A theme is a combination of pictures, colors, and sounds for personalizing your PC. The latest versions of Windows include many exciting desktop personalization features, such as panoramic themes that extend across two side‑by‑side monitors, window colors that change automatically to match each desktop background image, and the ability to have your theme appear on your Start screen.
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Get this Fireworks theme
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This collection of desktop backgrounds—wallpaper—makes it easy to keep your PC in tune with your mood. Choose a category and check out a wide selection of free images. Pick one you like, download it, and use it as your desktop background, lock screen, or Start screen*. From breathtaking natural wonders, to dazzling works of art—find an image that moves you and make it yours.
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Get this Dolomites and Sunrise wallpaper
Learn how to use desktop backgrounds on the lock screen and Start
Use these free downloads to view the Windows interface, menus, help topics, and dialog boxes in the language of your choice. After you've added another language you can easily switch back and forth.
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* Desktop backgrounds can only be used as lock screen images in Windows 8 and Windows RT or higher, or on a Windows Phone. Desktop backgrounds can only be used as Start screen images in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1.
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