The wallpaper picture is designed to fill an 800 x 600 screen. However, most modern systems are configured to have a 1024 x 768 screen or even more. The picture of Bollington can quite easily be made to fill this screen area. Just follow this procedure:
Windows 98 (all versions):
- Clear your screen by clicking the Show Desktop button in the task bar below left;
- Right click on the screen background and select Properties;
- Click the Background tab at the top left;
- Look for Picture Display near the bottom right;
- Click the list arrow and select Stretch;
- Click OK.
The picture will now expand to fill the entire screen.
Windows XP:
- Clear your screen by clicking the Show Desktop button in the task bar below left;
- Right click on the screen background and select Properties;
- Click the Desktop tab at the top;
- Look for the Position field near the bottom right;
- Click the list arrow and select Stretch;
- Click OK.
The picture will now expand to fill the entire screen.
Windows Vista:
Sorry, but I haven't seen this in operation yet so I can't tell you how it works but I would expect that it is very similar to XP above.
Older operating systems are not capable of taking this procedure.
Some modified browsers such as BT Yahoo! and, no doubt, AOL display different options when you right click. In this case you need to do long hand what the option would have done in a single click. It is too complex to be worth the bother for most people. Sorry!
However, if you know what you are doing and know how to do it (under XP) you need to:
- Save the file in c:\Documents and Settings\[your userid]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer , as Internet Explorer Wallpaper.jpg ;
- If there is a file of this name .bmp in there already you may like to rename it in place;
- Load the .jpg into any picture editor and save it back to the same folder as a .bmp ;
- Delete the .jpg file;
- The picture should now display as the wallpaper. If not ...
- Clear all or some of your screen, right click on the present wallpaper and select Properties;
- Click on the Desktop tab;
- Scroll the list of Backgrounds and click on Internet Explorer Wallpaper;
- Click on OK.