Background and Screen Savers

How do i change the Background of the desktop and the Sreensaver?
sorry if this is in the wrong section, i wasn't sure of where to put this tread.
and aslo, the bit where you press menu on your remote and the new srceen comes up where you can view pictures and listen to you music. My songs come up on there but my pictures don't what folder do they need to be in?
Please could you help
Jack
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.6) Upgraded White Version

You change the background and screen savers in the System Preferences Desktop & Screen Saver preference panes. Just click System Preferences in your dock.
In order to view your pictures in Front Row, you need to import them all to iPhoto.

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