Nothing like the holiday spirit. Why not get your PC in the mood for the holidays as well? Here are some great ways to transform the look and feel of Windows for the holidays, with these windows holiday themes.

Even Santa Claus wants a holiday theme on his PC.

WINDOWS HOLIDAY WALLPAPER

The quickest and easiest way to bring the Christmas spirit to you PC is to get a Christmas wall paper. There are a number of places online but if you don’t feel like searching around for one you can save time and use one of the ones we created. You will find them below these instructions on how to change your wallpaper.

CHANGING YOUR WALLPAPER IN WINDOWS XP

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Apperance and Themes
4. Click Display
5. Choose a picture from the Background list

CHANGING YOUR WALLPAPER IN WINDOWS VISTA and 7

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Appearance and Personalization when viewing by Category
4. Click Desktop Background
5. Change your desktop background from this screen.
6. Choose one of the existing wallpapers, or click Browse to find one in a different folder.
7. Under How Should the Picture be Positioned, choose how the wallpaper will be displayed

CHANGING YOUR WALLPAPER IN WINDOWS 8

1. Press the Windows Key and D to go to the desktop if not already there. Press it again to clear the desktop.
2. Right-click on an empty part of the desktop and click Personalize.
3. Click the Desktop Background icon in the lower left corner.
4. Change your desktop background from this screen.
5. Choose one of the existing wallpapers, or click Browse to find one in a different folder.
6. Under Picture Position, choose how the wallpaper will be displayed

Be sure and choose the wallpaper that fits your screen’s resolution. To find out your current resolution, click Start (Windows Key + X in Windows 8), then Control Panel, then Display, then Adjust Resolution.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

We have made a couple Christmas themed wallpapers for you if you don’t feel like searching for them online. Just right click on the link to the one with the correct screen resolution and download it to your hard drive, then follow the above steps.

Christmas Decorations: 1280 x 800
Christmas Decorations: 1280 x 1040
Christmas Decorations: 1366 x 768
Christmas Decorations: 1280 x 800
Christmas Decorations: 1600 x 900
Christmas Decorations: 1280 x 800
Christmas Decorations: 1920 x 1080
Christmas Decorations: 1920 x 1200

Here’s what the ReviverSoft Christmas Decorations wallpaper looks like.

CHRISTMAS NIGHTLIFE

Christmas Nightlife: 1600 x 900
Christmas Nightlife: 1920 x 1200
Christmas Nightlife: 1920 x 1080
Christmas Nightlife: 1680 x 1050
Christmas Nightlife: 1440 x 900
Christmas Nightlife: 1366 x 768
Christmas Nightlife: 1280 x 800
Christmas Nightlife: 1280 x 1024

Here’s what the ReviverSoft Christmas Nightlife wallpaper looks like.

WINDOWS HOLIDAY THEMES

A Windows Theme is a file that, when opened, changes your wallpaper, window color, and sound effects. Microsoft has some great holiday themes. These work in any version of Windows 8 or Windows RT, and also in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate. Just save the file to your desktop and open it, which will bring up the Personalization window with the changes in place. To undo them, simply click on the default theme you had before.

WINDOWS HOLIDAY SCREENSAVERS

Screensavers protect monitors, especially old monitors, from burn-in by constantly changing the background when you’re not using it. Here are some links to holiday-themed screensavers.

WINDOWS XP

Winter Fun Screensavers at Microsoft.com

ANY WINDOWS

New England Snow at download.com

Both of these will install automatically and set your default screensaver to these animated, holiday-themed versions.

Using some or all of the above, you’ll be able to make your PC more festive, even when miles away from your Christmas tree!

Steve Horton