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If you’ve just bought a new laptop, one of the first things you’re probably going to want to do is personalize how it looks. Windows has plenty of options for customizing what you see when you open up your device. You can choose a lock screen, use a photo or other image as your wallpaper, and pick a theme.
It’s pretty simple and straightforward to do once you access your personalization settings. To do that:
- Click on the Start button
- Click on the cog icon to open up Settings
- Select “Personalization”
From here, you can make a variety of design changes to the interface of your PC.
Change your wallpaper
- Click on “Background” in the left-hand bar
- Use the…