No personalization options available in Windows 7 Starter.

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No personalization options available in Windows 7 Starter.

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There's no personalise option on my notebook an I already ''repaired'' it... pluged in... so there was no risk of an unexpected shut down! Please help.

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Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic Editions donot come with the ability to change backgrounds or use desktop themes (Personailsation). This is not a fault with your system, it is the way it was designed to work by Microsoft. There are workarounds, see for example:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html

or,

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16041/change-the-wallpaper-and-customization-settings-in-windows-7-starter-edition/ .

Another option is to upgrade to another version of Windows 7 that does support these features. For the majority of home users, the best (and cheapest) version is Windows 7 Home-Premium. Remember though, that if you have a low powered PC, such as a netbook, you may take a performance hit by upgrading/adding features.

All answers and suggestions are provided by an enthusiastic amateur and are therefore without warranty either explicit or implicit. Basically you use my suggestions at your own risk.

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