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    Ferrari Wallpaper question

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rockytt, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. rockytt

    rockytt Newbie

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    Sorry to dig up something from the past-have searched here and can't really find an answer-
    "Upgraded" one of my acer laptops to Vista from XP and now the beautiful Ferrari wallpaper doesn't function properly. I moved the folder from a different (XP) machine onto the Vista one, and it almost works. If I double-click the "FerrariWP.exe" file, the wallpaper shows up and with the correct date - however it never updates and it stays on the same day. If I uninstall and double-click again-everything is ok until the next day :(
    My guess is that there is a slightly different version needed for Vista, and since Acer did ship many of these laptops with Vista preinstalled, there has to be (Ok, I'm hoping there is) a version floating around somewhere that is Vista-compatible.
    Any thoughts on this? Am I SOL?
    Not the end of the world, but I've gotten really used to having that great looking calendar on the desktop and I'm not ready to give it up yet..
    Thanks!
     
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    ridife Notebook Enthusiast

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    rockytt Newbie

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    :)
    Thank you - I feel so much better now...
     
  4. rockytt

    rockytt Newbie

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    OK - I did this (and I do indeed feel much better :)
    However, I really prefer the images made by the folks over at cup7.com, but the spacing has changed and the new calendar is approx 122 pixels to the left of the previous position. I tried modifying the wp.ini file, but it appears that the Vista version of the wallpaper doesn't use this for positioning. Does anyone have a clue as to what I might do to reposition the red "date" square?
     
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    bollards Newbie

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    Yeah i fixed this by changing the WP file to these settings and it should works fine.

    [config]
    CELL_X=3515625000
    CELL_Y=3255208333
    SPACING_X=4082812500
    SPACING_Y=3255208333
    CORNER_X=68378906250
    CORNER_Y=12109375000
    RECT_THICKNESS=97656250
    R_COMP=255
    G_COMP=34
    B_COMP=40
     
  6. rockytt

    rockytt Newbie

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    Thanks for the help - I'll give it a shot. Any idea if this works with the Vista version that's available on the Euro support page?

    Update - the Vista version doesn't have a WP file - so there's nothing to update. Looks like I'm SOL on this one...