How to make your Windows 7 desktop more beautiful

software enthusiasts long-awaited mainstream operating system - Windows7 Beta official version is finally open for all users to download. I downloaded and installed the Windows 7 system in the first place. In addition to the many new features, Windows 7 gives me the biggest feeling that the desktop is more beautiful. It seems that Microsoft's emphasis on user experience is increasing. After all, computers need to have a pleasant use of feelings to have greater stickiness. This is also a valuable experience Microsoft has gained in competition with Apple's operating system. Below, let us carefully look at the Windows7 desktop to add some fresh and beautiful features.

First, the more fresh Aero theme

The transparent window effect of Windows Vista's Aero is pleasing, it only has a unique related theme, and Windows7 does a good job. Improve. In the "Personalization" window, we found that it already comes with 4 "Windows themes" (that is, the Aero theme, as shown in Figure 1). Double-click on the theme to switch, and the sound of the login is also played when switching.

This way, we can choose the ready-made Aero theme to dress up the desktop without having to adjust the Aero effect. The Aero theme of Windows 7 is very fresh and makes people feel very comfortable (Figure 2).

There is a big improvement with Windows Vista: the personalization of Windows 7 theme is more concise. We can modify the default "Desktop Background", "Windows Color" (actually the Aero effect of the window), "Sound", "Screen Saver" (screen saver) under Current Them (current theme). And other functions, click "Save theme" after setting, you can customize a personalized theme. More thoughtfully, the sound settings can be selected not only for audio playback devices, recording devices, etc., but also for automatically reducing the volume when the computer makes a call (Figure 3).

Although, Windows7 has reduced the demand for hardware performance, however, many old computers still can not change the system running smoothly. In addition, many visually impaired users may not be able to use Windows 7 smoothly. Therefore, the six "Ease of Access Themes" (assisted topics) provided by Windows 7 are extremely hot (see Figure 4).

Second, novel wallpaper slide switch effect

Once upon a time, there is a rogue software to support the timing of the wallpaper switch, although, the function is good, but let People are daunting. Now, Windows 7 has absorbed the idea of ​​rogue software to add this novelty. We can enter the “Personalization-Desktop Background” function to find “Change picture every” below, as shown in Figure 5, where you can set the time interval for rotating wallpapers, next to “ Picture position" is actually the location where the wallpaper is placed (there are 5 types of stretching, centering, and optimum). Check the wallpaper next to "Shuffle" next to it.

Of course, you don't like to change some wallpapers, then you can tick the wallpaper you want to switch in the wallpaper.

Three, rich network theme resources

In order to make their own theme unique, many friends will certainly not meet the effects provided by the system. Microsoft has also considered this for users. We can go to the official theme download site of Window7 (Click to enter
) to download the required theme (Figure 6).

We just need to click the “Download” link under the theme to download the corresponding theme. After the download is complete, click the “Open” button and the “Internet Explorer Security” pops up. ) The warning window confirms "Allow" to install (Figure 7). Switch to the topic as soon as the installation is complete.

The theme of the later installation is that it does not support the rotation effect of wallpaper. This is because the wallpaper is installed in a different location than the original wallpaper (installation location is generally: X:\\Windows\\Web\\Wallpaper)

(eg: X:\\Users\\海鱼天阔\\AppData\\Local \\Microsoft\\Windows\\Themes\\Maple Leaves\\DesktopBackground), this location does not include other images, of course, can not support the effect of wallpaper rotation. We can implement the wallpaper rotation function by copying the original wallpaper to this location (Figure 8). Note that you need to select multiple wallpapers to activate this feature.

In addition, we can also download a good wallpaper on the official theme download site of Window7 (Figure 9). Note that you can download the wallpaper to a non-system disk directory backup and copy it to the X:\\Windows\\Web\\Wallpaper directory.

We can also download rich sidebar effects. After downloading to a directory, right-click and select "Open with-Windows Desktop Gadgets" (using the desktop sidebar to open) (Figure 10), click the "Install" button in the pop-up window to install (Figure 11 ).

The sidebar of this System Monitor is very useful, not only can display cpu and memory usage, but also display wireless network nodes, batteries Practical conditions, etc. (Figure 12).

Windows7 has really improved greatly compared to Vista, especially the user interface's thoughtfulness and aesthetics, even if it does not use the touch it is proud of. The effect is also quite satisfying.