Customising the Desktop background picture ( Win. Vista & 7 )

 
 
 

Customising your Desktop

Customising your Desktop

Right click on an empty part of the Desktop and you will see a popup menu, as illustrated.   

From the popup menu click on the Personalize command.  This will display a dialog box, as illustrated below.

the Personalize command    

You can use this dialog box to customise elements of your computer system.

 
Customising the Desktop background wallpaper picture

Click on the Desktop Background iconDesktop Background icon

You will see the following dialog box displayed.   

the Desktop Background

You can select a picture to be displayed on your Desktop background.    TIP: You can use the scroll vertical bars to the right of the picture thumbnails to scroll up or down and see more pictures, as illustrated.   

the picture thumbnails

Select a picture of your choice.  TIP: You may wish to experiment with specifying how you want the picture

 

 

displayed on your Desktop, using the three controls illustrated below.

the Windows Desktop   

Click on the OK button to apply the picture of your choice to the Windows Desktop.

 

 
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1- first look at windows vista
2- The Start button and The Start menu
3- Running a program using the Start menu
4- Shutting down Windows
5- Closing an application that is not responding
6- Desktop icons
7- Windows Taskbar
8- Customising the Desktop background picture
9- Customising the Desktop background colour
10- Setting a screen saver
11- Setting your screen resolution
12- Modify the computer date and time
13- Setting the computer keyboard language
14- Setting the computer sound volume
15- The Sidebar and gadgets
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