How to Copy a Picture for a Screen Saver
Screen savers are the pictures or animations that come up, by default, when the computer has not been used for a user-specified amount of time. The default Windows screen savers are mostly animations; many other screen savers are available for download from various sites on the Internet, and they are of almost endless variation. Another Windows screen saver plays a slideshow of the files in your "My Pictures" folder. However, one can arrange the slide show such that it only contains one particular picture.
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Instructions
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Scan the picture in question or download it, if it is not already on your computer. Whatever the case, place the picture in the "My Pictures" sub-folder of your "My Documents" folder.
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Open your "My Documents" folder.
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Click "File," then select "New."
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Select "Folder." This will create a new folder. Name it "My Pictures 1."
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Click "Folders" at the top of the screen to open the "Folders" menu on the left of the "My Documents" window.
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Open your "My Pictures" folder.
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Press "Ctrl" and "A" simultaneously on your keyboard. This will highlight all of the pictures in your "My Pictures" folder. While still holding "Ctrl," find the picture file you would like to use as a screen saver. Click on it in order to de-select it.
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Let go of the "Ctrl" key. Click on one of the highlighted files and hold the click button down. "Drag" the other files into the "My Pictures 1" folder. This will leave only your desired screen saver photo in the "My Pictures" folder.
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Right-click on your desktop; scroll down to and click "Properties."
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Click the "Screen Saver" tab.
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Click on the drop-down menu found to the left of the "Settings" button. Select "My Pictures" on the drop-down menu. This will make it such that only that one particular photo will be displayed as your screen saver.
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