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100+ Wallpaper Collections to Spice Up Your Desktop

Are you bored with the wallpaper on your desktop PC? In the past we have posted links to over 100 different collections of wallpaper images. Download your favorites and switch them out from time to time to provide some variety.

Scenic Images and Locations

If you like to look at beautiful scenery or pictures of places on Earth, the following collections provide some really pretty images. You can gaze at images such as the aurora borealis, mountains, beaches, gardens, ocean life, and seasonal images.

Space

If you’re into scenes from space, rather than on Earth, check out the images in the following wallpaper collections.

Animals

Maybe you’re a sucker for animals. The following collections provide a variety of animal images for you to enjoy. Aren’t they cute?

Cartoons and Comics

Are you a fan of comics and cartoons? The following collections provide exciting images of DC Comics and Marvel Comics heroes and a collection of Iron Man images.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy

If you like sci-fi and fantasy movies, TV, and games, the following collections contain some impressive sci-fi and fantasy images from popular movies, TV, and games such as Harry Potter, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Chronicles of Narnia, and Tomb Raider.

Video Games

Whether you like new video games or prefer classic ones, the following collections contain images of various video games to decorate your desktop. When you can’t play the games, you can enjoy images from them.

Computers

If you’re bored with the standard operating system wallpapers, and you want some different ones, the following collections provide some different wallpapers for Windows, Linux, and Mac. There are also special images for those of you with two or three monitors.

Food

Do you have a sweet tooth? Do you love chocolate and other candies and treats? The following wallpaper collection contains mouth-watering images of delicious sweets you can enjoy looking at without worrying about calories.

Holidays

With Valentine’s Day approaching, you may want to change your wallpaper to celebrate the holiday. There are also collections for New Year’s, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. You can change your wallpaper to be appropriate for the time of year.

Other

Finally, here are some additional collections for car aficionados, fans of LEGOs, and some artistic images of fractal art, abstract textures, colored shapes, and some simple computer pictures.

Have fun decking out your desktop!

Comments (14)

  1. February 4, 2012
    rob

    that’s it?

  2. February 4, 2012
    Milo

    The only thing stopping me from getting any of these packs is having to deal with Desktop Nexus. If you want more people to use these either try to get the permission of Desktop Nexus to directly link to them (such as common sizes) or actually host the images yourself.

  3. February 4, 2012
    lparker

    where can i find the very first image you show of the night sky?

  4. February 4, 2012
    lparker

    nvm i just did a Google image search

    available here at 1920×1080 rez

    http://wallpaperuser.com/comet/

  5. February 4, 2012
    Brett

    We seriously need some Doctor Who wallpaper collections for Win 7

  6. February 5, 2012
    Prasad Kumar

    All these wallpapers are pretty awsome.
    Can you get a single archive with all these wallpapers.?

  7. February 5, 2012
    dennis

    I have tried these in the past and came up with a very nasty virus that shut mt computer down everytinme I tried to boot. Don`t want that again.

  8. February 6, 2012
    Ravi

    Can please upload the cheetah’s HD images .

  9. February 6, 2012
    antonio

    Better if can publish a compresed downloaded file with all ones xD

  10. February 6, 2012
    Chikky21001

    Dennis, if you register with Desktopnexus, all the pictures are free and you can download them without any viruses or trojans, i use that website alot.

  11. February 6, 2012
    john q

    Great! NEED MORE TRIPLE SCREEN WALLPAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. February 6, 2012
    GNMilasi

    Hi to all !
    What about the idea of ​​HowToGeek.com compress all the wallpapers and put the link so that we who are fans of this great site we did download all at once ?
    What do you think of the idea , my dear friends ?
    Thank you all!

  13. February 6, 2012
    dennis

    Thanks a bunch Chikky21001….. I will try that….Thanks for the info.

  14. April 2, 2012
    toyatyska

    Great!! It’s beautiful wallpaper.

Lori Kaufman is a freelance technical writer who likes to write geeky how-to articles to help make people's lives easier through the use of technology. She loves watching and reading mysteries and is an avid Doctor Who fan.

  • Published 02/4/12

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