The desktop computer was, earlier, built with very little customizations for its user. Of course, the main concern was its necessity. But now that technology has progressed along with it, we can personalize every aspect of our computers, ranging from hardware accessories to systems and display tweaking. We can change the color of our computer's casing, or customize the sound alerts, menu format, and color displays. Even different desktop backgrounds are now made to suit every user's visual preference. And if you're the kind of person who likes to keep everything according to your taste, then you surely have lots of options today.

Desktop backgrounds can just be about anything. Almost all types of image files can be put up as wallpaper. Aside from the common .jpg or .bmp, you may also place other file extensions such as .png or .gif. You can put your pet's picture on it, your own picture, your favorite place's photo, your favorite movie's billing, your favorite celebrity's photo or some graphic design that you, yourself made. If you're not contented with your own pictures and want to check out on some other wallpapers, there are also a million pre-customized wallpapers that are available online, and most of them are for free. Some websites are dedicated to giving users the best visuals arranged in categories for easy browsing.

If you're the kind of person who doesn't like seeing the same wallpaper all the time, and yet you don't have time to change it as often as you like, there's a solution to that problem. There is software that schedules wallpapers to change at a specified time and regularity. All you have to do is load the pictures that you want to shuffle, in the library of the software, and then set up the time that wallpapers have to shift, and you won't have to change them yourself again.

Ever saw the aquarium-type desktops where fishes are swimming right before your eyes? There are also animated desktop backgrounds today, that make your desktop come to life.

The choices of desktop backgrounds that you can have nowadays are massive and varied. You can even change them every single day if you like, even every single minute if your wallpapers bores you too quickly! You can either put on your own image files or download photos from websites that offer them for free. With the technology that we have now, wallpaper choices are endless!