How to Get Cool Desktop Backgrounds for Windows XP Using Flickr

Series Summary

A computer is a complicated system of grouped technologies built upon a simple principle. It performs arithmetical operations millions of times over to transform binary information, moving at the speed of light, into useful media output. A personal computer’s job is to help users create, manipulate, send, receive, or delete information. This seemingly uninteresting definition actually describes how a computer mimics fundamental human functions in some mind boggling and extraordinary ways. As such, the computer is developing into a tool of the imagination, a platform for the approach of the digital life and the promise of a virtual reality. Windows XP is one of the most popular computer operating systems on the market today. Created in 2001, PC users around the world have downloaded this software program onto their computer. In this free video series, let a IT computer consultant demonstrate some special features of Windows XP. Find out how to set a cool desktop background on Windows XP. Curious how to install Windows XP? Find out the step-by-step process of installing this operating system. Also, learn how to make a Windows XP boot disk and fdisk. Discover how to activate Windows XP as well. So, take a moment, and learn about operating Windows XP today

Video Transcript

"Do you know a lot of the images from the Library of Congress are available on Flickr? Hi, I'm Dan Afonso from Afonso Consulting and Enfold IT, and this is a video on how to find cool backgrounds on Flickr. Now, a quick note about copyrights. Most images on Flickr people don't mind you looking at them, some of them may have an issue them using commercial works and backgrounds are usually okay, but just you know be aware that every image on Flickr has listed a copyright and what people expect you to do with the image, and please respect that. Now if you find an image that is available, you can go over to flickr.com and do a search for what interests you. I like cars. Let's try finding a car background. Let's see what we got here, no, no, no, no, no. Here's one. Now I'm going to click on the image, I'm going to take a look, okay, that looks nice. And notice here the all sizes button. Now what that does it it tells me that there are other sizes of this image, itmay be bigger, they may be smaller but let's take a look. Open it up, ah, great. Ten twenty-four by ten twenty-four is probably going to be good enough for our screen. So, and the original is even bigger so I can click on that and get a much larger picture. So now, once you have this image on your screen you can right click on it, click on set as background, I'm going to tell Windows yes, and magically my desktop background is now a car. So, in conclusion, just go over to Flickr, and find an image you like. Check the copyright to make sure you're allowed to use it as such and just get it to the right size, right click on it, click accept the background. I'm Dan Afonso from Enfold IT and Afonso Consulting, and this has been a video on how to find cool backgrounds on Flickr."