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    Vista Dreamscene

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by SylarDX, Feb 18, 2008.

  1. SylarDX

    SylarDX Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    I was wondering if there was anyway to get the vista ultimate dreamscene wallpapers on vista Premium?
     
  2. mobyzone

    mobyzone Notebook Consultant

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  3. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    yes you can run it on premium,check your private message inbox
     
  4. mobyzone

    mobyzone Notebook Consultant

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    can i run it on vista business as well Polsta :p ?
     
  5. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    check your inbox ....
     
  6. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    for dreamscene tips and vids, go back 2 or 3 pages in this section and look for the threads and give maximus rep points

    and please add more vids to the thread !!!
     
  7. mobyzone

    mobyzone Notebook Consultant

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    thanks :)

    rep +
     
  8. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    good stuff ! let us know how you get on with it, and also try n find some new different scenes and post them in the thread maximus posted !
     
  9. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    thanks for the credit bro but my thread was locked :(
     
  10. roytse

    roytse Notebook Evangelist

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    for what reason? :confused:
     
  11. SECA

    SECA Notebook Guru

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    Dreamscene on premium? I would like to know as well
     
  12. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    Because it is considered to be illegal if you don't have Vista Ultimate
     
  13. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    ..................................
     
  14. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    lol? what's that mean? :D
     
  15. SylarDX

    SylarDX Notebook Guru

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    Tried getting it to work..but.. having a hard time. still wont give my admin approval to change the file's name. .. will keep working on it and get back to this thread!
     
  16. klutchrider

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    Fill me in on this mischief.
     
  17. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    change what files name ?

    just right click and run the bat as admin, then put the 2 other files in the sys 32 folders, and restart

    then see if you get the dreamscene content option in the background personalize bit
     
  18. Fewmets

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    Although I never did get it to work, I'm not sure if it will have any ramifications come SP1...?
     
  19. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Will someone teach me how to do it?

    Did not find the thread that is locked
     
  20. MaXimus

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    That's because you are not taking ownership of the file the right way. Follow the steps one by one and slowly! ull get it
     
  21. Shadowfate

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    How do I give +rep?????

    Do I just say "+rep" or some other things.

    Will try to do it later. Thanks for the info
     
  22. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    Go to any of the threads that I made, under my username, you will find a blue icon which if you hover the mouse over, will say "Add Reputation"
    Just click it and write any comment.

    Thank you
     
  23. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Already gave you one.

    When you do something good for the person is that the time to ask for rep points????????
     
  24. MaXimus

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    exactly. or for example when you post a useful tip. or anything you think is worth giving the guy a reputation point :)
     
  25. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    ohhhhhhhhhhh that will increase the Rep power of the person right???
    (good thing I changed my Sig already)
     
  26. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Reputation Points/Power and User Titles.

    And rep-whoring is looked down upon. You'll receive rep if you deserve it, not if you ask for it.
     
  27. Shadowfate

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    Thanks, for correcting my wrong

    Tried it, it works but a word of advice

    Please try to edit your directions. I somehow figured out for myself some of the things to do but it will be quite hard for some people to do it. (although people who will try to do this are mainly people who wants to do something that normal people won't do)
    Please don't include the "folder" because people will think that there must be a folder in that directory. My troubles came when you started saying to copy the patched version to this "folder". I got mixed up here. And when you try to edit the name of the "original" they must also be owned first.

    Anyways, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
     
  28. crash

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    No problem, just trying to save you some grief later. :)
     
  29. MaXimus

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    I'lld do a few changes to make it simpler thanks for your feedback.

    And about the folder being owned, the instructions are there in my guide.
     
  30. Shadowfate

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    I can't seem to play in .dream format

    Is there a way to convert dream format to mpg or wmv?
    (I can play wmv and mpg in dream scene)
     
  31. roytse

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    Only Star Dock's DeskScape can open .dream files,
    and DeskScape 1 can only be installed on Vista Ultimate.
    Star Dock said DeskScape 2 will be out in Feb, 2008,
    version 2 can be installed on Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate.

    I'm waiting :cool:
     
  32. venkol

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    can some nice person inform me via pm how to do that dream thing on premium. ;)

    thanks
     
  33. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    Check your PM
     
  34. Shadowfate

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    I still can't rep you right now, need to rep other people first(says a message box)
     
  35. MaXimus

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    It's alright dude. You can do it later guess ;)

    Thanks
     
  36. jlcamp7

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    Okay so I don't want to be a pain, by being the millionth person to ask, but could I also get a pm sent my way regarding how to do this?

    Also by the way how do you give rep points?
     
  37. Alectos

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    -cough- Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear how it's done as well.

    Too bad the original instructions were deleted...
     
  38. jlcamp7

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    I just got mine up and running this evening and it is super awesome! One of my friends came over and flipped wondering how in the world. Thanks again to MaXimus777 and Polsta. You guys rock!
     
  39. edddy

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    I don't want to be a pain either as well but I would absolutely love getting dreamscene on my g1s. Would anyone mind telling me how to do so??
     
  40. reeper

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    I have vista premium, and Ive tried the VLC method, but when i right click the video i can't get the wallpaper option to show.

    (Ive tried reinstalling the program and still didn't work, and Ive followed the method posted in the blog mentioned here exactly.
    http://vistarewired.com/2007/03/08/dreamscene-on-any-computer/)
     
  41. MaXimus

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    I've also tried the VLC method previously and could never find the set as wallapaper option no matter what I did and what interface I was using. So I compiled this hack!

    Anyway, why would you wanna use VLC when you can have the real dreamscene?
     
  42. Asheth

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    I am interested in this information if its not to much of a hassle. Im running Premium
     
  43. MaXimus

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    Check your PM
     
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    If you have a moment, I would enjoy trying this as well. thanks!
     
  45. MaXimus

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    check ur pm
     
  46. mobyzone

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    i finally had the time to try it out and it works just fine,thanks MaXimuss777 and Polsta

    But hey,is it normal that it increases the CPU Usage to 40-50%?
     
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    Got through steps 1-18, but on step 19 - "import and merge DreamScene.reg to registry" ---- i don't know how to import and merge? I'm sure its something simple i'm overlooking, but i don't want to make mistake. any help?
     
  48. Polsta

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    im not sure, i only needed to do the 1st 4 steps and it worked fine so didnt need to bother with the rest !
     
  49. mobyzone

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    Just double click on the registry file "DreamScene" that was included in the zipped file you downloaded in step 1
     
  50. tmorrow24

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    Thank you all. I double-clicked, that did it. tested with a few small/low res videos i had, and worked great. Now i'm looking for some cool content that loops "better". I may have missed it, so i apologize, but is there a good resource around here for those dreamscenes?

    thanks again all - best "hack" i've seen in a long, long time.
     
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