Thursday, February 5, 2009

Somebody has changed my desktop, the mouse pointer and the sounds are different too. How do I go back to the original settings?

Children will play around and change the settings on your computer; many of them have a greater
knowledge of technology than those of us teaching them. This, like #15 above, is not difficult to change
but it does require several steps in the process to make the necessary changes.
• See #15 to change the desktop back to the default setting.
• To Reset the Mouse Pointer:
􀂾 Go to Start on the task bar.
􀂾 Select Settings then Control Panel.
􀂾 The Control Panel window will open. Double click on the Mouse
icon.
􀂾 The Mouse Properties window will open. Click on the Pointers
tab.
􀂾 In the Scheme box, click the downward arrow and select None.
􀂾 You will have to select each individual category and click the Use Default button for each
one until all settings have been returned to the default setting.
􀂾 Once the task is completed, click the Apply” button and then click the OK button.
• To Reset the Mouse Speed or Cursor Trails:
􀂾 In the Mouse Properties window select the Motion tab.
􀂾 Here you can reset the speed of the cursor movement on
the screen.
􀂾 If the cursor trails the box next to Enable will be
checked. Deselect the box by clicking in it
• To Reset the Sounds:
􀂾 Go to Start on the task bar. Select Settings then Control
Panel.
􀂾 Double click on the Sounds icon.
􀂾 The Sounds Properties window will
open. Click on the down pointing arrow in the last
Schemes section of the window. Select Windows
Default, click the Apply button, and then click the OK
button.
􀂾 Sounds will return to the original default settings.

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