Unable to change Windows 7 Starter wallpaper!

That's just pathetic of the programmers to set aside such a feature ...

Unfortunately, they didn't set it aside, they went through great lengths to disable the feature - even hard-coding a special code in a core OS file so that the image can't be changed behind the scenes.

I'm a long time Windows user and developer, and I can usually see why they do certain things.  Disabling this feature is 100% pointless.  The other features that were disabled in the starter edition I can understand - but removing the ability to change the desktop background?  Not only removing it, but going to such great lengths to do so? Really?!?!?!?  Talk about wasted development and test effort.  Whatever manager thought this would be a good idea should be fired for sheer incompetence.

I just don't understand how the simpliest version of 7 Starter can't do even the simpliest task like setting only one image as a background wallpaper. That's just pathetic of the programmers to set aside such a feature and I have loads of images in my possession. And if that version doesn't support it, why would the programmers at Microsoft or whoever involves in pre-loading data pre-installed sample images in the computer's HDD? Yet another thing that doesn't make any clear sense. I'm praying that a future update will fix this problem and allow us Starter users to change and set our own images as a background wallpaper. One more little feature shouldn't kill the OS itself in fact. Please Microsoft or anyone who reads these comments, don't make the same regretful mistake you did with Vista by expunging the important and/or basic feature of all of your OS products.

Yeah. It's ridiculous that the simpliest version of 7 can't have the simpliest feature like that and I have a Gateway netbook (brought yesterday) that has 250GB of Hard Drive space, pre-loaded their own picked sample images and Microsoft is telling me that from all those datas like images saved into that computer, I can't even set a single freaking image as a background wallpaper in Starter?! My two old Samsung Blast phone can set wallpapers, even my iPod touch or their Zune can do that, but not a computer with a more complex OS software. I'm no expert in programming, but I know that it isn't difficult nor long for them to input several more lines of coding that allows to customise background. Microsoft, if you're reading this, I'm gonna tell you guys this only once; don't you dare try to repeat and relive that same nasty mistake with Vista, leaving out important (and basic) features that makes your customers happy and proud of your products and update the Starter to allow us to customize the monitor's background with our images. This is the ONLY thing I'm requesting for my Starter version. It shouldn't kill the OS, the company, the programmers, or Bill Gates to make that one feature happen. BTW, what's with the financial charges for contacting the company? I know you're busy 24/7 perhabs, but that's only hindering your customers from reaching aid from you guys and charging for email contacts = bad call.

Hi fenderstratman,

At the risk of being repetitive, did you try the Oceanis download solution (link in my post above)?  It's possible it may have become lost in the passions of this thread so apologies if you tried it, or didn't want to. It doesn't attack the problem head-on for the geek crowd but it gets you where you want to go.

Best,

Sharon

Sharon Roffey

Queensland, Australia