Windows DreamScene

Sat, 02/17/2007 - 21:31 — Ciprian

DreamScene is a tool that allows people to use videos and other optimized animations as desktop wallpapers. It is included in the Windows Ultimate Extras package and can be downloaded using the Windows Update service. At this time Microsoft released a Technical Preview version as the final product is not yet ready.

The good part about DreamScene is the fact that it uses your video card for display and not your processor so your PC will have enough resources available for performing other tasks. You can use any video as a wallpaper as long as it is saved in the ".wmv" or ".mpeg" format. Also, you can use DeskScapes - a free application that extends Windows DreamScene with the ability to run so called ".dream" animated wallpapers. ".dream" files can be looped videos, or dynamically generated in 3D, or change-based on a set of triggers.

Adding animated desktop wallpapers to your desktop using DreamScene is simple. Just follow the video below.

How to use Windows DreamScene (2MB)

If, for some reason, you want to stop the desktop animation, right click on your desktop and select Pause DreamScene.

NOTE: Windows DreamScene is available only for Windows Vista Ultimate.

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Sun, 04/08/2007 - 00:24 — Runbo

Problems regarding Dreamscene

If you happen to UNINSTALL your graphic card driver, Dreamscene will stop working as Aero would no longer support your card. Also, the Technical Preview version of Dream scene is unstable, as I sometimes have problems with it temporarily malfunctioning (comes back to normal after a while).

Mon, 04/09/2007 - 10:48 — Ciprian

Normal

This is normal. You need to keep your graphic card drivers!!!
Why would you uninstall them?

PS: the final version of DreamScene will be available pretty soon.

Thu, 04/10/2008 - 21:04 — Anonymous (not verified)

Dreamscene doesn't work

I tried to install dreamscene once then there was some error, but now i can't install it anymore and on the list of installed updates reads that dreamscene were installed succesful, but it doesn't exist on my computer what to do?

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Thu, 04/24/2008 - 08:39 — dreamer (not verified)

More Dreamscenes

Windows DreamScene is great, i 've found a lot of free DreamScenes (*.wmv) on http://www.dreamscene.org.

Thu, 04/24/2008 - 08:51 — xpuser (not verified)

Dream on XP

I'm running a dreamscene wallpaper on XP with XPScene (freeware). The tool supports the std. dreamscene formats (wmv, mpg).

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