Active Desktop

[Sean]

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I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to display
as background.

Ive posted before regarding this and Mike suggested to convert them into bmp.

That worked alright, now, however, the files themselves are 96 x 72.

I loose quality of the images when trying to enlarge for background.

Also, what type of file is this that is specific to active desktop? Could I
just convert that type jpg file to a jgp image for the background.

Thanks.

 

[Sean]

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Noel, I used Sonys Picture Gear 5.0.

When I try to convert to larger image I loose quality.

 

[Guest]

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ANY filetype except bmp will require Active Desktop.

You need to convert your JPG files to bmp with a higher pixel-count (the
option should be there in your editing program - what did you use?) it
sounds like you created a thumbnail image, rather than a proper conversion.


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"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01DF84DA-CB91-4731-9831-B5993AD05DE8@microsoft.com...
>I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to
>display
> as background.
>
> Ive posted before regarding this and Mike suggested to convert them into
> bmp.
>
> That worked alright, now, however, the files themselves are 96 x 72.
>
> I loose quality of the images when trying to enlarge for background.
>
> Also, what type of file is this that is specific to active desktop? Could
> I
> just convert that type jpg file to a jgp image for the background.
>
> Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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You're doing something wrong..... (or the original picture size is too
small)

Open the jpg file - what does the Properties option in Picture Gear tell you
is the size of the picture?
Then use File | Save As.... to save the file as a bmp - what size is the
file then - open it in Paint, and see.

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"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Noel, I used Sonys Picture Gear 5.0.
>
> When I try to convert to larger image I loose quality.
>

 

[Sean]

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If the jpg image I am converting works in active desktop ... not sure why the
conversion to bmp would reduce to thumbnail.

Any event, I know Im not doing something right. Thank you for your assistance.

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:53:02 -0800, "Sean"
<Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to display
>as background.

This is always a problem in post-IE4 Win9x. It's because these files
are JPEG, and Win9x can only use .BMP for wallpapers unless it invokes
ActiveDesktop. Use a graphics utility such as Irfan View, ACDC or
your fave heavyweight pixel-chaser to SaveAs your JPEG as .BMP



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[Shane]

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"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in
message news:fvll21ptad7a4ufd6cllntod0c05d5k8ru@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:53:02 -0800, "Sean"
> <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to
display
> >as background.
>
> This is always a problem in post-IE4 Win9x. It's because these files
> are JPEG, and Win9x can only use .BMP for wallpapers unless it invokes
> ActiveDesktop. Use a graphics utility such as Irfan View, ACDC or
> your fave heavyweight pixel-chaser to SaveAs your JPEG as .BMP
>

Or (as I discovered a week or so ago when I converted my bitmap wallpapers
*back* to jpegs as the dir was getting so big) Wallpaper Changer will use
jpegs without invoking
ActiveDesktop. While I use it to change the wallpaper at every Startup, it
doesn't have to *change* it and doesn't need to run *except* when changing,
so presumably can be used to overcome the problem.

I've had this program changing my wallpaper daily in ME and XP (also in 98se
and NT 4.0 when I was running those) for about 2 years now without issues.
It works better in XP than the MS powertoy of that ilk.

If anyone wants to use this, go to the beta page at
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/ and get the appropriate daily builds (from
28-07-2002) for the most stable and XP-stable builds.


Shane