Chapter 8: Customizing Your Computer

Changing the desktop background

In Windows XP, you can change the Windows desktop background picture. Windows provides several 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 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.

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Click/Double-click the Display icon. The Display Properties dialog box opens.

Click the Desktop tab.

4 Click a background picture in the Background list.

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Click Browse to select a background picture from another location.

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