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Customising your computer
101
Selecting wallpaper
Your Sony VAIO computer offers you, among many other features, a choice of wallpapers.
You can change the wallpaper, the background of your desktop, as many times as you like. There are several
VAIO-specific wallpapers to choose from.
To set another wallpaper, proceed as follows:
1
Click the
Start
button and open
Control Panel
.
The
Control Panel
window appears.
2
Click the
Appearance and Themes
icon.
The
Appearance and Themes
window appears.
3
Click the
Display
icon.
The
Display Properties
dialog box appears.
4
Click the
Desktop
tab.
A list of Windows and VAIO wallpapers is displayed.
5
Select a wallpaper in the
Background
list.
You can see a preview of this wallpaper in the monitor above the
Background
list.
6
Adjust the position of the wallpaper with the
Position
drop-down list.
7
Click
Apply
when you have found the appropriate wallpaper.
8
Click
OK
to close the
Display Properties
dialog box.
The wallpaper is applied to your computer.
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A higher screen resolution reduces the size of items on your screen and increases the relative space on your desktop.
You may not be able to increase the screen resolution above a certain level. Your monitor and video adapters, for example, determine to which extend
you can change the resolution.
