Have you ever get bored with a static desktop background which stays the same every time you log in to you computer? DreamScene a utility which allows videos to be used as desktop background, it is one of the Ultimate Extras which can be downloaded from Windows Update in Windows Vista Ultimate.

DreamScene was removed from Windows 7 in favor of Windows SlideShow, but a little hack can make non-Vista-Ultimate versions such as Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Enterprise edition and editions of Windows 7 to use DreamScene too.

Installing DreamScene:

Run Windows7-DreamScene.exe as Administrator to install and enable DreamScene, the installer will copy DreamScene.dll in Windows\System32, DreamScene.dll.mui in Windows\System32\en-US directory along with additions in windows registry.

A folder Windows DreamScene is added inside Windows\Web\ directory. You can put in any video for which you want to set the DreamScene in any version of windows Vista, but here this folder would be of no use as Windows 7 doesn't allow direct viewing of videos in Personalization Control Panel.

After installation Windows Explorer would restart and DreamSceme is ready to go.

Using DreamScene:

To set the video as a DreamScene background, make sure windows aero in on, then just right-click on the video file and click on Set as Desktop Background. (Only media files with .WMV or .MPG are supported).

As DreamScene not supported in Windows 7, you wont be able to see the video preview of the DreamScene background in Personalization Control Panel, but other features such as Play DreamScene, Pause DreamScene are supported.

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