Change desktop background
Windows come with its default desktop background after installation of the operating system. To change the background image of the desktop,
- Right click anywhere on the desktop and select personalize
- Click on Desktop Background at the lower part of the window
- From the pictures location, select the picture you want to use as the desktop background.
- Make sure the selected picture is ticked.
- Use the picture position option to select the appearance of the desktop background
- When done click save changes at the bottom right corner.
How to create a slide show on your desktop
- Right click anywhere on your desktop and click personalize
- At the lower bottom of the window, look for and click desktop background
- Browse for the pictures folder that you would want to use for the slide show.
- Select each picture (multiple pictures) you want to include in the slide show. Any selected picture will be ticked.
- Slide shows deals with changes in pictures at specific time intervals. You can set the time required for a picture to change by clicking on the change picture every drop-down.
- To enable random picture slide show, check the shuffle box.
- When done, click on save changes at the bottom right of the window to start slide show on your desktop.
How to set any picture as desktop background
- Search for the particular picture you want to use as your desktop background.
- Right click on the image and from the context menu select set as desktop background
Changing the color of windows borders, start menu and taskbar
- Right click anywhere on your desktop and click personalize
- At the bottom of the window, look for window color and click on it.
- You will be presented with several colors to choose from. Select the color of your choice
- You can click and drag the color intensity slide bar to vary the brightness of the color.
- Checking the Enable transparency box will make the borders, start menu and taskbar transparent or see through.
- The show color mixer gives options to click and drag creating or forming a color to suite your preference.
- When done, click save changes.