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dickward
06-19-2008, 11:39 AM
I recently got a Dell Inspiron 7500 from my Daughter that she had bought at a city auction. It had no OS on it and I was able to install Win98SE.

It is rather tiny, buy today’s standards HD 12GB 128 Memory, so I doubt if it would support XP.

I can run with what we got now, but I would like to put some pictures in and be able to make wallpaper & screen savers from them.

I can’t remember how. Maybe XP was good for something huh?

Can someone help?


Thank You
edfair
06-20-2008, 02:10 PM
start > settings > control panel > display > backgound and screensaver tabs

but these may be different as display drivers also include some changes in the display window.
dickward
06-23-2008, 08:26 AM
That would be the same as in XP. My problem is to get a folder like (MY Pictures) in the documents that it will see when I take the path you suggested.

Then I would just click on them. Also I don’t see the option when viewing a picture, to set as desktop background.

Thanks
glc
06-23-2008, 11:16 AM
You should be able to browse to a pic with Paint or IE and set it as a background.
edfair
06-23-2008, 02:52 PM
So far as wallpaper, it is on the wallpaper page, settings, and pick the directory you wish to be able to get the picture from. It allows one at a time. Or explore for the picture, click it , then right click and choose it as wallpaper.
dickward
06-24-2008, 10:40 AM
It did not work in Paint. But by going to Windows Explorer and doing it the way edfair suggested made it happen.

Thanks guys, as always you are a big help to us.
Durken316
06-25-2008, 10:27 AM
I recently got a Dell Inspiron 7500 from my Daughter that she had bought at a city auction. It had no OS on it and I was able to install Win98SE.

It is rather tiny, buy today’s standards HD 12GB 128 Memory, so I doubt if it would support XP.

I can run with what we got now, but I would like to put some pictures in and be able to make wallpaper & screen savers from them.

I can’t remember how. Maybe XP was good for something huh?

Can someone help?


Thank You

put windows 2000 on it and it would be a good server for teh websites.
glc
06-25-2008, 10:37 AM
2000 doesn't run well at all on 128mb ram either. It would cost $100 to max it out at 512mb.