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"Manny Borges" wrote:
> There is a difference between memory and storage space.
> We use the same terms , Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, etc, but these are
> only measurements.
>
> A picture does not take up "memory" while it is stored on the hard drive.
>
> However, to display this image as a desktop will take up some system
> resources.
>
> A previous poster suggested to shrink the file to 500k and then use the
> stretch function.
>
> This advice is nonsense.
>
> First see what format the picture is in.
> My guess, they are either JPG or BMP files.
> If they are BMP files you should convert these to JPG using Paint, or any
> picture editing software you have that can save in that format. This will
> radically reduce the size of the file.
>
> If they are jpg files already, then I would recommend that you have your son
> do any resizing that needs to be done, because once an image becomes a JPG
> it will usually look horrible if you try to do anything to other than make
> it smaller or crop it.
>
> This is specifically why the other post was nonsense. When you resize,
> resize it down to the resolution that you want. If you go by file size you
> could make the file a lower resolution than the desktop, thus you would need
> to stretch it and make it look horrible.
>
> In the grand scheme of things however, there is very little difference in
> the system resources used by a 2.5 mb background and a 500 k background
> image since the file is rendered from its source it is not the actual file
> that is residing in memory.
>
> If you are worried about the space they are taking up on the hard drive all
> I can say is that 2.5 MB is a tiny fraction of most current hard drives, but
> if you are pressed for storage space then you have options, such offloading
> to another media. CDs hold 650 MBs and if you don't have a CD writer you can
> pick one up online for about $30. DVD writers can be found for about $40 and
> they hold several GB. Or you can just add a HD.
>
> A nice alternative that can keep him from running riot is available if you
> have win XP Pro. Its the disk quotas feature. Basically you say that he can
> only use a cretain amount of storage and no more, and then its up to him to
> manage his usage, not you.
>
> You can reads up on it here:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=183322
>
>
> **************************************
> Now your question about the disabling 3D for one user profile.
>
> Short answer- Can't be done
>
> Video card settings are system level configurations, not user level. This
> includes video card features, resolution settings, color depth, refresh
> rate, etc etc.
>
> Technically it can be possible be done with a log in script, depending on
> the video card. But that's not a simple solution.
>
> --
> Manny Borges
> MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
> MCT, Certified Cheese Master
>
> The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
> -- Marty Feldman
> "Forddieselguy" <Forddieselguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >I have 2 questions. First, I have some wallpaper from one of my sons games
> >on
> > my comp. The memory that these take up is huge 2.5m each, Does this have
> > any
> > affect on my available ram when they are activated as wallpaper, and can I
> > use Ifranview to possibly reduce the memory size. Secondly, I am curious
> > if I
> > can create a user that has disabled 3D video card drivers that will not
> > affect the other user profiles.The reason for this is I am playing
> > Fallout2
> > and it crashes sometimes, I have all the updates/patches downloaded, And I
> > read that disabling the 3D drivers is a good fix. I don't want to have to
> > disabble then enable just to play 1 game. I tried to create the second
> > user
> > with them disabled but it affected the other user also and I had to enable
> > them again. Can this be done. Thank you for any help.
>
> I am not worried about hard drive space, it's only at 50% capacity right now. My worry is does the wallpaper use any RAM when it's applied. I converted then to JPEG and cut down the byte's considerably. My concern is I am trying to cut down on system resources because I have a game crash issue. Thanks for answer to video card question, I guess I will have to use the long way around that one.
>
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