animated desktop backgrounds for vista?

stryder · 26 Oct 2008 at 21:50

do you have to have vista ultimate to run an animated background or will they work with vista basic?

mr.sly · 26 Oct 2008 at 21:52

Only in Vista Ultimate if you mean the Dreamscene wallpapers. Although I believe VLC can help you achieve the same goal.

Tute · 26 Oct 2008 at 21:57

I think there's a "patch" to get it working on Home Premium, i'm not sure about Basic though.

stryder · 26 Oct 2008 at 22:01

thanks

scooby555t · 27 Oct 2008 at 10:56

the patch does work i have it working now home prem retail

Wizardskills · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:05

Will this patch work on vista business? If so, link pls

Snakedoctor · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:09

only works for 32 bit and it's naughty.

bledd · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:14

plus, dreamscene is crap and buggy anyway, don't bother

swinnie · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:53

bledd. said:
plus, dreamscene is crap and buggy anyway, don't bother

This.

Plus, animated wallpapers are very annoying too.

scooby555t · 27 Oct 2008 at 17:04

works on x64 as well

Antar Bolaeisk · 27 Oct 2008 at 17:46

Or create an animated .gif file and set that as the background.

I remember doing this on our old 98 machine and it was brilliant for about 5 mins after which it got old very quickly.