Change Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter

step 1What do you need?
Ok so now for the "parts" list :) Here is what we will need to make this happen: Windows 7 Starter Edition Duh? :P Stardock My Colors (Theme Manager) Actually it's Windows Blinds (also a theme manager but it doesn't work for our purpose) with less options and less themes (only few that are free) Donwload

step 2Preparation, Installation, Runinatio....eerrr Running :)
After you download ingredients needed for our Operating System Soup (mmm tastyy) here is what we will do: Copy wallpaper where "MyColors" will see it: In our case it will be "Sample Pictures" folder which usually sits in :"C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures" location. Just simply copy your wallpaper there Install MyColors It's an application so it installs…

step 3Finally Usage and Wallpaper Change
After you have run this application Main Menu pops up -Now click on a theme you want to use Note: You need to apply theme different than "Windows 7 Aero" to be able to change the wallpaper. "Windows 7 Aero" is used to revert to original settings which don't allow wallpaper change. -Hit Apply Wait patiently and don't panic it needs time to change the theme. T…

step 4Final Thoughts
This way of wallpaper change was successful on an English and Polish installs of Windows 7 Starter and if applied properly should not cause any problems***. There happened only one problem during my experiments with this application. It froze leaving me with nothing apart from old wallpaper and the window i had active. This is how i dealt with this problem: Freeze prob…

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