Since the era of Vista, the Aero function of Windows has made the overall style of the system more gorgeous, and Windows 7 is also the same. If you don't know much about Windows 7 beautification, follow this article today to get a preliminary understanding of Windows 7's beautification.
First, change the login interface
beautification from the login start! Are you tired of the Windows 7 blue background login interface, today we use win7LOGOnBackgroundChanger this green small software to replace your favorite pictures.
After opening the software, click on the selection directory and select the folder where your favorite pictures are located. Choose your favorite image and click “Apply” Of course, we can also click “Set “ to increase the effect of the shadow.
Second, replace more style theme
The current Windows theme is divided into two categories, one is Visual Style (referred to as VS), the other is WindowBlinds (referred to as WB). The theme that comes with Microsoft is VS-style, and WB is produced by StarDock, the only third-party themed landscaping software certified by Microsoft.
WB theme style is more diverse than VS, but you need to install WindowBlinds software first. In fact, now when it comes to Windows 7, the customizability of VS theme is much higher than that of XP. There are many excellent VS themes and no need to install additional third-party software. So today I mainly introduce the use of the VS theme.
Windows 7 comes with some themes, we can right click on the desktop, click “ personalize & rdquo;, choose the style you like. Click on “window color”, we can change the default blue, and by enabling the transparency effect and color density adjustment, we can change the taskbar and window to your favorite color.
But just changing the color can't meet our needs. At this time, we can download some favorite VS themes on the Internet. For example, the Mac-like theme is to make the Windows interface close to the MAC system style. But because it is a third-party visual style theme, we first use the UniversalThemePatcher software to crack the three dll files related to the theme.
Next, you can install the theme we like. If the downloaded theme format is “ theme name.themepack”, then we can use it directly after double-clicking. If the suffix is “XXX.theme” plus the same name of the "XXX" folder, then you need to put these two things into the X: WindowsResourcesThemes folder (X is the system letter), and then double-click "XXX. Theme” can use the theme.
Three, button icons need to be modified
Windows 7 default blue start button is somewhat monotonous, and may not be consistent with the segmentation of the theme used by myself, such as the imitation MAC theme I use and this button is not too Proportionally, at this time we can use the Windows 7 Start Button Changer to replace it. First look for a start button of your favorite style, such as this Apple style.
Four, Win7 desktop Dock tool
One of the biggest features of the MAC system is its gorgeous Dock. Of course, in Windows 7, we can also achieve this effect through some Dock software. Here is the RocketDock, which takes up very little CPU resources and memory, so it can be used even if the configuration is not particularly good.
When RocketDock.exe is opened, it comes with a set of icons and default styles that we can replace with our favorite styles and icons. Right-click anywhere at the bottom, then select “Program Settings”, then click “Style&>——“Themes”, choose your favorite theme (this is mainly used to change the style of the icon base) ). Click on the next “Get More”, we will be able to download more themes from the RocketDock website. After downloading the theme, please put the folder in the RocketDockSkins directory, then we can replace it from the previous option. It is.
Drag any shortcut to the dock, right click on the icon, click “icon settings”, you can change your favorite icon. For example, this is the final result I made.
Of course, the position of the pedestal can be not only at the bottom, but also up and down, and you can modify it according to your preferences. RocketDock also has a lot of cool plugins that help us achieve some cool effects. For example, with this StackDocklet plugin we can display the following shortcut effects.
Today's introduction is just a preliminary understanding of Windows 7 beautification, and there are more places we can beautify, such as modifying the skin of the software and using more advanced beautification tools like Rainmeter. I hope that this article can open a door for friends who are interested in beautification, let us make our system more beautiful.