In Control Panel, Select Appearance and Themes, click Change the desktop background or click the Desktop Icon at the bottom.

• The Desktop tab will display under Display Properties (Figure 1), do one or more of the following: Click a picture in the Background list. In the Position box, click Center, Tile, or Stretch.
• Click Browse to search for a background picture in other folders or on other drives. You can use files with the following extensions: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .dib, .png, .htm. In the Position box, click Center, Tile, or Stretch.
• Select a color from Desktop color. The color fills the space not used by a picture.

Figure 1

Notes:

• You can use a personal picture as a background. All of your personal pictures located in My Pictures are listed by name in the Background list.
• You can save a picture from a Web site as a background. Right-click the picture and then click Set as Background. The picture is listed in the Background box as Internet Explorer Background.
• If you choose an .htm document as your background picture, the Position options are unavailable. The .htm document is automatically stretched to fill your background.