hmmm matrixrose u have marlett font as your default font My Computer in marlett looks like this My Computer somehow (program or spyware etc) your default font has changed to that... lemme see if i can find how to set it to times new roman... read here and hopefully u can do it easily How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items View products that this article applies to. Article ID : 310543 Last Review : October 18, 2001 Revision : 1.0 This article was previously published under Q310543 SUMMARY This article describes how to customize the appearance of your desktop by changing the font, size, and colors of individual Window elements on the desktop. MORE INFORMATION In Windows XP, you can personalize the look and feel of your desktop by changing the font, size, and colors of individual Window elements such as menus, icons, and title bars. NOTE: You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of Display Properties. (Right-click an empty area of your desktop, then click Properties, and then click the Appearance tab). If you select a visual style other than Windows Classic, that style determines the appearance of your menus, fonts, icons, and other Window elements. How to Change the Color, Size, and Font of Individual Window Elements To change the font, size, or colors of individual Window elements, follow these steps: 1. Right-click an empty area of your desktop, and then click Properties. 2. Click the Appearance tab, and then click Advanced. 3. In the Item list or in the preview window, click the Window element that you want to change. You can select from any of the following items: 3D Objects Active Title Bar Active Window Border Application Background Caption Buttons Desktop Icon Icon Spacing (Horizontal) Icon Spacing (Vertical) Inactive Title Bar Inactive Window Border Menu Message Box Palette Title Selected Items ToolTip Window 4. Do any of following to achieve the look that you want: NOTE: Not all options for all Window elements are available. For example, the Font option appears dimmed and is unavailable for elements in the Item list that do not display text. • Under Item: • In the Size box, specify the size that you want to use for the item. • In the Color box, specify the color that you want to use for the item. • Under Font: • Click the font that you want to use for the item. • In the Size box, specify the font size. • In the Color box, specify the color that you want. • To apply a bold font, click B. To italicize the font, click I. A preview of your current settings is displayed in the preview window. 5. When you are finished making the changes that you want, click OK twice to save your settings. NOTE: • If you click Window in the Item box, and then modify the font color for that item, the automatic font color that is available in many programs is also modified. Any documents that use the automatic font color are affected if you change this setting. Many programs, including WordPad and Microsoft Word, use automatic as the default font color. Any new documents that you create in these programs use the new font color that you select for the Window item. To use a different default font color in programs that use automatic as the default font color, you may be able to create a template that uses the font color that you want as the default font color, and then use that template instead of the default template. For information about how to do this, view the documentation that is included with the program, or contact the program manufacturer. • As you modify items, note their appearance in the preview window. Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title Bar and Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for either item are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme after you change fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop theme override your selections. REFERENCES For additional information about how to use desktop themes, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 307855 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307855/EN-US/) HOW TO: Configure Desktop Themes in Windows XP 294309 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294309/EN-US/) How to Use the Windows Classic Theme in Windows XP For additional information about how enable or disable Windows XP interface components, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 288186 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288186/EN-US/) How to Enable or Disable the New Windows XP Interface Components