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pyrettablaze24
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February 16th, 2005 17:00
Internet Explorer Background
When you use a graphic from a Web site as a desktop background, it is saved in the
background list as Internet Explorer Background. But each new graphic you
use as a background replaces the old one! How can I fix this so I can have many different backgrounds saved that wont keep replacing each other each time i get a new one?
Thanks :smileyhappy:
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Posted February 16th, 2005 20:00
pyrettablaze24,
You must rename the wallpaper since IE saves it as Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp by default. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ Your account\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer. Right-click Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp and select Rename. Give it a different name (keep the extension .bmp) and it will be saved under that name in your backgrounds list. Do this each time you choose Set as Background from the Web.
The other option is to right-click the graphic and choose Save Picture As... from the context menu. The picture will be save in My Pictures by default so it will show up in the list of backgrounds. This will allow you to rename the image as it is saved.
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Posted February 18th, 2005 00:00
Another option is to use third party software such as Webshots' photo manager which is available for free from http://www.webshots.com. The program has various options which you can enable or dsable as you please. You can manually set any picture to be used as wallpaper or you can have the program cycle pictures on a timetable. You can import your own pictures or download tons of them from Webshots.I have over 5,000 beautiful pictures in my collection which I use to update the wallpaper daily. They are organized by categories and sub-catagories. Some are from webshots, some from other places on the net, and some from my own digital camera. Never gets boring.....
Joz
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Posted February 16th, 2005 18:00
With service pack 2 they finally got rid of the pop ups but still the active X element within the IE is a weak point. Loads of virusses get through the active X element within IE. For your 'problem' i wouldn't mess to much with IE. Just keep 1 background you really really like. If you want to have a diffirent internet browser I have to admit that Mozilla Firefox is one of the best internet browsers for the moment (+ you have a lot of skins which you can save on your pc ;) ) So maybe try firefox, you'll find out that you can go to much more sites without having to download idiot programs to see something.