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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...