When you turn on your computer you may hear some sounds or nothing at all.  Did you know that you can hear something specific each time you turned it on (e.g. 2-3 lines from your favourite song)?  Your taskbar is grey.  Did you know that it could become orange?  The Windows® font is very specific.  Did you know you could change it to something cartoon for instance?  Finally, you're growing tired of your Wallpaper...  By selecting a Windows® theme you can change everything that has to do with the appearance and the sounds your computer makes.

The Control Panel window will appear.

...the themes settings window will appear.

On the upper left-hand the current theme is listed (Current Windows Settings) and exactly below it you can see its preview. You'll better understand all this as soon as we change themes!

When we tried this we selected the Windows® Mystery theme.  You may have to choose between a different set of themes, depending on your version of Windows®. Select a theme and look at its preview!

Now you know how to apply different themes to Windows®!!!

It's wortwhile knowing that there are countless themes on available on the Internet on just about any topic you can imagine!  In another tutorial we'll be showing you how to download a theme from the Internet and properly install it on your computer!