How do you tile a background in Paint or Paint.net or Microsoft Picture It?

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easy way is to select the bitmap as your wallpaer and in the desktop properties choose tile as the position.

right click on blank desktop select properties
choose display tab and browse to your image

If you wish to save and edit the tiled picture you once your image is tiled on your desktop you:

right click on empty desktop and select arange icond by/and uncheck "show desktop icons"

now press print screen and open paint and paste your tilled desktop picture and edit as needed