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Changing your desktop or lock‑screen wallpaper in Windows 11 should be one of the simplest customizations you do — but the split between desktop and lock screen, multiple wallpaper modes (Picture, Solid color, Slideshow, Windows Spotlight), and a handful of small system quirks can turn a...

LG’s return to the Wallpaper concept at CES with a 9mm‑class, True Wireless OLED — the LG OLED evo W6 — reintroduces one of the most design‑forward TV ideas of the last decade while packing modern brightness, AI smarts and a wireless “Zero Connect Box” that promises visually lossless 4K video up...

Microsoft quietly turned a passive wallpaper utility into a small but intrusive promotional engine: a recent update to the Bing Wallpaper app added a feature called “Desktop click opens Bing” and left it enabled by default — and some users are now reporting they can’t find the off switch. The...

I'm running Windows 11 on a PC with several user accounts. For one of them, The Windows Spotlight photo does not update on the desktop but it DOES update on the lock screen. Any ideas why this would happen and how to fix it? I tried SFC /scannow and the DISM commands and it doesn't work. Also...

Windows 11 does not let animated GIFs run as live wallpapers by default — if you try to “Set as desktop background” on a GIF it will usually become a static image showing the first frame. Fortunately, several mature free and paid tools let you turn GIFs (or better: converted MP4s) into smooth...

Windows 11 users can finally move beyond static desktops: whether you want a lightweight, free solution or a polished, interactive experience, animated wallpapers are easier to adopt than ever — and there’s a clear split between a nascent native option appearing in Insider builds and a mature...

Windows 11 users can now choose between waiting for a first‑party implementation or using mature third‑party tools to bring moving, video, and interactive wallpapers to life — and each path carries clear trade‑offs for performance, battery, security, and manageability. Recent tests in Windows...

Keeping your desktop wallpaper fresh is an easy, low-friction way to make your computer feel new every day; whether you want minimal daily scenery, reactive live backgrounds, or full multi‑monitor control, there’s now a mature ecosystem of wallpaper managers that automate the hard part for you...

Microsoft has quietly marked the Windows Insider Program’s 11th anniversary with two new, theme‑aware wallpapers — offered in both Light and Dark variants and packaged for desktop and phone — a small but deliberate design gesture that underscores the program’s continuing role as Microsoft’s...

Microsoft quietly marked the Windows Insider Program’s 11th anniversary with a pair of high-resolution, theme-aware wallpapers — a small design gesture that’s easy to download, use, and interpret as both a thank-you and a public reminder that the Insider community still matters. Background...

Microsoft quietly marked the Windows Insider Program’s 11th birthday with a small, design-driven gesture — downloadable light‑ and dark‑mode wallpapers in multiple aspect ratios — a move that is as much about ritual and community recognition as it is about timing, optics and a little online...

Microsoft pushed the September 2025 Patch Tuesday rollup to Windows 11 today, a cumulative release that—according to community reporting—carries the usual mix of security fixes, quality improvements and targeted Copilot reliability updates, but also surfaces a handful of user-facing regressions...

Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to plug one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances: a built‑in way to automatically switch between Light and Dark modes on a user-defined schedule — delivered as a PowerToys module rather than via the core Settings app. Background / Overview For years Windows...

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Octos arrives as one of the cleanest, most developer-friendly entries in the live wallpaper scene: an open‑source engine that turns your Windows 10 or 11 desktop into a fully interactive HTML/CSS/JS canvas, ships with an explicit JavaScript API for native features, and is already available as...

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TweakNow has quietly entered the automatic theme arena with AutoDark 1.0, a free, Windows 11–focused utility that promises one thing and one thing only: reliably switch Windows between light and dark mode on a schedule, optionally sync wallpapers, and avoid interrupting full‑screen apps or...

The unveiling of Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Bloom wallpaper for Windows 11 marks a unique blend of nostalgia and innovation, celebrating half a century of the company’s technological journey. Introduced alongside the limited-edition Surface Laptop commemorating this milestone, the anniversary...

For millions of PC users around the world, Windows 7 remains the defining high point of Microsoft’s operating system journey. The nostalgia isn’t just sentimental—Windows 7 was widely praised for its clean glassy looks, intuitive layout, and snappy performance. But Windows 11, while packed with...

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