Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

What is a desktop background? The desktop background is the image or wallpaper used as the backdrop on a computer screen. Wallpaper is the common term used for designating the graphical interface in ...

Not in love with Apple's customary mountain range, or night sky wallpapers? No problem! It's quick and easy to give your Mac a customized look by changing the desktop background image to something you ...

The procedure for restoring the background on your desktop depends on the Windows edition you have. Most desktop and high-end laptops ship with at least Windows 7 Home Premium, which allows you to ...

First let me say that those of you who know me, know I don't normally circumvent restrictions put into place by system administrators at my place of employment. In fact I was one for many years. This ...

You don't need to have a valentine to love Valentine's Day. Even if you're more into Galentine's Day (or Singles Awareness Day) than V-Day, Feb. 14 is all about celebrating love in its many forms, and ...

There is a section of Personalisation called Themes, which has links to the sound, cursor and icon settings that are part of a theme – though as separate dialogs rather than one common tool. The Theme ...

The wallpaper or desktop background on your Windows computer is super important, therefore, at no point should anyone change it to something else, especially if your background image is changed to ...

Windows 7 comes loaded with an array of visually appealing desktop background images, and many more background images are available online. If you allow anyone to make changes to your computer's ...

Microsoft is seemingly implementing dynamic desktop backgrounds powered by AI in Windows 11, but it's unclear how they will function. Windows 11 Insider Preview builds are rolled out on a frequent ...