Picking the right size
February 3rd, 2009When picking wallpaper, always make sure that as much as possible, you are choosing the ones that match your desktop resolution or is higher than your desktop resolution. This ensures that your wallpaper does not become grainy and the image does not distort as well. Although to make sure, you need to look at your current desktop resolution as bigger and wider images may shrink and distort for a smaller display.
Many windows wallpaper providers give you the option to choose a size, you won’t have any problems in terms of choosing the wallpaper with the appropriate size.
Changing the display properties for Windows XP
To look at your desktop resolution, just right click your desktop and select “Properties” and then go to the “Settings” pane. You’ll not only see your screen resolution there, but can change it to a higher or lower setting as you see fit.