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Tech Tip of the Week: Change Your Wallpaper on Windows 7 Starter
Aimed at netbooks and other proprietary systems, it's the most diluted version of Windows 7 with many basic features missing. Among them are the Aero Glass interface, fast user switching, DVD playback, multi-display support, as well as personalization options, such as the ability to change desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
Most of the excluded features won't really hinder the use of a netbook. After all, few ship with DVD drives or have multiple users anyway, but staring at a bright blue Windows logo for the lifespan of your system is torture. Hell, even Windows 3.1 lets you set a desktop background, and thanks to a number of free utilities, so will Windows 7 Starter.
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User Comments (20)
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Guest
on March 25, 2010 1:28 AM |
I use that wallpaper |
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skitzo_zac
on March 25, 2010 2:16 AM |
Can you please share that wallpaper or point me to a location where I can find it, I really would like to add it to my wallpaper collection. |
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Matthew
on March 25, 2010 2:27 AM |
I've uploaded the complete wallpaper here for anyone that might want it: [link] |
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skitzo_zac
on March 25, 2010 2:41 AM |
Thank you very much Mathew. |
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ET3D
on March 25, 2010 8:39 AM |
Good tip. I put a link to this on my site. That said, I never changed the default desktop background on my Fujitsu P1510D. |
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megrawab
on March 25, 2010 8:51 AM |
nice wp... whats the size of the file that contains the wallpaper? |
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ozworth
on March 25, 2010 2:08 PM |
I can understand the red tape but not letting you change the wallpaper is mean and tight ass to all the people who have purchased a netbook with this installed.What kind of person makes these decisions? |
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ET3D
on March 25, 2010 3:07 PM |
A marketing person, probably. |
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mattfrompa
on March 25, 2010 3:50 PM |
I hate the fact that starter edition even exists... |
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Guest
on September 2, 2010 5:02 PM |
I found a very easy way to change the wallpaper in 7 Starter. Install Opera web browser. Open the image you want to load within Opera, not a image viewer or editor, Opera itself. Then right click the image and choose "Use Image on Desktop". It's that simple. warren |
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Guest
on September 10, 2010 2:31 PM |
Where do i go to download a free application to get a program on my windows & netbook computer to put my own wallpaper pictures on? |
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Guest
on October 1, 2010 4:12 PM |
Downloaded Opera to try this feature and it did not work. |
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Guest
on October 28, 2010 1:55 AM |
I tried the Oceanis app, but it didn't work on my netbook. Then I found this: Starter Background Changer (renaudgerson.fr/StarterBackgroundChanger/en/) I've been using it for months. It's simpler than the Oceanis app, too. It doesn't keep running in the background, and it doesn't use up all that RAM... It just lets you choose a desktop picture, and changes to it. Period. Works great! |
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Guest
on November 3, 2010 8:08 AM |
This is really giving me a hard time trying to get a wallpaper on my desktop ive tried so many things i dont know what else to do........... |
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Guest
on January 8, 2011 9:24 PM |
it worked to me..THANK YOU!! |
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Guest
on January 17, 2011 5:53 PM |
Worked great! Totally easy to install and work with. Only issue was that when I went to restart, AVG caught some malware. Grrrr... |
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Benny26
on January 18, 2011 4:25 AM |
This was shocking from Microsoft. Not even giving you the option to change your wallpaper was just crazy. |
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Guest
on April 29, 2011 1:49 AM |
i just want to know how to change the boot up screen image.....???? |
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Guest
on September 12, 2011 3:51 PM |
Just installed the Oceanis app on my daughter's notebook (HP mini). Very easy to install and works fine. She can now set her own wallpaper. many thanks. |
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Guest
on April 18, 2012 1:06 AM |
i just wanted to give a quick THANKYOU i have been feeling really 'blue' latley and now i have a real back ground .thanks again |
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