The Windows DreamScene Vista Wallpaper

 

 

 

Windows Vista has a new set of wallpapers to grace your desktop. The new collection aims to enthrall you with its stunning images and sceneries. But another feature has plain topped that. Just recently, Vista made more noise with one other hot offering. After a technical preview phase, Microsoft has finally launched its Windows DreamScene Vista wallpaper.

 

The DreamScene is an animated Vista wallpaper and video technology that allows users to use and run high-resolution and high-definition video contents as their desktop background as part of the Windows Vista Aero Glass user interface.

 

DreamScene is the best-looking extra that comes with the sophisticated Windows Vista Ultimate operating system. This video-enabled Vista wallpaper brings your desktop setting to life with its five high-definition video backgrounds:

 

1. The animated Windows Vista default backdrop
2. A field of thistle with a bee gathering pollen
3. The rushing water of a forest stream
4. A streetlamp reflected in a puddle, with softly falling rain
5. Orange wisps flowing in a computer-generated scene

 

You can also use your own videos for personalized desktop backgrounds. For computers that are not capable of supporting the Windows Aero desktop, the Windows DreamScene can add new positioning choices for backgrounds, including static images. Like any task, this Vista wallpaper remains running in the background even as you get busy with other applications and even when your screen saver isn’t running.

 

The Windows DreamScene supports only .mpeg and .wmv video file formats. The video support likewise requires a graphics card that supports Windows Aero. When it comes to battery consumption, the Vista wallpaper pauses the video to help the computer conserve power.

 

Here are the different procedures in setting a video as a DreamScene Vista wallpaper.

 

But first, for you to be able to run Windows DreamScene, you should have the following requirements:

 

1. A Windows Vista Ultimate license
2. DreamScene from Windows Update, downloaded and installed
3. Your system and graphic card specification should support Windows Aero.
4. Videos for DreamScene background should be in .mpg, .mpeg or .wmv format

 

How to set a video from the Windows DreamScene Content as your Vista wallpaper

 

1. On the desktop, press right click on the mouse.
2. Select Personalize option, then Desktop Background.
3. From the Location dropdown menu, select a Windows DreamScene Content option.
4. Select a video you want to use as your animated background.
5. Click OK to finish task.

 

How to set your own video as your Vista wallpaper video background:

 

1. On the desktop, press right click on the mouse.
2. Select Personalize, then Desktop Background.
3. From the Location dropdown list, choose Videos or Public Videos. You can also click Browse to search for the location of your personal video file.
4. Choose a video file you want to make your desktop background.
5. Click OK when task is finished.

 

You can also set a shortcut when choosing a video for your DreamScene Vista wallpaper.

 

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Go to your video file.
3. Right-click on your chosen video so that a menu appears.
4. On the menu, click on Set as Desktop Background.

 

The new DreamScene Vista wallpaper offering from Microsoft is definitely revolutionary. As its popularity grows, it will no doubt be the signal of the arrival of high-technology desktop features.