For Windows

1. You can download a high-resolution file (higher quality but it takes longer to download and takes up more space on your computer) or a low-resolution version. Download your file by right-clicking on either the high-resolution version (about 1400K) or the low-resolution version (about 470K) and choosing Save Link As or Save Target As, depending on your browser.
2. Save it in your \Windows directory (or your \Winnt directory for Windows NT users).
3. Open your Control Panel.
4. Select the Display option, Background tab.
5. If you downloaded the hig-resolution file, select BioGemswp_rockies from the list of Wallpaper files. If you downloaded the low-resolution file, select BioGemswp_rockies_lo
6. Select the Display: Center option.
7. Click OK to close the Control Panel.

TIP: If your desktop color and color behind your shortcut labels clashes with the background color of the new calendar wallpaper, you can change it. Open your Control Panel, select the Display option, select the Appearance tab, select the Item: Desktop. Then from the Color menu pick any color you like. Finally, click OK to close the Control Panel.

For the Macintosh

If you use Operating System 8 or higher:

1. Click here to display the wallpaper image.
2. Put your cursor over the image and select Save this Image as... from the pop-up menu, saving the image on your hard drive.
3. Open your Control Panel and select Appearance or Desktop Pictures
4. Click on Select Picture button (if you already have a picture, click on Remove Picture first), then locate your BioGemswp_rockies image.
5. Click Set Desktop and close the Control Panel.

If you use Operating System 7 or lower:

1. Click here to display the wallpaper image.
2. Put your cursor over the image and select Save this Image as... from the pop-up menu, saving the image on your hard drive.
3. Find and open the file called BioGemswp_rockies with Simple Text, a paint program or an image processing program such as Photoshop.
4. Select the entire picture and copy it to the clipboard.
5. Open your Control Panel and select Desktop Patterns then scroll to an existing desktop pattern you don't mind losing.
6. Select Paste from the Edit menu.
7. Click on the Set Desktop Pattern button and close the window.

NOTE: Only Macintosh Operating System 8 or higher displays our wallpaper as designed -- a single, full-screen image. Earlier operating systems display it as a small repeating pattern.