Oh, that makes perfect sense. Well, sort of in some odd twisted
version of logic... :-)

Thanks! That is something that I would never have thought of. Is this
the point where I start wondering if a Mac is better?

Norman

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:58:25 -0600, "Keith Miller"
<k.miller79@verizon.net> wrote:

>If you are using XP-style windows & buttons, found under:
>
>Display Properties -> 'Appearance' tab -> 'Windows and buttons'
>
>then those color settings have no effect, as the window components are drawn with bitmaps rather than color fill. You would need to be using Windows Classic style to see those colors in use.
>
>Keith
>
>"NormanHeyen" <n.heyen@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:l8beq1plm4njfsga1hu287nq9rm728d9i0@4ax.com...
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> A couple of questions about Windows XP Home (+SP2 and all hot fixes)
>> on my Compaq Presario S6900NX with an nVidia 5800 card.
>>
>> 1 - When I go into the Display Properties applet and try to adjust the
>> colors displayed in the Active Title Bar, the colors I select don't
>> display. I tried Blue and Red to get a shading across the title bar of
>> the active window. This shows up in the example in the applet, but
>> doesn't display that way on the desktop. The color remains a solid
>> blue. In fact even if I change both colors to Red, the active title
>> bar remains Blue.
>>
>> 2 - When I go to the Display Properties applet and try to set the
>> Active Window Border to Red, again it displays correctly in the
>> example, but not on the desktop.
>>
>> Yes, I did click OK enough to get back to the desktop and when I go
>> back and look, the examples are set properly, but the desktop hasn't
>> changed. It looks like the rest of the fonts and what not are changed,
>> but not these two.
>>
>> Is there something that I've changed that prevents this from
>> happening? Or doesn't the video card support it? Or don't Microsoft
>> applications like Outlook, Word, Excel, Calculator, etc. follow this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Norman