How to put wallpaper on your desktop?

Serious things do not always have to look strict. Each employee who spends hours in the office space will make a pleasant interior around their space. An exception is not a personal computer, which humanity uses daily. What exactly can decorate the monotonous process of operation of the device? Try setting a new look for your desktop. Today everyone can do it, and Internet technologies only contribute to finding the most interesting design solution. Consider how to put the wallpaper on your desktop.

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How to put wallpaper on your computer?

Quite often, when changing the operating system on a computer, many new questions arise. One of them is how to install wallpaper on a computer? It would seem that nothing is simpler, but each operating system has its own nuances of personalization. Today we’ll talk about how to personalize your personal space on Windows

Important! When working at a computer, it is not necessary to use standard desktop screensavers. You can download and install photos of animals, flowers, beautiful landscapes and enjoy pleasant images daily. Not sure how to do this? Read another article on our site about how to install a screensaver on a computer screen.

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Windows 7

To start the design of the desktop, we have compiled detailed instructions, which will be useful for newcomers to familiarize themselves with:

1. Right-click on an empty area of ​​the desktop.
2. You will see a context menu in which you need to select the “Personalization” item.
3. A personalization panel will open, in which you need to find the item “Desktop Background”.
4. Select the file folder for the background.
5. Check out the options for displaying images: “Stretch” or “Fill”.
6. After setting the necessary parameters, confirm your actions by pressing the “Save Changes” button.

In the same personalization panel, it is possible to change the color scheme of all windows.

Important! There is one trick that will be useful to owners of computers with low performance. In the settings, you can choose a simplified design option that will help reduce the load on the processing of graphic data.

The item "Personalization" is missing?

If you encounter such a problem, most likely you are using the version of Windows 7 below the “Home Advanced”. For such cases, there are online services such as desktopmania.

Important! The main advantage of such a resource is the ability to select the background on the site itself, there will be no need to store image files in the device’s memory.

In order to set the desktop background, you need to go to the site of a similar service and register. After these steps, you can use absolutely all the features of the software, which must be downloaded after registration to change the wallpaper. The software interface is very clear and at the same time has many parameters for personalization.

Important! If you encounter difficulties in using the software, find the “Help” section on the website you are using.

Quick way

If you just started using Windows 7 and don’t want to bother with unnecessary information, then to put the wallpaper on your desktop:

1. Download any image you like from the Internet.
2. To download, you need to right-click on the bitmap and select “Save Image As ...”, indicating the path to download the file.
3. Now click on it with the right mouse button, select “Set as desktop background image” in the context menu that opens, and enjoy the new background.

Important! In Windows 8, 8.1, 10, the installation of the background image follows the same principle as described above.

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Windows XP Owners

How to install wallpaper on a computer running Windows XP? First you need to decide on the screen resolution of your device. Right-click on an empty desktop space and select the “Properties” option, which will be located in the menu that opens. Then go to “Settings” and “Screen Resolution”. Once you have decided on the desired size, you can proceed to the following actions.

Important! Today it is very fashionable to install animated or live wallpapers on a computer screen and other gadgets. Unfortunately, many have difficulty trying to install such a screen saver. So that you are not among those who failed, check out the helpful info on how to make an animated desktop.

Method One:

1. Decide on the image that you are going to install on the background of the desktop. Finding the right image is easy with the help of search engines.
2. Right-click on the image with certain screen resolutions. After these steps, a menu opens with which you can download this file.
3. Right-click on the downloaded image, and in the menu that appears, find and select the option “Set as desktop wallpaper ...”.

Important! Do you have a favorite photo with your image or people you love that you would like to contemplate daily? We suggest you make it your desktop screen saver. After examining another of our articles, you will learn about how to put a photo on your desktop. 

Second way

The method above could not help you understand how to install new wallpapers on your desktop? Try another solution:

1. Go to the “Start” menu by clicking on the corresponding icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
2. In the list that opens, click on the “Control Panel” item.
3. You will see a menu in which you will need to find the “Management and Personalization” group and open the “Change desktop background” component.
4. Specify the path in the new image using the “Browse” button.

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Stock footage

Not bad for a start! Now you can easily brighten up your work and rest with any photos, pictures and images on the background of your laptop desktop or desktop PC.