January 2005 Wallpaper

Brighten up your desktop!

Download wallpaper/desktop-picture from Ordnance Survey. This month we offer a view of Illgill Head, Cumbria. Available in both JPG AND BMP file formats, it includes a month-at-a-glance calendar for January 2005.

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Instructions for Windows users...

1.  Right-click on the hyperlink that corresponds to your preferred screen resolution (if you aren't sure what this is, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel and Display, then click on the Settings tab; it's the value displayed in the Screen area box).
2. Choose Save target as... (Internet Explorer) or Save link as... (Netscape) and save the file to a folder you will remember.
3. Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, and Display (or minimise all of your windows, right-click on an empty piece of desktop and select Properties), then click on the Background tab;
4. Click on the Browse button in the Wallpaper box, locate the file you downloaded, select it and click on OK.

Your desktop will refresh within a few seconds to display the new wallpaper.

BMP files - for Windows users, available in the four following sizes*:

1280 x 1024 (3.8 Mb)

1024 x 768 (2.3 Mb)

800 x 600 (1.4 Mb)

640 x 480 (900 Kb)

Instructions for Mac users...

Ctrl-click on the correct sized desktop-picture link below.

Choose the option 'download link to disk' and save it to a place you will remember.

Open the Appearance control panel and select the Desktop tab

Drag the image on top of the control panel and click the Set Desktop button.

JPG files for Mac users and Window users who prefer to use their 'active desktop' settings, available in the four following sizes:

1280 x 1024 (372 Kb)

1024 x 768 (254 Kb)

800 x 600 (172 Kb)

640 x 480 (123 Kb)

Missed one?

Previous wallpapers are archived according to the year in which they were published:

2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 (inc. December 1999)

*If you want to find out how big your desktop is, minimise all your windows, right click on an empty piece of desktop and a pop-up menu should appear. Select 'properties' and a box will appear with tabs along the top. Choose the 'settings' tab – there should be a small box that says 'screen area' – this will tell you how big your screen is.