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17 Oct 2010, 8:48 am

the background on my desktop refuses to change, and i don't know why.
i just spent the last hour making a nice collage out of pics of my girlfriend
to put up on there, and now this xD.

anyone else had this kind of problem before?

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17 Oct 2010, 9:16 am

What operating system are you on? I have experienced some of the same problems on my win7.

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17 Oct 2010, 9:18 am

d0ds0t wrote:

What operating system are you on? I have experienced some of the same problems on my win7.

i'm using win7 :oops:

did you ever figure out how to get it working

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17 Oct 2010, 9:25 am

Right click -> use as desktop? I haven't really bothered to figure it out I don't really change backgrounds that often.

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17 Oct 2010, 9:31 am

d0ds0t wrote:

Right click -> use as desktop? I haven't really bothered to figure it out

I don't really change backgrounds that often.

*sigh* i tried that, and that's what's not working

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17 Oct 2010, 9:40 am

There is a section in the start meny and controls where you can change the backgrounds and sounds. Not quite shure what it's exactly called in English, but it might work. Tryed restarting the computer? Win+P?

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17 Oct 2010, 9:40 am

nevermind, i just looked it up online, and apparently with win7, it's simply impossible to change the background. It was designed that way.
i think it's BS

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17 Oct 2010, 9:41 am

Seanmw wrote:

nevermind, i just looked it up online, and apparently with win7, it's simply impossible to change the background. It was designed that way.
i think it's BS

I guarante you that is BS :lol:

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17 Oct 2010, 9:46 am

d0ds0t wrote:

Seanmw wrote:

nevermind, i just looked it up online, and apparently with win7, it's simply impossible to change the background. It was designed that way.
i think it's BS

I guarante you that is BS :lol:

idk whether you're agreeing with me or if you're contradicting :lol:

but on win7 starter edition at least, it honestly can't be changed.
some kind of evil microsoft marketing tactic to make people want to buy an upgrade apparently

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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... r-computer

http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/03/31 ... i-thought/

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17 Oct 2010, 9:51 am

I have changed mine many times, so I know for a fact that it can be changed

http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbo ... c66f17.wmv

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17 Oct 2010, 9:57 am

d0ds0t wrote:

I have changed mine many times, so I know for a fact that it can be changed

http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbo ... c66f17.wmv

i tried everything it showed in that video.
but my computer simply doesn't have the option to change the background; it's not there

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17 Oct 2010, 10:02 am

What edition of Windows 7 are you running?

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17 Oct 2010, 10:03 am

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What edition of Windows 7 are you running?

starter edition; it was already on the netbook when i got it

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17 Oct 2010, 10:36 am

Seanmw wrote:

superboyian wrote:

What edition of Windows 7 are you running?

starter edition; it was already on the netbook when i got it

Ah... .here's a thing you didn't know about starters edition, you CAN'T change backgrounds I'm afraid, you have to have at least basic to be able to change backgrounds.

Sorry to break the news.

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17 Oct 2010, 12:04 pm

Yay Microsoft! :roll: :roll:

This is exactly the kind of crap that convinced me to permanently abandon Windows upgrades entirely. When I could no longer get a machine with XP, I switched to Mac. Still running five computers with XP on them, and three of those are Macs that run better and far faster than either of the PC's! :lol:

MS can do whatever they want from here on in as far as I'm concerned.

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17 Oct 2010, 1:14 pm

Download this: http://cid-e2e0fbb97504d64e.skydrive.li ... hanger.exe

Follow these instructions:

Download the program. save it on your computer.
Click on the application. Click Yes on the security alert.
Click on Browse. Now select the image that you want to make your background.
Click OK.
Then click Apply.
Exit the application.
Log out and log back in.
Voila!! ! You have successfully changed your background on a Windows 7 Starter!! !

Enjoy.

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