John’s Background Switcher Free Download to Rotate Desktop Wallpapers

Envy with Windows 7 users who get Desktop Slideshow feature which automatically rotates and changes desktop background wallpapers at periodic timing? Although Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server operating systems do not include a desktop wallpaper switcher or rotater by default, there are plenty of free wallpaper rotation utilities that are available, including John’s Background Switcher (JBS).

John’s Background Switcher is an application software that sits in system tray (now known as notification area) and periodically changes the wallpaper on computer’s desktop at preset interval. The main feature of John’s Background Switcher is ability to make use of wide range of image or photo sources as wallpaper for rotation. The pictures can be picked from:

  • Individual pictures on your computer.
  • Folders containing pictures on your computer such as ‘My Pictures’.
  • Flickr photo sharing – selecting pictures by person, tags, sets or just plain random.
  • Phanfare web albums.
  • smugmug photo galleries.
  • Picasa Web Albums – choose from specific albums or any search text.
  • Facebook – your friends photos on your desktop!
  • Yahoo! image search.
  • Any Media RSS feed – choose pictures from sites like DeviantArt, Photobucket, LOLCats and Zooomr amongst many others!

John's Background Switcher

JBS also has more fine-tuning options which are available from the ‘More Settings’. The configuration or customization options available include displaying a 3-month calendar on desktop, make the backgrounds always to be sepia in color, shuffle all photos in ‘Folders’ mode, change background every startup, multiple monitor support, battery-conservation settings, various effects such as softening and etc.

Best of all, Jason’s Background Switcher is free to download. Current version of JBS is version 3.6, and can be downloaded from direct download links below. Future versions and updates can be found here.

SwitcherSetup36.exe

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 2:29 am and is filed under Graphics & Images. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Subscribe to comments feature has been disabled. To receive notification of latest comments posted, subscribe to My Digital Life Comments RSS feed or register to receive new comments in daily email digest.
« DreamGEAR Shadow Wireless PS3 Controller With Uniquely Relocated Analog Sticks
USB Stick Watcher Reminds Users to Unplug USB Thumb Drive After Use »

New Articles

Incoming Search Terms for the Article

rotating desktop background vista - rotating desktop background - vista rotating desktop background - rotate desktop background vista - rotate desktop - rotating desktop wallpaper vista - windows 7 rotate desktop - rotate desktop background - rotate desktop wallpaper - free Rotating desktop picture program - windows xp rotating background like windows 7 - how to make my desktop background rotate - desktop background that rotat - photography latin america desktop background - how do I get my desktop background to rotate images vista - how to shuffle wallpapers onto desktop vista - vista shuffle desktop - vista desktop picture rotation - windows vista desktop changer rotation - rotate wallpaper like win 7 in vista - shuffle wallpaper xp - vista rotate desktop background - xp wallpaper shuffle - rotate desktop windows 7 - vista rotating background - how do I rotate desktop wallpaer automatically - shuffle pictures desktop wallpaper in vista - free rotating picture background vista - how to make my desktop background randomize pictures - alternate desktop background windows vista - desktop background rotation - how to rotate desktop in vista - xp rotate desktop pics - rotate desktop wallpaper xp - vista multiple pictures desktop backgrounds shuffle - desktop rotate windows 7 - desktop background switcher vista - program to rotate wallpaper using my photos - rotating desktop background xp - how do i get background wallpaper to rotate on xp - download background shuffle - shuffle background pictures - john's background switcher 3.7 - vista background rotate - free rotating background - rotate desktop backgrounds xp - rotate wallpaper vista utility - vista background switcher - wallpaper, rotating pictures - asli ke pc wallpaper -