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You might have once kept a framed photo of your family on your office desk. Now, you're looking to modernize and display that same photo as your computer wallpaper. However, the photo isn’t as large as your screen. Find out how to adjust your photos to cover the entire screen. You can use any image file with extensions like .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .dib, .png, or .htm as your background image [source: Johnson].
Here’s how to resize your background image on Windows XP:
- Select Start
- Choose Control Panel
- Click on Display
- Go to the Desktop tab
- Click Browse to pick a photo you prefer.
- Find your chosen photo. Alternatively, locate and open the picture file directly. Right-click on the image. A menu will appear. Select Set as Desktop Background with your left mouse button.
- Click Open in the Browse window after you find the photo. This will load the image into the Desktop settings window.
- Select Stretch in the Position dropdown.
- Click OK, and your image will perfectly fill the screen [source: Microsoft].
Here’s how to resize your background image on Windows Vista:
- Click on Start
- Click on Control Panel
- Click on Appearance and Personalization
- Click on Personalization
- Click on Desktop Background
- Click on Browse to find your family photo on the computer. Once you find it, double-click on the image to set it as your background.
- Select How should the picture be positioned from the available options.
- Choose Fit the screen
- Click OK [source: Microsoft Vista]
