Desktop Background Wallpaper - Change in Windows 7 Starter

How to Change Desktop Background Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic Editions​

   Information

By default the Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions do not include the Personalization features such as change desktop background, Desktop Slideshow, Screen Saver, and Windows Color and Appearance.


This tutorial will show you how to add these features to the Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions.

• For free desktop background wallpapers from Microsoft, see: Desktop backgrounds (wallpaper) - Microsoft Windows
• By default, the Windows 7 Home Basic edition will only allow you to change the desktop background by right clicking on a image and clicking on Set as desktop background.
• If you plan on doing a in-place upgrade to another higher level edition of Windows 7 in the future, then be sure to uninstall this Oceanis Change Background W7 or Personalization Panel program first to avoid incompatibility issues with it in the new edition of Windows 7. It was designed to only work in the Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions.

OPTION ONE

Using the "Oceanis Change Background W7" Program

   Note

This will show you how to download and use the program Oceanis Change Background W7 provided by Oceanis so that you can change the desktop background with a optional desktop slideshow (shuffle) in the Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions.


If the Oceanis program is closed, then the desktop background goes with it. You will need to leave the Oceanis program running to keep the background.

• You must be using the Windows 7 Basic theme.
• If the Oceanis Change Background W7 program no longer works properly after installing some Windows Updates, then uninstall and reinstall the Oceanis Change Background W7 program to have it run properly again.
• If you get the black wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter, then:
  • Double check to make sure that the Remove background images (where available) box is unchecked in the Ease of Access Center.
  • Change the Color Scheme to Windows Classic and click on Apply, then change it to Windows Basic and click on OK.
  • If non of the above helped, then also see if this solution by Foe may be a possible fix.
• Run a sfc /scannow command, and restart the computer afterwards. You may have some corrupted system files causing the background wallpaper to not display.

1. Click on the Download button below to download the Oceanis Change Background W7 ZIP file provided by Oceanis, click on Save, and save it to your Desktop.

Download


2. Open the downloaded ZIP file, extract (drag and drop) the exe file below to your desktop, and run it.
NOTE: You will be prompted to restart the computer to finish installing this program.
Oceanis_Change_Background_W7.exe
3. When your computer restarts, you will see this as your desktop background. Click on the Oceanis Change Background W7 shortcut to change your desktop background. (see screenshot below)

4. Browse to the images that you want to use and check (select) a image, or more than one image to have a desktop slideshow. Select the Picture position for how you want the images displayed, and any desktop slideshow settings if you selected more than one image. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: These options are just like the default ones in the other editions of Windows 7 here that are now being allowed by this program by Oceanis for the Windows 7 Starter edition.



5. When done, click on Save changes. (see screenshots above)

OPTION TWO

Using the "Personalization Panel" Program

NOTE: This will show you how to download and use the Personalization Panel program to add Personalization to the desktop context menu to be able to change the desktop background, Windows Color and Appearance, Sounds, and Screen Saver in the Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions. This program does not add the desktop slideshow feature though.
1. Download and install the Personalization Panel program using Regular setup option at the Download link below.

Download


2. When finished installing, you can now right click on the desktop and click on Personalization.

3. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

4. From here you can select and set the Appearance and Personalization options you like. (see screenshot below)

5. Desktop Background
A) In Windows Starter

B) In Windows Home Basic

6. Windows Color
A) In Windows Starter



B) In Windows Home Basic, you will see this below first then the screenshots above.

7. Sounds
A) This is the same Sounds settings as in the other editions of Windows 7.
8. Screen Saver
A) This is the same Screen Saver settings as in the other editions of Windows 7.
That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Change the Windows 7 Desktop Background
• How to Create a Desktop Slideshow in Windows 7
• How to Enable Aero in Unsupported Editions of Windows 7
• How to Remove Background Images to have Only Solid Colors in Windows 7
• How to Change the Window Color and Appearance in Windows 7
• How to Change the Screen Saver in Windows 7
• How to Change or Save a Windows 7 Theme
• How to Create a Windows 7 Personalization Shortcut

 

[SinRival]

Oh thanks but another thing has happened.. my screen is totally black now and I'm a bit worried, I now feel like I should just go back and leave this stuff alone.

 

[Brink]

SinRival,

Go ahead and uninstall the other program, or do a system restore using a restore point dated before you installed it. This should be able to fix that.

 

[SinRival]

YAY!!! It worked, Thank You So Much Brink! I think I should just wait until windows 8 and get it in home premium before I try to do anything,

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome SinRival.

 

[miniman]

Great, thanks, ive been looking for something like this, for my new Dell 10v netbook.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Miniman, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[miniman]

Thanks im trying to download this feature but am unable to do so, all i get is :

miniman, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Were am i going wrong ?

 

[Brink]

Miniman,

Are you clicking on the blue download button? Do you have cookies enabled?

Here's the download link here as well to see if it may work for you here instead.

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=42272&stc=1&d=1272912523

 

[miniman]

Miniman,

Are you clicking on the blue download button? Do you have cookies enabled?

Here's the download link here as well to see if it may work for you here instead.

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=42272&stc=1&d=1272912523

Thanks, i was clicking the blue button, and have cookies enable (i think ) will try the 'new' link.

Thanks.

Thanks again, brilliant, tried the blue button again and it worked, installed, works great, didnt tick the picture box at first, i just double clicked picture, works ok now.

At first when i couldnt download, i googled and downloaded a Oceanis Change Background Windows 7 app didnt look like this one, but it did nothing but dissapear when i clicked to install it, wonder what that was ?

Great thing gone bad, not sure were from but every couple of minutes i get connected to the internet and connect to online advert sites, how can i kill this ?

 

[Brink]

Mininman,

It sounds like you may have just installed malware or a virus from that other program. I would recommend that you run a very thorough antivirus scan and with the free Malwarebytes.

 

[miniman]

Thanks, will try this but i have got this on my XP pc and it always finds things that others dont

All things 4 free but you have 2 pay for full version ??

 

[Brink]

The free version is good to use it to scan for now. No need to puchase the full version unless you just wanted to.

 

[Mayanda]

Solution

For a working solution see http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/72020-possibly-fix-windows-7-start-black-wallpaper.html#post717876

 

[Wheelzer]

This Worked Great

No problems, wasn't difficult, and most importantly NO VIRUS!

 

[chesney]

hey there... i have been banging my head against my desk trying to figure out how to change the desktop background.. after some searching on google this site came up as an option... i followed the prompts and 'hey presto'... downloaded details & i now have the desktop background i have wanted for ages !!

so thank you thank you thank you.. for such an easy to use process.. i am female & blonde... so even the simplist things with computers can be amazingly complicated.... this was easy !!

 

[Brink]

LOL, you're most welcome Chesney, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[Mudges]

Thanks!

Now it has that personal touch!

Simple and elegant interface that is easy to use and does just what I wanted- change the background. The bonus is the photo gallery option that rotates your background images at an interval (images and interval can be changed).

Thanks! Now I can say it's really mine!

-Mudges

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Mudges, and welcome to Seven Forums.

 

[Syren]

I installed oceanis a couple of days ago and whenever i turn my computer on it goes right back to the default desktop background. Please help.

 

[Brink]

Hello Syren, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Have you already tried the options in the TIP and WARN boxes at the top of the tutorial to see if they may help?

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn