Customizing the Start Screen Background
If you’re coming to Windows 8 from an earlier version of Windows, you’re probably familiar with the desktop background (or wallpaper, as we old-timers still sometimes call it), particularly the fact that you can create a custom desktop background using an image from your Pictures library. This remains a quick way to give your PC a personal look and feel (because you can still customize the background used by the Desktop app).
Alas, that bit of eye candy isn’t available for the Windows 8 Start screen, which offers no mechanism for applying a custom photo or other image as its background. All you can do is tweak the color scheme, as follows:
1. Display the Charms menu and then click Settings to display the ...
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