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Change your Vista icon

In Vista, an icon is shown when logging in and also in the Start bar. The default picture is a flower. It's pretty lame. Here's how to change your icon in Vista.

1 - Open the Start menu. Observe your lame flower icon. Click on the icon.

2 - Clicking the icon brings up the User Accounts window. In this window is a link that reads "Change your picture". Click on this.

3 - This will bring up a window that allows you to change your picture. You can choose from several even lamer icons including a kitten, a puppy, and other type of flora. Bypass the lame included icons and select the link below them that reads "Browse for more pictures...". This will bring up an explorer window which allows you to select any image you have on your drive.
Rating: 100% positive, 5 total Votes
Categories: windows Vista
Added: on Jul 28, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: icon vista window picture lame

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