This is a new feature to the standard Operating System release, but has been included in the Windows 95 Plus! pack for years. Quite simply it allows the full customisation of the interface and UI using new icons for the system (My Computer, Network Neighbourhood, etc), new wallpapers for the background, new mouse pointers and new sounds for the Startup and Shutdown and for other system events. The reason it is called Desktop Themes is because, while you can choose individual elements, you can simply change the entire look by selecting a new scheme. The Plus! pack and Windows 98 come with a selection of schemes that you can choose from and by simply choosing one from the drop down menu, all the system defaults mentioned above will be changed to the ones in the scheme in one click. If you choose a theme and only want to use individual elements of it, like the wallpaper and screen saver, then you need to choose these and none of the others from the tick box selection down the right hand side. If you want to preview a screen saver or the pointers and icons, there are buttons to do this at the top right. The Pointers button will open a separate dialog that allows you to preview each part, with a preview pane, where necessary, at the bottom of the dialog. Some of the options that are supplied as themes are also available for adjustment in the Display Control Panel, in the Background, Screen Saver, Appearance and Effects (formerly Plus! tab) and in the Mouse Control Panel. See also Web tab