Back in Windows 7 and 8, you could get desktop backgrounds that changed regularly by subscribing to dynamic feeds from Bing, but those feeds don't update any more. However, thanks to the sync ...

After logging in, Windows 7 first set up the desktop piece by piece, i.e. the taskbar, the desktop window, icons for applications, and even the background image. The system waited patiently for ...

Relatively simple ways to remove Windows 7's floating-color-balls start-screen animation, and supply your own background images for the operating system's log-on screen and desktop. Dennis O ...

Starting up a Windows 7 PC used to be slower for users who favored simple solid color backgrounds over extravagant desktop wallpapers. The delayed startup issue was present back in 2009 ...

Windows has ... a problem with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in which a welcome screen would be displayed for 30 seconds during the logon process if the desktop background was set to ...

Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions include a Local Group Policy Editor tool that allows you to lock the desktop background image. Only users with administrative access have ...