You can display wallpaper on your desktop instead of a solid color or pattern. To select a bitmap to display as wallpaper, double-click the Desktop icon in the Control Panel window.
Windows NT uses more memory when displaying wallpaper than when displaying a solid color or a pattern on the desktop. If you run low on memory when running an application, you can change to a solid color or pattern to free some memory.
To free hard disk space, you can delete the wallpaper files that you don't intend to use. To remove a wallpaper file, delete the bitmap file (.BMP) from the \systemroot directory or use the Windows NT Setup program. For more information about removing files, see "Adding and Removing Windows NT Components" in Chapter 12, "System Maintenance with Windows NT Setup," in the Windows NT System Guide.
Windows NT includes the following wallpaper files. For more information about wallpaper, see "Displaying Custom Wallpaper" in Chapter 5, "Control Panel," in the Windows NT System Guide.
Table 4.23 Wallpaper (.BMP) Files
Filename | Description |
256COLOR.BMP | 256-color design |
ARCADE.BMP | Gray-textured diamond against light green background |
ARCHES.BMP | Roman coliseum effect or aqueduct effect |
ARGYLE.BMP | Argyle pattern |
BALL.BMP | Three-dimensional ball against checked background |
CARS.BMP | Car on street pointing to upper-right corner |
CASTLE.BMP | Castle wall |
CHITZ.BMP | Random squares-and-squiggles pattern |
EGYPT.BMP | Egyptian-style pattern |
HONEY.BMP | Honeycomb pattern |
LANMANNT.BMP | Windows NT Advanced Server bitmap (for Windows NT Advanced Server only) |
LEAVES.BMP | Leave pattern |
MARBLE.BMP | Marble pattern |
REDBRICK.BMP | Red brick pattern |
RIVETS.BMP | Rivets |
SQUARES.BMP | Square |
TARTAN.BMP | Tartan pattern |
THATCH.BMP | Thatch pattern |
WINLOGO.BMP | Windows logo |
WINNT.BMP | Windows NT logo (for the base Windows NT product only) |
ZIGZAG.BMP | Zigzag pattern |