One of the first things we usually change when we buy a new computer is the bottom line . Each manufacturer usually establishes a background created by themselves by default (quite ugly, by the way), and even Windows has its characteristic background, the light blue background with the system logo. Changing the background is one of the most basic aspects of customizing an operating system, and allows the user to adapt it to their tastes and give it a personal and unique touch. But there are other more complete ways to customize the operating system and adapt it to our tastes: themes .
What are the themes and differences with the funds
Windows themes have been around for a long time in the company’s operating system, since the Windows XP era. However, it was not until the arrival of Windows 10 that they began to gain more prominence by simplifying the way to use them.
Changing the background is basically that, placing an image that we indicate as a wallpaper, nothing more. However, the topics are much more complete . When we choose a theme in Windows 10 we are not only changing the background, but we are also changing other elements of the computer (such as colors, sounds, the mouse, etc.) so that everything is in accordance. If the background has blue tones, the theme will most likely use a blue accent color.
In addition, normally the themes usually have several backgrounds related to a theme. For example, you can bring several backgrounds of rivers, several landscapes, beaches, animals … And every several hours the background changes automatically, which gives the desktop a dynamism that normal backgrounds do not.
Beware of third-party themes
In Windows 10, themes for the operating system are available from the Microsoft Store itself. These can be downloaded from the store and they will appear automatically in the configuration of our system. However, we can also find other third-party themes on web pages, such as DeviantArt. These topics are even more comprehensive than those in the Microsoft Store. However, in order to apply to the system it is necessary to patch certain Windows libraries. And that, sooner or later, ends up giving problems.
If we want to customize Windows with a theme, and we do not want problems, it is best to use the ones that we can download for free from the Microsoft Store.
How to better customize Windows?
Operating system customization, as the name suggests, is very personal . There are users who prefer to customize by hand all the elements of the system (background, colors, cursor, etc.) and others who, to save work, prefer to do it all at once by applying a theme.
It is true that the topics are more limited : they are what there are. If we are looking for a specific photo to use as a wallpaper, we may not find it as a theme, while if we download it we can put it ourselves as a background. But it is also true that a theme gives our PC a much higher coherence.
Changing the Windows background individually does not consume resources. Doing it through a theme, practically neither, although it implies having a process loaded in the system that is in charge of rotating the theme as such.