Below we have listed various questions that relate to the
Microsoft Windows background.
How do I change the Windows background?
The Microsoft Windows background can be adjusted by opening the
background display properties. To do this, follow the below steps.
- Open Control Panel.
- Open Display Properties in the Control Panel.
- Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 users click the Background
tab, Windows XP users
click the Desktop tab.
By default, Microsoft Windows will have a listing of default
Windows backgrounds. If you wish to change the background to a
different picture, such as a family picture, click the browse
button and browse to the directory of the picture.
Note: Microsoft Windows 95 users only have the ability to set
the background as .BMP images;
therefore, if you have a different format of image you will need
to convert it to .BMP image before setting it as the background.
All other Windows users should be able to set a .BMP, .JPG,
or .GIF image as their
background.
How do I have no background image?
Within the listing of the available backgrounds, the first
background is None; selecting none will disable any
background image on your computer. However, it is important to
realize that when you change the background to none, your background
will use the color of your background or desktop.
Windows XP users can change this color from the same window as
where they change their desktop. All other users will need to change
their color of their desktop through the Appearance tab.
How do I make an small image title across
the background?
Within the desktop or background properties window, a user
will be able to customize the layout of their image by selecting
Center, Tile, or Stretch. Below is a brief explanation
of each of these settings.
- Center - This will center the image in the middle
of the desktop. Doing this enables the user to only have one
image set as their background instead of having the image
tiled. If the image is smaller than your computer resolution
then you may have a small border around the image.
- Tile - Tiling an image will take a smaller
image and multiply it multiple times across the desktop.
- Stretch - Stretching an image will take a
single image and stretch it to the full screen. The smaller
the image is the more distortion you will notice when
stretching an image.
How do I make the background as only one
small image and not tiled?
See above explanation.
Why am I unable to see my background?
This issue is often caused if the image being used as the
background has been deleted or the computer has active desktop
enabled on the computer.
- Verify the image being used as the background is still
available on the computer and can be viewed.
- Disable Active Desktop; information about how to do this can
be found on document CH000593.
