The standard picture that appears on the working window of the computer after installing the Windows operating system, if desired, can be replaced with any other image from the archive of the operating system, computer or on removable media.
It's simple in Windows XP and earlier versions of the OS
Not all users are satisfied with the desktop background originally installed on the computer, and then it becomes necessary to replace it with a more suitable one. In this case, you will have to dig a little in the personal settings of the device. Specifically, you will first need to open the toolbar and navigate to the display settings.
If you are using Windows XP or other, earlier versions of the OS, in the lower left corner, click the "Start" button, then in the window that opens, in the list of available functions, select the "Settings" item, next to which the side panel will open. In the list of options provided, find and open the "Control Panel" section. After that, you will need to go to the "Display" menu and make the necessary settings. To change the picture on the monitor, you need the "Desktop" item, upon opening which you will be presented with the available background images. For the convenience of the user, this menu has the ability to preview images. Mark the checkbox of the image you like and to save the result press the "OK" button. It is noteworthy that any other image stored on the computer can be set as the desktop background. To do this, in the "Desktop" section, click the "Browse" button on the left side of the window that opens, specify the location of the desired picture or photo, select it and click the "Open" button. If necessary, in this section you can apply other changes to the image, for example, stretch, tile or set in the center, select a background color, which is quite convenient if the picture does not occupy the entire screen.
The "Screen" menu provides functions for changing the theme, screen saver, screen design and setting other screen parameters. In this case, you can immediately see how your screen will look when installing a particular theme.
Replacing the background in Windows 7
Replacing the background in Windows 7 is also easy. To do this, you also need to go to the "Control Panel" section and select "Personalization". Having opened it, the user can assign a desktop background from the available options, as well as use any photo stored on the computer. To do this, it is enough to mark the picture you like in the proposed OS archive or click the "Browse" button to search for the image in the "bowels" of the computer. In addition, in Windows 7, you can set several pictures as a background. Mark the checkbox of the photos that you are going to use, in the "Image position" item, select the desired option and indicate the time interval after which the images should be replaced. The change of background images can be set at random.
… and finally
To replace the background in Windows 8, you can use the special Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer application.
In any version of the Windows operating system, you can set an image from a computer with one click as the background of the working window. To do this, find a suitable picture, move the cursor over it, press the right mouse button and select the option "Set as desktop background" in the drop-down window.
