# How do I convert this photo to wallpaper **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878 "2008-10-14T15:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/1 "2008-10-14T15:32:45Z")
It’s a candid photo of a lovely Doper named nyctea scandiaca. [http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?tid=1&did=12931](http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?tid=1&did=12931) I am besotted and have already proposed. I want to gase at her photo all the days of my life. (I have XP.) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/2 "2008-10-14T15:35:02Z")
I think you just need to right click on the picture, and select “Set as Desktop Background”. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/3 "2008-10-14T15:40:52Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I think you just need to right click on the picture, and select “Set as Desktop Background”. You’re right! TY. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/4 "2008-10-14T16:40:59Z")
I got a (stuffed) Barn Owl for Christmas one year. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/5 "2008-10-14T17:01:54Z")
> [@BarnOwl](#): > > You’re right! TY. If you right click on the desktop and to go \*\*Properties \*\*then to the **Display** tab, you can control whether the image is centered, tiled or stretched. You can also assign other default backgrounds that come preinstalled with vista. ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/6 "2008-10-14T17:11:50Z")
My previous message is for Windows XP, not Vista. Dunno why I typed Vista instead… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/7 "2008-10-14T17:19:26Z")
> [@barnowl](#): > > i am besotted and have already proposed. > > I want to gase at her photo all the days of my life. o rly? ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/8 "2008-10-14T17:25:29Z")
> [@ApexRogers](#): > > My previous message is for Windows XP, not Vista. Dunno why I typed Vista instead.. Doesn;t matter. It worked. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/9 "2008-10-15T01:51:33Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > o rly? [applauds heartily]: well played! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/10 "2008-10-15T01:54:13Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > o rly? [YA RLY](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10312240#post10312240) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-this-photo-to-wallpaper/467878/11 "2008-10-15T05:43:38Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > o rly? Damn you! If only I’d surfed more speedily, it would have been me making that witticism! Curses, foiled again.