Users who used a single-color background in Windows 7 sometimes had to wait longer to log in. By Laura Pippig. Staff Writer, PC-WELT May 3, 2025 9:00 am PDT. Image: Friemann / Shutterstock.com.

It's a bit annoying to go through all of that, but once you do, Windows 7 will properly display your background. Alternatively, you can wait and see if Microsoft fixes the issue on its own. Image ...

You can shut down any background app in Windows 7 through the Task Manager, but this isn't a permanent solution. If the app's own settings tell it to load at startup, it will run again in the b.

After bringing background removal to Paint, now Microsoft is rolling out the capability to Windows Photos. The feature is only available to Insiders for now, but it looks equally as handy as the ...

Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves.