Chapter 10: Customizing Your Notebook

Changing the desktop background

In Windows XP, you can change the Windows desktop background picture. Windows provides several alternative backgrounds, or you can use pictures that you have created or retrieved from other sources.

In Windows 2000, you can change the Windows desktop background to either a picture or an HTML document. Windows provides several background pictures. You can also use pictures or HTML documents that you have created or retrieved from other sources.

To change the desktop background in Windows XP:

1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Appearance and Themes.

2 Click/Double-click the Display icon, then click the Desktop tab.

3 In the Background list, click a background picture.

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Select a background picture from another location by clicking Browse.

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