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Windows 10 updated on Mary's computer a process that took so long I thought it was broken. When it finally opened Windows has decided that everybody loves a dark interface and all browsers and most applications now have the dark interface.
It might have been nice if Windows asked first?
Gary, right-click on the Desktop and pick Personalise > Colours ?Choose your colour: Light.Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Then, Theme > Save theme.
Might help.
Acorn
well I am bang up to date on windows 10 and it has never forced dark mode on me...
settings/personalisation/colors should give you the choice of light/dark for windows and apps
@acorn :p
Finger-clicking snap!Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
Acorn
You cannot have a dark taskbar and a light theme. Changing the taskbar theme alters the entire computer.
I think what you're looking for is:Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Personalise > Colours > Choose Your Colour (Custom) > Choose Windows Mode (Dark) > Choose App Mode (Light)
Chris thanks. I have done this. My gripe was Microsoft just determined that the dark theme is the default.
Mary's computer is a HP laptop, and it has it's own issues. I have not had the update yet to my computer.
windows defaulted to dark theme - there could be several reasons for this
if it took a very long time then it might well of been the update from 1903 to 2004 which is a 'biggie'
the age of the laptop in terms of the latest available drivers, the amount of memory, the speed of the processor, the speed of the SSD/HDD and physical condition of all these may slow things down, as might things running in the background security wise etc
if windows finds it has to make do with less 'space/resource' than it really needs to organise the update it will 'let go' of certain settings and reset - this can also happen if some drivers are not as uptodate as windows would require in regard to the features they provide, even if these drivers are the latest available
this may be what has happened here, it is a lot more common than you might think
it is only a personilisation setting, irritating yes, but nothing to be concerned about
Did you do the feature update to win 10 version 2004? I refuse to install that. I heard many bad things how it will screw up everything.
behzad - My wife's computer and mine are set to automatically update. Mine updated the other day bu there were no dark/light issues.
Any benefits with the update? I wish XP 2020 was around LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS_yBXEV4BE
She looks like she has a windows virus :)
Take a good look: she actually has a Linux virus. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by behzad
I've not had any issues I can pin on windows 2004 - some transitory lag here and there, but that is par for the course, almost certainly background apps or houskeeping and in one case pending broswer update
I updated with the windows media tool as I now normally do for the major updates, rather than have them go thorough the normal update channel; check first what is involved
I used to hang back, but these days my philosophy is up to date windows is safer security-wise; often issues arise more with older hardware, or hardware/drivers that are not 'mainstream'
no new features above the hood that I have made specific use of yet - plenty of info out there [good and bad:)]
@behzad
that 'mint' video has a hole in it's argument, if not it's centre :D
;))
The blue screen of death. :O Mary's version is 19041 Mine is 180-something
Mary's version sounds like an insider program build to me [for example 19041.264] there is no version 1904 on general release afaik, it went from 1903 to 1909 [as in '3' march release; '9' september release; nominally]
if Mary is on the insider program that may help to explain issues, insider prgram is basically beta
your version is 1803 or 1809 then, older as you would expect from the numbering, unless you are on the insider program too?
edit - the current spring release is called 2004 not 2003 'so as to avoid cionfusion' because historically there was a windows 2003 back in the day
I won't get the 2004 Windows 10 update as my processor is the Sandy Bridge processor still I guess the Update
isn't for that processor LOL
My laptop just updated last night and I still have a light theme and dark taskbar.