Re: Web content/active desktop NOT

Hi Wes:
Sorry about the name mistake. No, I'm not talking about the slide show
screen saver. I want to show pictures on my desktop. The way to do this in
XpPro is to go to Display Properties->DeskTop->Customize Desktop->Web tab
and add the photos to the web pages list. I know how to do this, but the
problem is that it stopped working on my computer. I need to know how to
*fix* it, so it works again.
HTH
-Lew

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ugLJQz9fFHA.2484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe Rick can help you, but in the mean time...
>
> Are you talking about a slide show Screen Saver?
>
> To use personal pictures as a screen saver
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_set_picture_as_screensaver.mspx
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:uiTqZ03fFHA.3692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>> Doesn't help, Rick. I'm not looking to create a background, I want to
>> show a number of individual pictures, primarily, but not exclusively,
>> from my own hard disk on my desktop. A desktop background is something
>> else altogether. -Lew
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23F$hoyyfFHA.1412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Lew,
>>>
>>> Try approaching it from another direction.
>>>
>>> [[To use a graphic from a Web site as your background
>>> 1. Open your Web browser and find a graphic on a Web site that you want
>>> to use as your background.
>>>
>>> 2. Right-click the graphic, and then click Set as Background.
>>>
>>> 3. View your desktop to see the graphic displayed.
>>>
>>> Note
>>> ? To open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance
>>> and
>>> Themes, and then click Display.
>>>
>>> ? To change the display options for the graphic, in the Display
>>> Properties dialog box, click the Desktop tab, and in the Position
>>> list, click Center, Tile, or Stretch.
>>>
>>> ? When you use a graphic from a Web site as background, it is saved in
>>> the background list as Internet Explorer Background. Each new graphic
>>> you define as a background replaces the old one. ]]
>>> From To use a graphic from a Web site as your background
>>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_set_web_background.mspx
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:Or1WASmfFHA.1444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>> Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>> Wes!
>>>> Doesn't help. As I indicated in my post I *am* talking about the
>>>> customize->web tab. When I add something to the list and check it, it
>>>> still does not show up on my desktop. I have an always on dsl
>>>> connection
>>>> which is working fine all the time, it's never turned off.
>>>>
>>>> -Lew
>>>>
>>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:uqUUIImfFHA.1948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Display Properties Desktop background tab lists only BMP files
>>>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/jpgbackground.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> You must be connected to the Internet to add active Web content to
>>>>> your
>>>>> desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> [[To add Web content to your desktop
>>>>> Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click Properties.
>>>>> On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop.
>>>>> On the Web tab, click New, and then follow the instructions on your
>>>>> screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Notes
>>>>> ? You must be connected to the Internet to add active Web content to
>>>>> your
>>>>> desktop.
>>>>> ? To browse Microsoft's Desktop Gallery Web site, in the New Desktop
>>>>> Item
>>>>> Wizard, click
>>>>> Visit Gallery. The New Desktop Item Wizard opens when you click New
>>>>> on the Web tab.
>>>>> ? To select a different Web site, type the Web site address, or click
>>>>> Browse
>>>>> to locate it. ]]
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wes
>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>
>>>>> In news:eNHAD4kfFHA.1248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>>> Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>> Somehow or other, I've lost the ability to show web content on my
>>>>>> xp
>>>>>> pro desktop. In particular, I'd like to show some photos, but the
>>>>>> desktop->properties->desktop->custom->web list has no effect at all.
>>>>>> Is there a way to fix this?
>>>>>> -Lew
>


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