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    Screensaver as Wallpaper?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hooligan001, Jan 29, 2009.

  1. hooligan001

    hooligan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, I'm running Vista Ultimate, and was wondering if there was a way to set a screensaver as the desktop wallpaper?

    Had a quick search but couldnt find anything...

    Cheers!
     
    hooligan001, Jan 29, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    is your screensaver an image? if so, find it, right click on the file, and choose "set as wallpaper".
     
    whizzo, Jan 29, 2009
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  3. hooligan001

    hooligan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    No, its a .scr screensaver file! Thanks for your reply though...
     
    hooligan001, Jan 29, 2009
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    I dont think so, the only way that I know of having a moving wallpaper is using Dreamscape in Vista.
     
    nonamebowler, Jan 29, 2009
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    Whats dreamscene then or is that just the same as dreamscape?
     
    Carrot Muncher, Jan 29, 2009
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    sometimes ago I was using some wallpapers that are dynamical. It's looks cool but consume a lot of resources. I don't remember title.
     
    barbaraloqw, Jan 29, 2009
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    AsuraSky, Jan 29, 2009
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    :)
    This is a little round-about, but I think it will work. . . Take a screen shot of your screensaver, (click on:Alt + PrtSc to capture the screenshot of the active Window). Then save it to MS Office Picture Manager, Photoshop or other photo capturing program. Then, put that photo into your Pictures folder, and set the Screensaver to "photos." You can customize according to the screen directions. That should do it! :)

    PS Because Windows will show all the photos in your Pictures folder as screensavers, you'll have to make sure that your one screensaver photo is the only photo in the Pictures folder. I solved that problem by creating a new folder called Pictures2 for all the rest of my folders.
     
    Imperfect1, Jan 30, 2009
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  9. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    While not exactly a .SCR file, two ways to get full motion desktop visuals are WinAmp's 'AVS' (advanced visualization studio) running in 'desktop mode' or VLC media player (tools -> preferences -> Video -> 'enable desktop mode')
     
    olyteddy, Jan 31, 2009
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  10. gary_hendricks

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    i some times do this. it looks OWNAGE!
     
    gary_hendricks, Jan 31, 2009
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