Though customizing desktop wallpaper is by no means essential, many of us like to do it. Changing the mood of the desktop gives you repose and a personal touch. Windows 7 in particular is known for numerous customization options. This article presents another website which offers abstract wallpaper options to appeal to geeks and non-geeks [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Aero Adjuster, Automatically Change Aero Color Based On Wallpaper
The Windows 7 operating system shipped with a built-in automatic wallpaper changer that allowed users to pick multiple desktop backgrounds that the operating system would rotate automatically. Previously users had to use third party software like Wallperizer or John’s Background Switcher for that functionality. Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8 will improve that by offering [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Colortypist, Realtime Desktop Wallpaper Color Selector
The Windows operating system offers extensive options to set a custom wallpaper or custom color as a solid background color. The capabilities have been expanded in Windows 7, for instance with abilities to rotate wallpapers automatically. The option to select a single color for the background has been available for a long time. Users can [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Yet Another Wallpaper Downloader (YAWD)
Wallpapers, love em or leave em. Some users are perfectly fine with the default wallpapers that ship with their operating system. Others add photos that they have made as they desktop background. A third group likes to download backgrounds from wallpaper repositories on the Internet for their wallpaper needs. And it is the last group [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Overlap Wallpaper, Add A Second Image To Windows Desktop Background
Wallpapers, commonly referred to as desktop backgrounds, are very popular. One does not need a lot of computing expertise to display them and they offer noticeable computer customizations. Everything is fine as long as only one wallpaper needs to be displayed on the desktop. It gets complicated if multiple images need to be displayed at [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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Changing Your Linux Background Automatically
Compared to Windows and Apple, some people consider Linux distributions to be the most user-friendly, personally customizable operating systems available. They enable you to adjust and tweak pretty much anything you want to. All they require is a basic understanding of the dynamic of Linux. One fun change you can make is customizing your desktop [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Dreamscene Activator Fixes Desktop Text Bug
Remember Windows Vista Ultimate? The version of Vista where you paid more to get a handful of extras? Dreamscene was one of the extras. It basically allowed the user to use videos as wallpapers on the operating system. Microsoft has dropped the feature in Windows 7, or at least made it inactive so that it [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Flickr Wallpaper Rotator For Windows
Many computer users like to personalize the interface of their operating system with themes and custom desktop backgrounds. Changing the wallpaper of the computer is usually only possible if the image is stored locally. Microsoft has added a native option to use photo RSS feeds as sources for background images. Another popular choice are wallpaper [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Weather Desktop Background, Change Wallpaper Based On Weather Conditions
Weather Desktop Background could be a complimentary tool for Aero Weather, a program that I have reviewed earlier here at Ghacks. Aero Weather changed the Aero color based on the weather conditions. Weather Desktop Background basically does the same for the desktop wallpaper. The program changes the desktop wallpaper based on the weather condition so [...]