thanks for that pdahound. he hasn't started to use it yet, he is the type of guy to order a new gadget and have it lying around a few weeks, so I offered to try it out for him, to make it sure it works and all that ;-)
I've put a pic of my son on the background and haven't worked out a way to remove it without putting another photo on it, so I thought the easiest way was to reset the device.
Try this---Click "Start", "Settings", "Personal",
"Today", Then at the bottom, uncheck the box "Use this picture...", then click "OK"---perhaps this will work...
MPL