Unable to change Windows 7 Starter wallpaper!

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original title: Windows 7 Starter wallpaper!

Seriously!?!?!?!? You can't change the background wallpaper on Windows 7 starter!? Of course I understand that this version of Windows is meant to be very light on features for running smoothly on netbooks...but F-ing wallpapers? Microsoft does remember that they are still writing computer operating systems right? My dinosaur, Nokia cell phone from like 5 years ago let you change the wallpapers. They left the gadget feature but not wallpaper!?!? This really proves to me that Microsoft has absolutely no clue what they are doing. Windows 7 comes on just about every netbook now as of this current holiday season. So here is my question...Why would anyone want a windows 7 netbook when XP (the operating system before the one before windows 7) had more features than it does? Apple is looking better and better. I didn't even get a netbook for christmas, and even though I really wanted one, i'm very glad I didn't. I'm not going to get one at all now if its got windows 7 on it. I'll wait for that Apple tablet and that's it. What do you say Microsoft?

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Hello socratesman,

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Answers Community.

In Windows 7 Starter you are not allowed to change the desktop background. You cannot even replace the default image with another one because the system compares the file hash of your desired background with the file hash of the default wallpaper.

You have to upgrade to a more complete version of Windows 7:

Why can't I change my desktop background?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Why-cant-I-change-my-desktop-background

Hope this helps

Chris.H

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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2010-02-12T15:26:29+00:00

Seriously!?!?!?!? You can't change the background wallpaper on Windows 7 starter!? Of course I understand that this version of Windows is meant to be very light on features for running smoothly on netbooks...but F-ing wallpapers? Microsoft does remember that they are still writing computer operating systems right? My dinosaur, Nokia cell phone from like 5 years ago let you change the wallpapers. They left the gadget feature but not wallpaper!?!? This really proves to me that Microsoft has absolutely no clue what they are doing. Windows 7 comes on just about every netbook now as of this current holiday season. So here is my question...Why would anyone want a windows 7 netbook when XP (the operating system before the one before windows 7) had more features than it does? Apple is looking better and better. I didn't even get a netbook for christmas, and even though I really wanted one, i'm very glad I didn't. I'm not going to get one at all now if its got windows 7 on it. I'll wait for that Apple tablet and that's it. What do you say Microsoft?

Me and three of my friends can not believe that the desktop/wallpaper can not be changed.

Microsoft should have known this would pee off any who bought a 7starter.

We are ready to return our notebooks on this pretense alone.

I am unhappy with the wallpaper issue, but if thats all thats wrong with it, than its fine with me
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Anonymous

2010-02-12T15:24:25+00:00

THERE IS NO PROPERTIES OPTION!
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Anonymous

2010-02-12T15:23:13+00:00

Thats freakin funny
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