktop. Aero Themes is a combination of desktop background, Aero glass window color, sound scheme, and screen saver. Windows 8 comes with a number of built-in Aero Themes. A stock Windows 8 install includes whatever Aero Themes you have created or are currently using, several built-in Aero Themes, and several Basic and High Contrast Themes. Basic and High Contrast Themes include styles based around the Windows 8 Basic and Windows Classic themes and four high-contrast themes.

Aero Themes are available in Windows 8:
The default Windows 8 Aero Theme utilizes the default Sky (clear, light bluish) glass color, the Windows Default sound scheme, and no screen saver. Overall, this is a great theme to start out with and then create your own theme.

Characters:
This Aero Theme features a desktop slide show of six alternating cartoon-type images, the Taupe glass color, the Characters sound scheme, and no screen saver.

Architecture:
This Aero Theme features a desktop slide show of six alternating architectural images, the Twilight glass color, the Cityscape sound scheme, and no screen saver.

Landscapes:
This Aero Theme features a desktop slide show of six alternating landscape images, the Slate glass color, the Landscape sound scheme, and no screen saver.

Nature:
This Aero Theme features a desktop slide show of six alternating plant- and leaf-based images, the Lavender glass color, the Garden sound scheme, and no screen saver.

Scenes:
This Aero Theme features a desktop slide show of six alternating artistic images, the Violet glass color, the Quirky sound scheme, and no screen saver.

Theme for your region:
This Aero Theme is customized for the region in which you live. In my case, it is customized for the United States. It features a desktop slide show of six alternating country- or region-specific images, a custom glass color (medium tan for the U.S.), a custom sound scheme (Delta for the U.S.), and no screen saver.