Microsoft has finally lifted a compatibility block preventing some Windows 11 users from upgrading to the latest version of the OS because they had certain third-party wallpaper apps installed.

It's also promised to provide a fix in an update that will be made available to everyone running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 RS SP1. Microsoft says the issue can be resolved by setting the ...

Microsoft is having to create a new Windows 7 update to fix a black wallpaper issue it introduced earlier this month. Windows 7 was supposed to receive its final updates in January, but now all ...

As a last hurrah for Windows 7, Microsoft issued the operating systems final update, KB4534310, on January 14 th, but it had a rather nasty side effect. As we reported, KB4534310, turned the ...

The desktop wallpaper is what we inadvertently stare at a lot of the time when the PC is idling, or when switching between programs. However, Microsoft denies us the childish joys of live ...

My main monitor is running at 1,920x1,080. A 2,560x1,440 image does not work for me while at least a 1,920x1,200 does," Reddit user Rusher0 said . "I did not check more resolutions.

Microsoft plans to release an additional update for all users of Windows 7 that fixes a wallpaper bug even though the operating system has reached the end of support.

An official Bing Wallpaper App is now in the Microsoft Store. Unfortunately, it doesn't work yet. There is, however, an official alternative to get the latest Bing wallpapers from Microsoft.

Bing Wallpaper should be what it says on the label, but it seems Microsoft is doing more than just giving us sweet background images with it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

That longevity—plus Microsoft's total domination of personal computing in the pre-iPhone, pre-Android world—helped make its default wallpaper one of the most recognizable images on the planet.