Solved Centered desktop background doesn't fit (Vista)

annebmartin · Mar 28, 2009

When I select a pic for my desktop background from Personalize>Desktop Background, if I select Center the top and bottom of the pic are off the screen. I know there have been previous threads on this, but the answers there didn't solve my problem. It has been suggested that it is related to resolution, but I am running 1650x1080 and the pic is 1488x1984 jpg. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Brink · Mar 28, 2009

Hello Annebmartin, and welcome to Vista Forums.

The image vertical resolution (1984) is higher than your screen's vertical resolution (1080). For the best results you should find a image that is the same as your full 1650x1080 resolution, or one that is only a bit below both these horizontal and vertical resolution.

Since you have Vista Ultimate, you might install DreamScene so that you can also try the Fit to screen keeping aspect ratio or Fit To Screen with cropping options to see if they look better for you with this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91134-desktop-background-wallpaper.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

annebmartin · Mar 29, 2009

Thanks - adding Dreamscene worked great.

Brink · Mar 29, 2009

You're welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

Solved Centered desktop background doesn't fit (Vista)

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