To jazz upward your desktop, Windows 7 covers information technology with pretty pictures known as a background. (Most people refer to the groundwork every bit wallpaper .) You can easily change the desktop groundwork in Windows seven to let your own personality shine through.

  1. Right-click a blank part of the desktop and choose Personalize.

    The Control Console's Personalization pane appears.

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  2. Click the Desktop Groundwork option along the window's bottom left corner.

    Try different backgrounds by clicking them; click the Browse button to see pictures from different

    Try unlike backgrounds by clicking them; click the Browse push to come across pictures from different folders.

  3. Click whatever of the pictures, and Windows 7 quickly places information technology onto your desktop's groundwork.

    Plant a keeper? Click the Save Changes push to continue it on your desktop. If not, click the Flick Location menu to run across more choices. Or, if you're still searching, move to the side by side stride.

  4. Click the Browse button and click a file from inside your personal Pictures folder.

    Most people store their digital photos in their Pictures folder or library.

  5. Click Save Changes and go out the Desktop Background window when you're satisfied with your choices.

    Exit the plan, and your chosen photograph stays stuck to your desktop as the background.

Here are some other tips for sprucing upwards your desktop image:

  • Adjust the manner the movie looks using the Moving picture Position option. Windows 7 now gives y'all Fill and Fit options for enlarging small-scale photos, like those taken with cell phones.

  • Borrow any picture on the Net. Correct-click on the Web site's flick and select Set every bit Background from the pop-upwards menu.

  • Right-click whatever photo in your Pictures folder and choose Set as Desktop Background — for a quick wallpaper change.

  • If a background photograph makes your desktop icons as well difficult to detect, endeavour using a single color, instead: In Pace 2 above, observe Solid Colors on the Picture Location box's downward pointer.

  • To alter the unabridged wait of Windows 7, right-click on the desktop, choose Personalize, and select a Theme. Themes affect backgrounds, icons, cursors, and sounds then that they coordinate with each other.

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