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One of the most important elements when working with EOM is the computer desktop. How is it arranged, and what changes can be made in it? What is the desktop designed for? Also, he has many properties that most people do not even guess, although they could significantly facilitate their lives.

What is the computer desktop?

It is a work area displayed using a monitor, which displays all the necessary information. It contains file icons that allow you to quickly access all the programs to which you need to get it. You can change the extension that has the Windows 7 desktop, increase the number of shortcuts on the desktop. For aesthetic pleasure, you can change the background image, and in case of a long period of inactivity and a screensaver. Also, thanks to an additional software increase, you can increase the usefulness of the desktop for yourself. This benefit can be manifested in the form of installing extensions that will display the desired information like weather, currency rates and much more - the good is the choice.

You can often hear a question like "How to install the desktop?" The fact is that by default on computers that are sold, it is already installed. And under this issue understand the change in the design or installation of visually distinctive file manager. Now you have a general idea of the possibilities that the Windows 7 desktop provides to the person working for it. Let's consider it in more detail.

Quick access to necessary files

The desktop gives you the ability to quickly access all the necessary folders, files and programs. If you talk about the first, you can either create a new folder (move from another location), or create a shortcut that leads to an existing one. Also, if you want, you can transfer the files to the desktop, because there is enough space on it for such an operation. However, there are some limitations (as a rule, up to 1 Gbyte of memory).

Regarding files and programs, you can say that the features of their movement directly depend on the subsequent use. So, simply moving a working document to the table will result in the error constantly popping up or indicating that the necessary files were not found, or about the other. But the end result will be the same - the necessary document will not run and there will not be an opportunity to see what's inside it. The only exception to this is the situation when the file is transferred, which does not need anything extra. An example of such an option is the documents from the working office installed in the operating system, which allow you to edit text documents, presentations and programs of similar content.

Changing the Desktop Settings

If you are not satisfied with the visible screen, you can change it. And make adjustments not with the help of another background, screen saver, extension or something similar, namely thanks to changing the display mode. To do this, follow the small instructions:

1. Right-click on an empty spot on the desktop. From the menu that appears, select the screen extension.
2. In the window that opens, you can select many options. The first monitor is a computer with which it works. Then expand the screen. Here it is necessary to stop and inform that when the screen expansion changes, then the useful area increases / decreases. And along with this the number of icons grows, which can be placed on the screen. Or decrease. The fact is that as the screen size increases, the icon becomes smaller and more can be placed.
3. You can also choose the orientation of the screen: landscape or portrait.
4. If you want to make smaller / larger only icons, without changing the screen expansion, you can use a special link for such operations.
5. And if you really want to personally get to all the possible settings, then click on "Advanced Options". Here you can edit the refresh rate, the level of coloration and perform screen diagnostics.

Ability to access the desktop

Very few people know, but you can work remotely from the desktop of your computer. To do this, you need access to the local / World Wide Web (depending on where the call comes from) and special programs. And it is possible to interact with both paid and free support. The desktop is in this case a remote terminal, the possibilities of working with which directly depend on the programs used.

Changing background and screensavers

Right click on the free part of the desktop computer. From the menu that opens, select "Personalization". A window will open in which you can select the background, the color of the window, the sounds and the splash screen. The base variety is not too large, so if you want, you can load up your design elements yourself. A desktop is a part of the system to which any image can be assigned.

Desktop Extensions

Now about quite important and very useful extensions. If there is a desire to track the situation of several things, then this is for you. The desktop is a real test site. Right-click on the empty space on the desktop and select "Gadgets" from the menu that opens. A window appears in which you can select all the extensions you want. By default, there are such additions:

1. Music player.
2. Information board about the exchange rate.
3. A puzzle, distracted by which, you can have fun.
4. News headlines taken from RSS feed.
5. The calendar.
6. Weather.
7. Clock.
8. Slideshow.
9. The scoreboard about the loads on the central processor and the physical memory of the computer, which is made in the style of automobile speedometers and externally quite attractive.

These extensions specified in the article are not all that is possible. If there is an interest in what is not represented, then in the global network you can find supplements, which, in your opinion, are necessary for you. You can search using the gadgets installed in the window. But if there was not anything satisfying, there is one more option. Search yourself, using a browser and then manually installing.

Additional software

You can also change the desktop of the computer by resorting to special programs. You can say that using them, you literally establish your external design, which in the end can fundamentally differ from what was in the beginning. The variety of their use is great, so it's better to get by with a brief description of the functional:

1. Programs that add additional icons to the toolbar (cart, folders and anything your heart desires).
2. Provision that allows you to do all the above operations to change the desktop without leaving it.
3. Programs that allow you to create a three-dimensional effect of the location of documents on the desktop and himself.
4. Provision that affects the appearance of system elements. Do not you like how dull the watch looks? Nothing, this can be fixed! Or maybe unsatisfied with the appearance of the volume control? Well, and for this case there is a fairly diverse choice.
5. Also there are programs that can change the display of items of folders, system elements. Do not like the width of the edges of the folder? It can be fixed. Is there a desire to make them or the Start menu transparent? And this is possible.
6. File Managers.

Conclusion

Summing up, we can say that the desktop is an important part of the computer. From it you can perform many actions, change the design of the computer and do many other useful things.