Background Picture on Vista

[sky_driver]

I am trying to get a picture to be centered as my background on my computer with Vista.

The picture takes up the entire screen, and that makes some icons hard to see.

When I go to the settings, it shows that I have selected the "center" option, but it still shows the picture on the "full" screen.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[sapiens]

Are the picture dimensions so large that when displayed, it's dimensions cover the entire desktop? Have you tried reducing the dimensions of the picture in photoshop (or some other photoeditor)?

[Hain]

For picture reduction I recommend Faststone Image Viewer, it has tools for advanced features for size reduction, at least it looks better (and creates better JPGs I figure since it makes larger JPGs).

[sky_driver]

I will try these recommendations. But the same picture works perfectly on 3other computers running Windows XP, when I go the the properties section of the monitor.

[Hain]

Originally Posted by sky_driver

I will try these recommendations. But the same picture works perfectly on 3other computers running Windows XP, when I go the the properties section of the monitor.

That could still mean that you have a smaller desktop resolution on your Vista computer.

[sky_driver]

Well, I got it to work. I had to first save the picture to my computer, then opened the picture and set it as the background.

Thanks again for all of your advice.