How to put a picture on the desktop

Change image of your desktop is easy. If you are running Windows XP, for the pictures go to: "start" - "control Panel" - "Display", then select the tab "desktop". Locate the background image that you like.

If regular images are not suitable, you can use more, to do this, click "Browse" and locate the desired picture, then press OK. Use files with extension *.jpg. Regular image files are stored in a folder C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper (if the OS is on the C: drive).

Those who use Windows 7, change the desktop image you can use in two ways. The first one is simple – locate the image, click right-click and select the context menu item "set as desktop background".

Second option: click on an empty space on the desktop, right-click, select context menu item "Personalization". In the next window, select "desktop Background". You can set the picture from the list or choose your by clicking the "Browse" button. Setting a new background picture, click on "Save changes".

You should know that if you have installed the initial version of Windows 7, you cannot change the desktop background regular ways, since in this version just yet (they are blocked by the developers). However, the way to change the picture, for this you will need a utility Starter Wallpaper Changer. When the utility starts, click Browse, select the image you want, then click "Apply". After reboot you will see the desktop with a new picture. There are other program to change picture in Windows 7 – for example, Change Background W7.