How to Download & Save
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How To Use As Windows Wallpaper
Site Display Problems
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How To Download & Save
Free Backgrounds, Free Photos, & Free Graphics
All graphics offered for free on these pages by DesignQuery.com will be full size and complete when you save them to your hard drive. In most cases they are displayed at full size. If they are displayed smaller than actual size on the thumbnail page, they will still be saved at full size when you right-click and choose "Save As".
Here are two ways to download and save these images to your own computer:
1) Right-click on an image and choose "Save As" (Windows).
2) Click on the image so that it tiles as a background image, right-click on a blank area of the page and choose "Save Background As…" (Windows).
Important:
To use these graphics, they must be saved to your own computer
or server. Please do not link directly to images on www.free.designquery.com
or www.designquery.com. Folder and/or page names will periodically be
changed, and your links will be broken (if you try to link directly to
images on www.free.designquery.com or www.designquery.com).
How to Use DesignQuery.com Free Graphics as
Windows Desktop Wallpaper
Any of these background image tiles can be used as Windows wallpaper. If you have a graphics program, use it to save the tile as a bitmap (.bmp), and copy it to your Windows* folder.
Or they can be tiled on your desktop as wallpaper.
For newer versions of Windows:
Simply copy the images to your Windows**/Web/Wallpaper directory. Then
right-click on your desktop, choose "Properties", click the
"Desktop" tab, and look for the image in the "Background"
list. Remember to change the "Position" dropdown box to read
"Tile". The newer versions of Windows that allow web-style desktop
themes will display .jpg and .gif image files as well.
* The name of the "Windows" folder will look differently depending on which operating system you're computer is using. For example, it could be "Win" or "WINNT", etc. But it will always be found directly off your C:/ drive. For those who are unsure, this means open "My Computer", click "Local Disk C:/", open the Windows folder and copy the bitmap image tile there.
** The name of the "Windows" folder will look differently depending on which operating system you're computer is using. For example, it could be "Win" or "WINNT", etc. But it will always be found directly off your C:/ drive. For those who are unsure, this means open "My Computer", click "Local Disk C:/", open the Windows folder, open the "Web" folder, open the "Wallpaper" folder, and copy the .jpg or .gif image tile there.
Display Problems
on www.free.designquery.com
If the graphic does not tile the background when you click on it, you may need to enable the display of active content. To do this, follow the steps below...
In Internet Explorer 6, Service Pack 2:
(You will need to do this if you receive an error message saying "Did you notice the Information Bar?")1. Click the Information Bar.
2. Click Allow Blocked Content.
(the Information Bar has to be visible to do this):
1. In Internet Explorer, underneath the Address Bar, click the Information Bar when it notifies you that a pop-up window has been blocked.
2. Click Show Blocked Pop-up. Internet Explorer might block multiple pop-ups at one time. If this happens, click Pop-up Blocked and then click Show Blocked Pop-up.
Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on an image that links to an example window. This will override the pop-up blocking function for that instance only.
To Purchase Custom Backgrounds
If you would like to have a custom background designed just for you, or if you would like one of the free backgrounds on this site customized for you, please contact us: E-Mail .
Permission to use or modify the graphics offered as "free" by DesignQuery.com is non-exclusively granted to anyone agreeing to and abiding by our Terms of Use.
Unless marked as "public domain", or credited to a specific artist or business name, all of the graphics offered by DesignQuery.com are original works by artist Stacia Query and www.designquery.com.
How to Download & Save
Backgrounds
How To Use As Windows Wallpaper
Site Display Problems
Purchase Custom Backgrounds
Are These Graphics Free?