BBC NI– Learning Teabreak – Personalizing your desktop

First click on your start menu then click on Control Panel.

Select Appearance and Themes (or Display)

Select Change the desktop’s background.

This brings up your Display Properties panel. Under background there’s a list of images.

These are Bitmaps (fileName.bmp) from My Pictures folder (in My Documents) plus some default images.

Select an image from the list or browse other folders to preview an image for the desktop.

Use the colour and position buttons to change the appearance of the image.

Once you’re happy with the preview select apply.

At the top of the Display Properties panel, there are several tabs which access other settings.

The Appearance tab enables you to change the font size, colour and style of your desktop items and windows.

The Screensaver tab allows you change the screensaver’s image, timing and password.

Try personalizing your screensaver by choosing images from your My Pictures folder.

The Settings tab allows you to change the resolution of your screen.

Remember, the higher the resolution the smaller and sharper the items on your screen appear.

Always select the apply button to update your display with any changes you make.