Change Text/Background Colors In "CMD"

Tired of a black background and white text, change the colors, spruce it up.

1. Click the Start button.

2. Click run.

3. Type 'cmd' ( without the quotes ) or open from accessories

4. With CMD open, type in 'help color' (without the quotes) hit enter

5. Scroll down to see the list of numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.

Type 'color 6' to have yellow text, 'color 4' to have red text, 'color A' to have light green text etc. ( Ignore all quotes )

To change the color of the text as well as the background, type 'color ce' ( without the quotes ) to have light yellow text on a light red background or any other combination. The first letter/number is the color of the background and the second is the color of the text.