If you see a theme you like, just click Download and then choose "Open with Themepack." It'll appear in your collection of themes, and you can switch to it anytime you like. When I visited, there were over 60 to choose from, with photos from locales around the world, from NASA, some branded by companies like Coke and Ferrari, and more. To grab a new theme, scroll (if necessary) to the bottom of the section labeled My Themes, and click "Get more themes online." You'll go to the Windows Web site, where you can browse for additional themes. But Microsoft adds new themes to the Windows Web site all the time. Out of the box, Windows 7 comes with a small assortment of themes. But I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you that it's a snap to download new themes as well. As you can see, it's easy to change themes or choose a couple of photos to display on the desktop. If you click Desktop Background, you're making a simpler choice-you get to pick one or more photos from somewhere on your computer (if you choose several photos, you can pick how frequently they change)-but everything else, like sounds and window color stay the same. It might also adjust your window color, system sounds, and even your screen saver.
You can choose one of the themes or click Desktop Background at the bottom of the window.Ĭhoosing a theme makes a number of changes to your desktop-it will load a collection of photos that will appear as a slideshow, changing at set intervals. From here, there are two ways to change the desktop. To change your desktop background, just right-click the desktop and choose Personalize. What you might not realize is that you can easily save and share that slideshow so your friends and family with Windows 7 can see those same photos on their desktop-without posting photos online, where you have to worry about privacy issues.įirst, let me start with a quick overview of how to personalize your desktop. You might already know that Windows 7 allows you to turn your desktop into a slideshow of your favorite photos. When the weekend upgrade was complete, what single Windows 7 feature do you think they most loved? Not the Libraries, or HomeGroup, or the snazzy new taskbar. And in exchange, I got to eat lots of genuine New York pizza. The trip was well worth the time: They got to switch from slow, old Windows XP machines to fast, fresh Windows 7 PCs. I recently crossed the country to help my parents set up their new computers.
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