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Today is Microsoft's big day! And what better way to kick off the launch of Windows 7 than with new themes that are free for you to download and use on your Windows 7 PC. Among the selection, there's a sample of Bing's gorgeous imagery, three Zune-flavoured themes, and twenty international themes (yes, they're different to the ones released during the beta). All of them pack high-resolution images, and some even include unique sound effects. What are you waiting for? Go get 'em!

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"There are a number of regional themes with multiple unique background images hidden from Windows 7 users. On a Windows 7 install with United States regional settings only the United States theme is shown but there are actually four more themes hidden from view."

Microsoft seems to feel that what you'd like to look at as you slave away on your PC depends on where you live. While I can see some logic in that, there is no reason to stop users from getting access to lots of other blissful backgrounds. Fortunately, Tweaks.com shows you how to get at those hidden backgrounds. While handy, I think that many of you that do use backgrounds probably have something much more customized to your tastes. I have definitely seen some questionable backgrounds, and some that make perfect sense. For me, owing to a stubborn habit, I have no background, or desktop icons, for that matter. It comes from growing up when background images made the computer chug and draw things line by line, so my background is extremely boring. Anyone have a really good background they could share?