Check the box to select the DeskScapes video internal player, uncheck to use the Windows player. If Windows is having trouble playing the video dream, try checking this box to use the DeskScapes player.
An additional setting available for Triggered Dreams is "Choose a specific video from set" which is a blue link located under the picture position thumbnails. Triggered Video dreams include multiple videos that start at different times of the day. Clicking this link opens a "Triggered Dream Settings" dialog box that allows you to select which video plays or let it "Automatically select which video to play Default ".
To change the video, under the option "Always play a specific video from this Dream" selected by default click on the pull-down menu and select the desired video.
Click to apply the change. Dynamic dreams may offer two options: "Dynamic wallpaper settings" and "Performance settings". These options if available are located under the list of available dreams, in the lower, left corner of the window. Clicking either will open a dialog box. Each dynamic wallpaper may offer options to change how it works, however not all dreams may give you the option the change the settings. If you click on a dream and do not see this link appear, it is not available.
For dreams that do offer it, each will be different. The first dream is a Bouncing Box, which shows a rotating, bouncing box with the Stardock logo and name on the sides. Changing the box size or speed will dynamically change the box on your desktop as you move the slider. Click to accept the changes. The settings allow you to toggle the earth from revolving on by default. Uncheck the box next to "Revolving Earth" and the earth will stop spinning. With the box checked you can adjust the "Rotation Speed" fast or slow of the earth by moving the slider.
Clicking will return the settings to the default positions when the dream was first installed. Click to save changes. The Water Dream is a video-based dream, with water droplets splashing on a pool of claim water above a sandy bottom. The settings offer a number of options that affect the water surface i. Time Between Drips, Drip Size , background i. Ground Image and Tiling of the background image. After changing anything, click to apply the changes.
Tiling of Sand default setting. Tiling of Sand - highest setting far right , notice more vertical ripples in sand. To restore all settings to the way they were when the dream was installed, click. Click to apply the changes. Click or to keep the settings the way they were. The Watercolor Dream settings allow you to change how fast the screen is drawn by moving the slider , slower or faster. The change can be seen as you move the slider. Clicking will return the slider to the way the dream was when installed.
The "Performance Settings" allow you to adjust the balance between quality and performance on your computer. This affects all dynamic dreams, not just the currently selected dream. At the top of the dialog box is "Your Video Card" which displays the brand, model, memory and number of monitors. To the right of that is the Vista Experience Index i. Under that is "Your Current Setting" which displays the result of where the slider is positioned.
If you click the link for level of quality i. Top Quality to the right of "Recommendation for this computer", the slider will move to the recommended setting. Finally, there are two check boxes at the bottom which allow you to adjust settings if using a laptop on battery power. Automatically pause when on battery power - checked, default means this will pause the animated wallpaper dream when your laptop is unplugged and goes on battery power.
Uncheck this box to run the dream regardless of battery power. Notify me when pausing due to being on battery power - checked, default means you will be notified when a dream is paused, because you unplugged the laptop and running it on battery power. Uncheck the box not to be notified. After making the desired changes, click to apply. If you ever want to pause the animation of a dream, right-click on the open desktop away from icons or program windows and select "Pause DreamScene".
Double-clicking on a dream in a different folder will apply it to your desktop, but will not add it to your Desktop Background window which lists installed dreams. New dreams must be moved to the above folder.
You must be connected to the internet to view this site. This will display information and links to new, popular and premium dreams for download. You can also join in discussions in the forum, upload a dream you created and want to share with the community and more. On the DeskScapes menu, clicking the unhide arrow next to "See additional tips" extends the bottom of the window to reveal tips. If you are working with our support team, it is helpful if you redirect the output of InstalledCodec to a file and send it to us.
You can do that by typing:. There are many codecs available on the market. In the InstalledCodec output the Microsoft supplied codec looks like this:. An easy way to test if this is your problem is by loading up InstalledCodec, selecting all of the list and hitting F7 to disable all of them. If this resolves any issues with dream files applying on your computer, you can slowly add back re-enable codecs until you discover which one is giving you problems.
Once you decide which codec s are giving you problems you should remove the culprit by disabling or uninstall the program that it installed with and if necessary find a replacement codec that does the same thing, but is compatible with DeskScapes.
For those who don't have a Microsoft codec included with their operating system pretty much everyone except for Home Premium and Ultimate users, there are third party codecs available. Currently there are known compatibility issues with some of the video codecs bundled with Nero's 7.
As a workaround users can utilize one of the following pieces of software to disable problematic video codecs on their systems: Microsoft provides a codec manager. In order for DeskScapes to run all of the files necessary for DirectX9 must be installed and functional. DirectX9 comes with Windows Vista and Windows 7 so this should not be an issue. However sometimes files are corrupted or deleted which would break DirectX.
So validating that DirectX is functioning is a necessary step in troubleshooting DeskScapes. The easiest way to check to ensure DirectX is working is to run dxdiag. This program can be found on all installations of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Again, if you are working with our support team to troubleshoot DeskScapes, please redirect the dxdiag output to a file like this:.
This output is especially helpful for us because it also includes video hardware and driver information. When you run dxdiag in GUI mode just click on the Start button and type "dxdiag" without the quotes in the search field then press enter , click on the Display tab and make sure there are "No problems found" listed in the Notes section at the bottom of the dialog.
Most computers capable of running Windows 7 and Vista in all its glory with all of the cool glass effects will, by default, also be running the Desktop Windows Manager. If this solves the problem, but when you reboot DeskScapes stops working again, the most likely cause is that for some reason Windows has shut off the DWM.
To learn more about the Windows Experience Score visit this web site. The reason Windows scores below 2. Most modern video cards will score over 2. Once Windows 7 or Vista records the WEI score, the benchmark needs to be run again to update the score for the new card. So if you have recently replaced your graphics card and your WEI score is still below 2.
Ensuring that all of the files for DeskScapes are present and installed correctly is crucial to the successful operation. If you check all of the other things above and DeskScapes is still not working try uninstalling and reinstalling DeskScapes. That that point if themes still do not apply, please contact our support at the following email.
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