|
  |
| LakesGlaciersAntarcticaLandscapesInstrumentsFlowersFAQ |
| This FAQ page is for people who use a Windows based operating system. Click link below to quickly move down this page. |
| Wallpaper is a background image or pattern on your monitor (computer screen) that can be changed anytime. |
| Desktop is the monitor (computer screen) with no open programs (applications) that block the wallpaper image. |
| Screen Resolution is the size of your screen measured in pixels. Just think of a pixel as a unit of measurement like an inch or a millimeter, your resolution is probably 800x600 or 1024x768, to name a few common ones. For example, you can have a 19 inch monitor with a screen resolution of 1024x768. This is important to know when you add a wallpaper to your desktop. |
| You can find your monitor or screen resolution easily. If you have a Windows based PC go to your desktop, right click and move down to properties, then left click. A box called 'Display Properties' should be on your screen. Click on the upper tab that says 'Settings'. At the lower right of the box is a section that says 'Screen Area' and just below that it says some number of pixels usually 800x600 or 1024x768. Those numbers are your monitor resolution. There are more choices of screen area sizes than I offer on the wallpaper page, if your screen area is greater than 1024x768, for example 1152x864, look at the top of the 'Display Properties' box and click on the tab that says 'Background', look at the lower right, you will see a little window called 'Display'. If you have Windows 98 or greater change that setting to 'Stretch', download the 1024x768 size and it will stretch to fit your monitor and still be in proportion. |
| Icons are a small image displayed on the screen that you can click on to go to various programs or software. For example, the email icon is what you click on to access your email. |
| The 'Taskbar' is usually located at the bottom of your monitor. It tells you what programs are running and can hold all of your icons if you set up your desktop that way. Also, it contains the start button and often the clock. The clock is actually located in a part of the Taskbar called the System Tray. |
| You can remove icons from your desktop if you have a Windows based PC by following these steps. Put your arrow (cursor) on your taskbar and right click. Go to 'Tool bars' and click on 'Desktop,' this puts all of your desktop icons on your taskbar. Now put your arrow (cursor) over the word 'Desktop' on the taskbar and right click. Now click on the word 'Show Text', this removes the descriptions of your icons and really compacts them. You can also remove the word 'Desktop' by following the same process and clicking on the words 'Show Title'. Now let's remove the icons from your desktop. Go to your desktop. 'Right' click. Move down to 'Properties' then left click. You are now in the 'Display Properties' box. Go to upper tab named 'Effects' and click (put a check mark in) the box named 'Hide icons when desktop is viewed as a Web page'. Now move to the upper tab named 'Web' and click (put a check mark in) the box named 'View my active desktop as a Web page'. You also may want to uncheck the box called 'Internet Explorer Channel Bar' this will remove the channel bar from your desktop as well. Click Apply, then Ok. You now have a clean desktop with all of your icons in your taskbar. |
| A 'jpg' is a type of image that is commonly used on the web because it can be squeezed (compressed) down to a fairly small file size thus allowing the image to load faster and not lose too much quality. |
| A 'zip' is a file that has been squeezed (compressed) by a software program (utility) like WinZip. This utility squeezes files to a smaller size thus allowing them to be downloaded (ftp'd) faster. |
| So you right clicked and then clicked 'Save Picture As', then you clicked 'Save,' now you cannot find your picture. This is a common problem and one that often can be easily fixed. Windows is set up (defaulted) to always save things (files) in the folder called 'My Documents'. The trick is to remember the name of the file or image. I usually repeat the save process (right click, then Save Picture As) on the exact same image and read the 'File Name' in the Save Box that comes up. If you know the file name it is usually a simple process to go to the 'Start' button, click, then move up to 'Documents' then to 'My Documents' and click. This takes you to the 'My Documents' folder and lists all of the files you have saved. If you have a lot of files in the 'My Documents' folder, finding the one that you just saved can be challenging, but not impossible, just look for the name of the photo (image) or look for the extension, it will end in jpg or JPG. If it is not in the 'My Documents' folder, then go to the start button, click, then move up to search or find, go to files or folders then click, in the box called 'Named,' type the file name you are looking for. Make sure that you have the 'Look In' window set to your 'C' drive. This allows you to search all of the 'C' drive, not just a folder that is in the 'C' drive. Some systems have more than one drive, there is an option to search all of your drives. Unless you know which drive your file is located in you may want to search all of your drives. |
| Stretch, Tile and Center are the three choices that Windows gives you to adjust the monitor setting for your wallpaper. Stretch will stretch the image to fit your screen resolution regardless of the size of the image you are using as wallpaper. Tile will repeat the image as many times as it needs to fill your monitor screen. Like looking at a tiled shower wall, if you imagine each tile is a small image and your monitor is a big as the shower wall, the tile just keeps repeating until the monitor screen is filled. Center will center an image on your monitor, not tile it, no matter what size the image is. The setting that I keep my monitor on is Stretch. |
| New window is the web masters way of opening up a new page on a website without causing the previous page to disappear. |
| Add a Wallpaper by clicking on one of the jpg files. The jpg image will load in a new browser window. Allow the image to load completely Then right click on the image and click 'Set As Wallpaper'. This will automatically change your desktop wallpaper to the new image. The trouble with this is that the image is not stored in a permanent file that you can easily access. The other, and better, way is to right click on the image and click 'Save Picture As'. This saves the image to a folder on your computer, usually 'My Documents'. After you have saved the image in a folder, go to your desktop and right click, go to 'Properties'. On the box that pops up go to the tab called 'Background', on the lower right click 'Browse' find the image in the folder you saved it in, you may want to click the box to Stretch (Win 98 or ME), click apply and say ok. |
| Go To Mccully Web Homepage |
| LakesGlaciersAntarcticaLandscapesInstrumentsFlowersFAQ |
|
| IE users click here to add this page to your favorites. Netscape users hit CTRL+D. | |
| Page Updated | |
| © Copyright 2000 Mccullyweb All Rights Reserved | |
| Privacy Policy | Content Rating |
| Mccully Web Home | Search Engines | Website Help | Glacier links | Geological Survey | Wallpaper |