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    From Mathedman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 11 14:53:42 2019
    Apology ---a Windows 7 problem --

    Using my laptop a while ago and I must have done something ---
    I know not what---and suddenly by solid blue background was
    replaced with a full screen natural coastline scene. I
    want by blue one back ---how do I get it?

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?8J+YiSBHb29kIEd1eSDwn5iJ?@21:1/5 to Mathedman on Mon Feb 11 22:13:15 2019
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    On 11/02/2019 20:53, Mathedman wrote:
    ---how do I get it?


    Just format the hard disk and reinstall Windows ideally 10 but some
    people of low intelligence will resort to using the same old boring version.


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    With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
    satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

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    cite="mid:[email protected]"> ---how
    do I get it?
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    Just format the hard disk and reinstall Windows ideally 10 but some
    people of low intelligence will resort to using the same old boring
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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Mathedman on Mon Feb 11 17:31:49 2019
    Mathedman wrote:
    Apology ---a Windows 7 problem --

    Using my laptop a while ago and I must have done something ---
    I know not what---and suddenly by solid blue background was
    replaced with a full screen natural coastline scene. I
    want by blue one back ---how do I get it?


    Control Panels : Personalize

    https://i.postimg.cc/pV7dGxWj/control-panel-personalize.gif

    The "picture" you select has to be the right size.
    Too small and a regular picture would "tile" the screen.

    However, in your case, this doesn't matter, because your
    claimed picture is a solid blue with only one pixel value,
    and when that is "tiled" to fill the screen, it will make
    absolutely no difference :-) Kinda convenient if you ask me.

    How do you find your "blue.bmp" picture that started
    all this ? I haven't a clue. Windows doesn't have image
    content search. You could, in an emergency, even make
    a 1x1 GIF of the right color, and ask the Personalize to
    "tile" a million copies of that. That would be fun.

    Paul

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  • From GlowingBlueMist@21:1/5 to Mathedman on Mon Feb 11 21:11:55 2019
    1) Go to an unused part of your desktop and left click on it.
    2) Click on "Personalize"
    3) Go to the bottom of the personalization window and left click on
    "Desktop Background"
    4) Go to the "Picture location:" mini-window and down arrow to "Solid
    Colors"
    5) Find the color you wanted the background to be and left click on that
    color.
    6) Left click on "Save changes"

    The desktop should now be the blank color you picked.

    On 2/11/2019 2:53 PM, Mathedman wrote:
    Apology ---a Windows 7 problem --

      Using my laptop a while ago and I must have done something ---
    I know not what---and suddenly by solid blue background was
    replaced with a full screen natural coastline scene. I
    want by blue one back ---how do I get it?


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