Changing the desktop background, To change the desktop background in windowsxp – Gateway ProfileTM 5 User Manual

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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

.

2

Click/Double-click the

Display

icon. The Display Properties dialog box opens.

3

Click the

Desktop

tab.

4

Click a background picture in the

Background

list.

- OR -

Click

Browse

to select a background picture from another location.

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