Windows 10: My 10 years old desktop freezes and shows glitchy colors... Help!

I have this 10 years old POSITIVO desktop pc that have been having some issues lately.It freezes and shows glitchy colors out of nowhere.It started with a Windows 7 Starter edition and now it runs Windows 8.1 Pro.It has an Intel Dual Core, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, no dedicated GPU.I never upgraded any components and the Windows troubleshooting does not accuse any damages...Last time I used this PC was on August of 2021, last year.Now, I pugged it back in and tried to make it work again.It seemed fine, until it started to do that.It happens randomly, but I noticed it has a greater probability of hap

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How to change default desktop color

Hi,

As per the description, I understand that you would like to change the default desktop color.

You may follow the steps given below and check.

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  Click on the start button.
  
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  Click on settings.
  
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  Click on personalization.
  
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  Select color.
  
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  Choose a color for your desktop.
  

I would suggest you to refer to the Microsoft Help Article given below and check if that helps.

Get Started with Windows 10.

Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other assistance with Windows in future. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Window background color - I don't appear to be able to do this on windows 10 as the change color scheme bit isn't there.

Hi Anton,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change color scheme for Windows 10 and check if it helps.

• Right click on “Desktop screen”.
• Then click on “Personalize”.
• Click on “Colors”.
• And change the color accordingly.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Changing the taskbar color to white in Windows 10

Hi Michael,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

In Windows 10 there is no option for changing the color to white but you can change it to different colors. To change the color of the task bar I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• In the search box, type settings.
• Then select personalization.
• Click on color option on the left side.
• You will find an option called “show color on start, taskbar and start icon”.
• You need to on the option and then you can change the color accordingly.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.