Remind yourself that we are not alone. Replace your pointer with a spaceship, and let your icons, screensaver, desktop, and sounds take you to another world.

With desktop themes you can give your computer some personality by changing the way it looks and sounds. After you download and install a theme from the Product Updates catalog, you will need to apply it. (Find out how in the "How to use" section, below.)

When choosing a theme, you can decide which of the following elements you would like to change:

Screen saver Sounds Mouse pointers Desktop wallpaper Icons Colors Font names, sizes, and styles Window sizes

If you install several themes, you can choose to rotate them, so you will see a different theme each month.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Desktop Themes.
3. Click Science Fiction in the drop-down list at the top of the dialog box.
4. Under Settings, select the check boxes next to the elements of the theme you want to apply. (If you would like to see and hear the elements before you apply the theme, click the buttons under Previews.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Desktop Themes.
3. In the list at the top of the dialog box, select Science Fiction.
4. Click Delete.