Border Padding

The desktop of Windows Vista is highly customizable: you can change its default themes by applying different colors, skin, wallpapers, gadgets and even the sounds. If there is anything that is downright positive about Vista in general, it's the beautifully design interface.

Some people, however, don't like the size of the windows border of Windows Vista. Some say it's too narrow/slim that it doesn't project Vista's AeroGlass theme to the max; some said it's too wide/fat that it took off too much space of the computer screen. If that's the case, changing the border size to your liking is the easiest way to do.

Below is what you are going to get after applying the change:



To do that, we shall configure an option called border padding in Vista.

Here's how to access the size of the border in Windows Vista:
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1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Select 'Personalize'.
3. Click on 'Windows Color and Appearance'.
4. Click on 'Open Classic Appearance Properties' for more display and color options.
5. (Make sure the theme selected is Windows Aero) click on the 'Advanced' button.
6. Select 'Border Padding' in the Item drop-down box.
7. Type a new size for the border to change (increase or decrease) the size of the border(Default
border size is 4).

This is one useful customization option if you are a hardcore operating system tweaker. Lots of interface designers out there also apply the use of border padding on their creation of a Vista custom theme.