Downloading Instructions

First, figure out the size of your computer screen. Most screens are either 13 inches (640x480 pixels), 17 inches (800x600 pixels), or 21 inches (1024x768 pixels).

Then, choose which picture you want as your new computer screen background. Or you can download all three and decide later!

Make sure you know what kind of computer you have--either Windows or Macintosh. The files for each type of computer are labeled for you on this page.

Next, click on the link for the correct size picture for the type of computer and screen that you have, and you will download that Picture file. (If you accidentally choose the wrong size, don't worry, you can always come back here to download a different size picture.)

Finally, after you have downloaded the picture to your computer's hard drive, click twice on the file to unzip or unstuff it. It will become a JPEG image that you can now turn into a computer screen background by following the Windows instructions or the Macintosh instructions (depending on which kind of computer you have) that appear next on this page.

Windows instructions for changing the background of your computer desktop

1. Open the Display Properties dialog box by clicking Start (in the lower left corner of your computer screen), pointing to Settings, and clicking on Control Panel in the submenu. Then double-click on Display.

2. When the Display controls appear, click the Background tab at the top to bring up the controls for setting the computer screen background picture.

3. There should be a button that says Browse. Click it and then find the WONKA Computer Screen Picture that you downloaded from the WONKA web site to your hard drive. Double-click on the name of the picture to select it.

4. Choose Stretch as the current setting in the Display box on the bottom right of the control screen.

5. Click Apply at the very bottom. Then click OK.

Congratulations! You now have a WONKAnized computer screen!

Macintosh instructions for changing the background of your computer desktop

1. Make sure you have downloaded the WONKA Computer Screen Picture(s) to the hard drive that your computer uses as a startup disk. (If you only have one hard drive, then that is automatically your startup disk.) Make sure you know where the WONKA Computer Picture file is, because you'll need to click on it in Step 3.

2. Open the Appearance control panel from your Apple Menu. Once you see the Appearance control panel window, click on the tab marked Desktop to activate the controls for setting your computer screen background.

3. Click on the file icon for the WONKA Computer Picture that you want, and drag the file until it is on top of the sample screen on the left side of the Appearance control panel window.

4. You can either leave the setting on "Position Automatically" or "Fill Screen." "Fill Screen" is better.

5. Finally, click on Set Desktop, and you're done.

Congratulations! You now have a WONKAnized computer screen!