Set Desktop Background as Centered

Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it centered
with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is selected.
How do I correct this?

"Cottonwoodian" <> wrote in
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> Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it
> centered
> with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is
> selected.
> How do I correct this?

Try an image which is smaller than your screen size ?

Tom

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:38:02 -0700, Cottonwoodian wrote:

> Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it centered
> with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is selected.
> How do I correct this?

My first thought is that the picture is as big as or bigger than the
screen, so that all three of those options look the same.

I have no second thought, though :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

No, I tried that by reducing the image to 5" wide, did not help on my 17"
screen. Still stretches to fill screen even if I chose tiled or centered.
Strangly it showed correctly on my wife's new laptop until I transferred
files from her old laptop to her new one and now she has the same problem as
I.

"Tom Allen" wrote:

>
> "Cottonwoodian" <> wrote in
> message news912D4CD-3611-4283-9C08-...
> > Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it
> > centered
> > with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> > centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is
> > selected.
> > How do I correct this?
>
> Try an image which is smaller than your screen size ?
>
> Tom
>
>
>

Same as above, thanks anyway.

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:38:02 -0700, Cottonwoodian wrote:
>
> > Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it centered
> > with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> > centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is selected.
> > How do I correct this?
>
> My first thought is that the picture is as big as or bigger than the
> screen, so that all three of those options look the same.
>
> I have no second thought, though :-)
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>

"Cottonwoodian" <> wrote in message
news912D4CD-3611-4283-9C08-...
> Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it centered
> with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is selected.
> How do I correct this?

You need to resize the jpg to a size smaller than your screen resolution.
Google for a free resizer. One option here:

http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/so...-ljdzqzbn.html

HTH

Woody

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:13:01 -0700, Cottonwoodian
<> wrote:

>Same as above, thanks anyway.
>
What is the size - in pixels - of the picture?? - it must be less than
the screen size.
a 5" picture can still be 6000pixels or moreon a side.
--
Noel Paton
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi

"Cottonwoodian" <> wrote in
message news:9685ADF8-88AA-4913-8EC1-...
> No, I tried that by reducing the image to 5" wide, did not help on my
> 17"
> screen. Still stretches to fill screen even if I chose tiled or
> centered.
> Strangly it showed correctly on my wife's new laptop until I
> transferred
> files from her old laptop to her new one and now she has the same
> problem as
> I.
>

As Noel Paton says it's the pixel count of image and screen that
matters.

Tom

Thank you. I reduced pixels and it works!

"woody" wrote:

>
> "Cottonwoodian" <> wrote in message
> news912D4CD-3611-4283-9C08-...
> > Under Personalize/Desktop background I chose a .jpg and I want it centered
> > with black background. No matter if I choose fit to screen, tiled or
> > centered it stays fit to screen even though the other choice is selected.
> > How do I correct this?
>
> You need to resize the jpg to a size smaller than your screen resolution.
> Google for a free resizer. One option here:
>
> http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/so...-ljdzqzbn.html
>
> HTH
>
> Woody
>
>

Reducing pixels solved my problem - Thanks for the information.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:13:01 -0700, Cottonwoodian
> <> wrote:
>
> >Same as above, thanks anyway.
> >
> What is the size - in pixels - of the picture?? - it must be less than
> the screen size.
> a 5" picture can still be 6000pixels or moreon a side.
> --
> Noel Paton
> www.crashfixpc.co.uk
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>