Hell, even Windows 3.1 lets you set a desktop background, and thanks to a number of free utilities, so will Windows 7 Starter. There are many workarounds online, but we recommend the one provided ...

Customizing Windows 7's start, log-on, and desktop backgrounds isn't as easy as it might be, but it's eminently doable. Deactivate the "Close Encounters" start-up animation The animation that ...

and they're still with us in Windows 7 in the form of a single file that packages together one or more desktop backgrounds, a screen saver, a window border color, a sound scheme, desktop icons ...

Well, it turns out my younger self's retina-burning mauve desktop background may have been to blame. Though many preferred Windows 7 to Windows Vista's quirks back in 2009, some users who set ...

A Microsoft veteran recently revealed why things took a little longer on Windows 7 systems with solid backgrounds during the months following its 2009 launch. Soon after Microsoft released Windows ...

This issue was fixed in November 2009, about four months after Windows 7 was released. Cheng added that the reason he prefers solid color backgrounds is because using 0.75MB of wallpaper was ...

We are pleased to release Windows 7 Folder Background Changer. This portable freeware application, allows you to change the explorer/folder backgrounds in Windows 7. UPDATE: Windows 7 Folder ...