a question about windows desktop

[Manchurian Candidate]

when i use a white background the text for the icons don't show up that well, has anyone else had this problem? i tried turning off clear-type or whatever, but that makes the text vibrate. any ideas?

 

[NascarFool]

Change the text color to black.

 

[Yossarian]

try a higher refresh rate?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

change the text color

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

i tried changing the text color, under the desktop category right? it won't let me change the color

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

anyone else know about this?

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

change the backgroudn to black.

 

[silent tone]

If you are just using a colored wallpaper, the text color will change from black to white depending on the color chosen. If' you're using pics as wallpaper, it uses the white text plus drop shadow. You can set the icon text to be bold. That ay help.

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

so there is actually no way to change the color of the text? that's detracting

 

[screw3d]

IIRC the color of the icon text is determined by the average color of your desktop.. but might be off here

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

yeah i tried everything in my knowledge to change it, doesn't seem to work.

 

[imported_paulb]

First turn off drop shadows for desktop icons by right-click on "My Computer" » "Advanced" tab » Select "Settings" under Performance » Uncheck "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop".

Next download and run Download D-Color XP ; it allows you to change icon text and backgrounds to whatever color you want.

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

but if you turn off the drop shadow thing, the the icons are no longer transparent. is it possible that you just can't have both?

EDIT: just tried dcolor, wow it works awesome. thanks paulb

 

[imported_paulb]

There's a option in D-Color to keep the background transparent and still change the text color.

example