Background Again Hello again, I have tried what you said and the display controls won't let me choose a picture. It's as if it wasn't even there. -Adrien

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Ok, instead open 'Paint' on the accessories menu, then go to 'File' then 'Open' and look for your picture, click on it, then click 'Open', then click back on 'File' and click 'Set as background'.

Posted on Jan 04, 2007

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