Help! There's a hideous orange flower on my computer! Ugly wallpaper alert.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
May 24, 2008 9:33pm CST
I've had my Vista for a couple months now. And, just today I was fishing around inside the control panel and found my wallpapers. Ordianrily I have a peaceful green flower in the background. But, I changed it to an orange flower instead. Very distracting and bright. It's much more vivid than I'd imagined it would be.
Right now, as I'm typing this, I can seen bits of my hideously orange flower wallpaper in the background on my computer and it's the only thing that has my attention. It's like a really bad 70's flashback.
I'm thinking about changing it back to the more tranquil scene. Or, maybe getting a celebrity wallpaper. On my other computer, my desktop wallpaper was a picture of my kid. How often do you change your desktop wallpaper? Have you ever made a hideously bad choice on computer wallpapers?
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@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
25 May 08
No, I don't think Windows XP has any nasty wallpapers. However I usually choose to put a Cyndi Lauper wallpaper. I just changed it to an Indian Jones/Dr Pepper wallpaper..it's really neat. If you want I can share some neat ones with you. I can't wait for Cyndi's new album to come out.
Pablo
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
25 May 08
I love her! She is so super talented.
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@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
27 May 08
Thanks for best response. If you want I can share some with you! 
@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
25 May 08
Oh vista, that scares the life out of me, I am dreading the day my techy urges me to upgrade to it as he told me not long ago there is a time frame already on XP so I read up on all the problems of vista so i am ready, I hope you fix it must be annoying...
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
25 May 08
I had the same fears about Vista, before I upgraded. My XP was a real work horse and I was so sad to see it go. But, one day it just crashed for no reason and took with it everything. Fortunately a few weeks before, I'd upgraded to Vista with a new computer. Except for a few bugs, it's working like a dream. Before, with my XP, I couldn't stream videos or movies online. Now that I've upgraded I can watch DVDs and movies online without that stop and start that the XP does. The only thing about the Vista is that you can't have too many programs open at the same time or your Internet Explorer browser will freeze. I have heard that it's a power hog. Other than that, I love it. I don't love the wallpaper. But, I love my Vista!
