Hi all, I'm a bit of a throwback. If I had my druthers, I'd still be using the desktop that came with Windows 2000. I managed to make Windows XP look like that, skipped Vista and now have Win7 Ultimate on my main computer. I'm the kind of guy that uses solid backgrounds because I don't see the desktop all that often, so why waste the resources on having something there I don't see often. I've managed to get that part of my desktop done, but I can't acheive the theme of my dreams in Aero. I would like the active screen to use a light green effect within Aero and the inactive windows to be red to pinkish in their effects. My current choices always seem to make the windows captions unreadable. The black and darker green just doesn't seem to work, given my old geezer eyes. IS there the possibility of an Aero theme that does use different colour bases for active and inactive? If not, the rest of the questions are moot. IF it IS possible, is there an existing theme I might use? If no existing theme presents itself, is there a tool to build such a theme? I'd prefer a free tool, obviously, but am willing to spend a few dollars to get what I need. Thanks in advance for any information in this area. Appreciate you taking the time to help an old codger out. GM