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Windows 7 Wallpapers

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bettablue

Flightless Bird
I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things that
are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try. Previous
versions of Windows use an image file somewhere, usually in the Windows
folder, but I'm not sure what file it is in Windows 7. Once I locate the
file, I can create a new image to replace it, after making a backup of
course. Can someone point me in the right direction? What are the image
size and dimensions? Please don't tell me to upgrade. The user who
bought it wouldn't gain any real functionality out of an upgrade. She just
doesn't need to do much outside of accessing the Internet and email.


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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
<bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
> Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
> option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
> desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things that
> are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try.



Although Windows 7 Starter Edition comes with no way to do it, there
are workarounds. Read here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html
 
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bettablue

Flightless Bird
Thanks again Ken,. This is perfect!



"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote in message
news:stp446t1kgivid42dknhnrqq15b69t0fpl@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
> <bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
>> Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
>> option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
>> desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things
>> that
>> are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try.

>
>
> Although Windows 7 Starter Edition comes with no way to do it, there
> are workarounds. Read here:
>
> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html
 
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LouB

Flightless Bird
Ken Blake wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
> <bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
>> Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
>> option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
>> desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things that
>> are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try.

>
>
> Although Windows 7 Starter Edition comes with no way to do it, there
> are workarounds. Read here:
>
> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html


Interesting, Thanks

Lou
 
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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:30:11 -0700, "bettablue"
<bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:


> Thanks again Ken,. This is perfect!



You're welcome. Glad to help.



> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:stp446t1kgivid42dknhnrqq15b69t0fpl@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
> > <bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
> >> Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
> >> option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
> >> desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things
> >> that
> >> are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try.

> >
> >
> > Although Windows 7 Starter Edition comes with no way to do it, there
> > are workarounds. Read here:
> >
> > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html

>
>
>
 
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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:47:32 -0400, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:
> > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
> > <bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
> >> Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
> >> option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
> >> desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things that
> >> are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try.

> >
> >
> > Although Windows 7 Starter Edition comes with no way to do it, there
> > are workarounds. Read here:
> >
> > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html

>
> Interesting, Thanks



You're welcome. Glad to help.
 
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Alexander Arnakis

Flightless Bird
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:14:13 -0700, "bettablue"
<bettablue@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I cannot change the desktop wallpaper on a new Netbook that came with
>Windows 7 Starter Edition. Starter does not include the "Personalize"
>option when right clicking on the desktop, nor is there any access to the
>desktop from the control panel. I realize that it's one of the things that
>are disabled in this version, but I would still like to try. Previous
>versions of Windows use an image file somewhere, usually in the Windows
>folder, but I'm not sure what file it is in Windows 7. Once I locate the
>file, I can create a new image to replace it, after making a backup of
>course. Can someone point me in the right direction? What are the image
>size and dimensions? Please don't tell me to upgrade. The user who
>bought it wouldn't gain any real functionality out of an upgrade. She just
>doesn't need to do much outside of accessing the Internet and email.
>

There's a simple way to "fool" Windows into using a different
wallpaper. The image is stored in Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows. I
think it's img0.jpg. Take any jpg image that you want, size it to
1920x1200x24-bits, copy it to that folder, and rename it to the same
as the image originally found there (after, of course, renaming the
original image to something like img0.bak). The next time you boot up,
your new image will be the wallpaper. At least I *think* this will
work.
 
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KEVIN JOHN PANZKE

Flightless Bird
MESSAGE SNIPPED! I HAVE THE DON'T TREAD ON ME WALL PAPER ON MY WINDOWS 7
DESK TOP! JUST DO A MICROSOFT BING.COM SEARCH ON THE GADSDEN FLAG WALL
PAPER! JUST FYI! THREAD CLOSED!
 
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