Can’t change the background image in your Windows 7 netbook? If you areย unableย toย changeย the desktop background picture on your netbook, this is likely because you’re running Windows 7 Starter or Home Basic on your computer. Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic doesn’t haveย Personalizationย features found in Windows 7 Homeย Premium,ย Professional and Ultimate. But don’t worry, you don’t need to buy anย upgradeย of those versions if you want to change the wallpaper in your PC.ย Althoughย Microsoft doesn’t nativelyย allow toย changeย the background image in Starter or Home Basic, you can still change it third-party tools and via the registry.
ย Theย easiestย way to change the background wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter Home Basic is by using programs. There are many programs to do this but to make our life easier, we’re going to use a program calledย Oceanis. Thisย programย lets you create a slideshow so you can use it asย the backgroundย image. You can downloadย Oceanis here. Thenย unzipย it, and ย then install it, andย restartย your computer. Then run the program and create a slideshow for pictures you want to have as your background images. Very easy to do. You can read more about this program in here.
Changing Windows 7 background image through the registry:
The background image can also be changed through the registry, but do it using Oceanis because is less complicated. To change the background image in Windows 8 Starter in registry, follow theย stepsย below from John The Greek:
1. Open regedit (aka registry editor; you can access it from the star menu by typing โregeditโ in the search boxโฆ)
2. Go to โHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopโ folder and click on it
3. On the right hand side find there are a bunch of entries. Find the key named โWallpaperโ and double click on it and put the path of the picture you want as your new wallpaper (example path is โC:UsersBobPicturesnew_wallpaper.jpgโ)
4. Right-click on the โDesktopโ folder in regedit that you found in step 2 and click Permissions.
5. Click โAdvancedโ
6. Go to โOwnerโ tab, highlight your name in the box that says สฝChange owner toสผ ( There are only two choices the other is Administrator )โฆ once your user name is highlighted click โOKโ
7. Click on โAdvancedโ again
8. Uncheck the button that reads โInclude inheritable permissions from the objectสผs parentโโฆ click โRemoveโ when prompted
9. Click โAddโ
10. Type โEveryoneโ and click โOKโ
11. Check Allow โRead Controlโ and click โOKโ
12. Click โOKโ again
13. Highlight โEveryoneโ and check to Allow โReadโ and click โOKโ
14. Restart Computer and enjoy new Wallpaper <!– / message –><!– sig –>