I have no idea how to change the colour which is currently very dark and difficult to read. It was like this when i first logged in while on my wife's computer it was much lighter. How do I fix it I am very new to all this bye david

click on control panel/options (top right cnr of main page)
click edit profile
scroll down till you come to 'theme'
have a bit of a play there until you find one you like. Im using mactastic at the moment. its white/light grey.

There's several new themes to try -

XP Silver (very light)
XP Blue (light and blue)
Mactastic (light and candy like)

Andrew