Unable to change Windows 7 Starter wallpaper!

Hello socratesman,

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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

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Chris.H

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you have to use a 3rd party program or hack the registry, but it can be changed.

And Chris, when you gotta mark your own answer as THE answer, thats pretty sad.

i'm hip. i do however appreciate windows7 from vista so far as my brief experience with both creates my opinion on the matter of feedback to your above opinion. plus it's all i could afford & for that i am grateful. i tell you what if it gets me from point a to point b (being a new apple desktop / laptop) then i'll be in hog heaven (pc & mac).

happy computing!

peace...

Not a lot of people know that, how silly, my considered opinion is:

"I don't believe it"

Quote: Victor Meldrew

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.