I got the HP 110 Netbook with windows 7 for christmas today. And I was wondering how you change the desktop background, or personalize it in any way. I looked online at various websites and they said to right click on you background and it will have a button named "personalise". Mine didnt have that, is it because im on a netbook. How do you do it on a netbook? Thanks, will pick best answer.
Ya, i have windows 7 starter.
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Yeti is right, you cannot change the background using Windows 7 Starter, however if you choose to upgrade using the anytime upgrade you can personalize your background as well as other features: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Upgrade-to-another-edition-of-Windows-7-by-using-Windows-Anytime-Upgrade.
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Tara
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Can’t. They removed that feature for Win7 starter edition, assuming thats what you’ve got on your netbook.
Mine had the "personalize" button on it but if it doesn’t then you can go to the Start Menu then click Getting Started. Then you go to Personalize Windows and you can change the background and other settings.
Hope I helped!
Lauren
Changing the background is a feature they removed from the Starter version that comes on netbooks to help keep the expense down.
You have to do their $79.99 "Anytime Upgrade" to Home Premium to get that, or else some people find software like Stardock’s MyColors lets them do it.
You Cant Change It
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If your on XP it will be under properties when u right click. If ur on windows 7 starter they disable changing the background for some stupid reason. Something youve been able to do since windows 95 or before, really stupid on microsofts part.