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Exploring Your Options

Personalizing your desktop

Personalizing individual windows

Just as you can display a Web page on your desktop, you can also display a Web page in an individual window. If you subscribe to the Web page, it can be automatically updated on a regular basis. For example, using this Web integration feature you can monitor weather, game scores, stock prices, or headlines—all in the window of your choice.

Adding a background to a window

If you select art or a Web page as a window background, set your desktop style to Web style—or select the As Web Page option from the View menu.

To add a background to a window:

1 Double-click My Computer.

The My Computer window opens.

2Open the folder you want to customize.

3On the View menu, select Customize this folder, and follow the prompts.

Customizing window toolbars

You can display one or more customizable toolbars at the top of a window. As you browse, the Windows® XP operating system detects the kind of information presented in the window and automatically displays the appropriate toolbar buttons and menus.