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August 10th, 2010, 15:56 GMT · By

Download New Free Auto-Updating Windows 7 Bing Dynamic Theme

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With the latest theme offered to Windows 7 users Microsoft is marking a first, changing the manner in which it has been delivering personalization content for customers running the latest iteration of its Windows client.

With the Bing Dynamic theme pack for Windows 7, the Redmond company is essentially kicking up a notch the content offered on the Windows Personalization Gallery.

This because, although there have been plenty of Bing-related themes before, and of course, a plethora of additional themes, this theme pack is unlike anything else that the software giant offered Windows 7 users before.

The Windows 7 Bing Dynamic theme is capable of reaching into the Cloud and grabbing content to be displayed as background images of desktops around the world. It does this by via an RSS subscription.

According to the software giant, the latest Bing theme pack is also the company’s first RSS-fed theme. Of course, in this context, it is easy to see why Microsoft opted to use the Bing Dynamic moniker for the content.

Indeed, this is the first dynamic theme from the Redmond company, in the sense in which it is not a fixed package, with new wallpapers being accessed via the web all the time.

While all previous Windows 7 themes served through the Windows Personalization Gallery were invariable packages, the beauty of the Bing Dynamic theme is that it will auto-update, refreshing the desktop backgrounds available to users.

“Switch it up! Receive a new photo from Bing every week for three months, with this Windows 7 theme that updates automatically through an RSS feed,” reads the description from Microsoft.

Of course, end users continue to control all the properties of the Bing Dynamic theme, just as they would for any plain-vanilla service theme pack.

They can skip from one wallpaper to the next, control the rate at which backgrounds swap each other, and select only their preferred images out of the six currently offered with the theme to be displayed on their desktop.

The difference compared to a normal theme is that the Bing Dynamic theme can access new content from themeserver.microsoft.com without any intervention from users.

Windows 7 Bing Dynamic Theme is available for download here.

Windows 7 RTM Bing's Best: Japan Theme is available for download here.

Windows 7 Bing's Best 3 Theme is available for download here.

Windows 7 Bing's Best 2 Theme is available for download
here.

Windows 7 Bing's Best 1 Theme is available for download
here.

The Windows 7 Bing Earth Day student photo contest theme is available for download here.

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Comment #1 by: linpro on 10 Aug 2010, 21:12 UTC reply to this comment

M$ is just copying the linux KDE and Gnome desktops way of offering themes.
Most windoze idiots will be too lazy to figure this out anyways

Comment #1.1 by: grammer police on 30 Oct 2011, 18:58 GMT

Most idiots don't know that "anyways" isn't a word.


Comment #2 by: snubwaffle on 22 Sep 2011, 17:54 UTC reply to this comment

DO NOT USE BING DYNAMIC IT WILL MESS UP YOUR WINDOWS 7 BACKGROUNDS. NO ONE CAN HELP WHEN THE DYNAMIC STICKS ON ONE PICTURE AND REFUSES TO MOVE NO MATTER WHAT. WHEN YOU TRY TO CORRECT BY DELETING, IT JUST GOES BLACK AND YOU CAN'T PUT ANY OTHER BACKGROUND UP. AVOID THIS PRODUCT AT ALL COSTS. Sorry for yelling, just want to make sure no one makes the same mistake i did.

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