Free
wallpaper desktop backgrounds for Windows Vista & XP
Wallpaper:The monitor
pattern or picture or other graphic representation that forms the background
onto which all the icons, menus and other elements of the operating system are
displayed. Taken from the
computer terms page.
It is nice to have a change from the same old boring wallpaper background of
Windows Xp and Windows Vista. Even though they both come with some great
pictures for the desktop backgrounds it is still fun to personalize the look of
your computer wallpaper yourself. However I do have to warn you that putting a
fantastic looking picture on your desktop as wallpaper can slow some older
computers down.
How to save these wallpapers to your desktop
background on your computer:
Click on a picture you like
from below
The wallpaper will open in a window by itself
Right click your mouse on the
wallpaper and choose save picture as..
Now choose where you want your picture
saved
You can also right click on the
wallpaper and choose set as background however I like to save
it first
When you change your desktop background
wallpaper you can browse for the file that you saved
I have collected some nice desktop backgrounds from the internet, all from
free desktop wallpaper websites. If there isn't any wallpaper that you like you
can easily search for free wallpapers in Google search.
How to change your desktop background wallpaper:
Right click on your desktop (the big blank
space)
Choose properties from the menu
Go to the desktop tab
Press browse to choose a wallpaper that you
have saved on your computer.
Some of the last few wallpapers have been
made up of lots of smaller pictures and may have to be tiled instead of
stretch to the desktop. The setting for this is there where you also change
the desktop wallpaper in the display properties.
These desktop wallpapers are too good to be
covered with ugly icons. To remove icons from your desktop so you can
just see the wallpaper, you can
right click on the desktop and choose arrange icons by and then choose show
desktop icons. On Vista when you right click, choose view, and then show
desktop icons.
It is better to save a wallpaper to your
computer and then set it as a desktop background. Your wallpaper may not stay
on your desktop if it is not saved on your computer.
Also if you believe that one of these
wallpaper backgrounds are your property and are not meant to be free then please
contact
us and we will remove it ASAP.
See this video on how to get these free
wallpapers and save them to your computer.
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