Re: Web content/active desktop NOT

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Lew,

Display Properties->DeskTop->Customize Desktop->Web tab
Has four buttons:
New
Delete
Properties
Synchronize

Are any of these buttons grayed out?
Or they just don't do anything?

I must admit that I didn't know that you could add pictures to the Desktop
using Web tab | New. So I tried it and you can add multiple pictures that
way.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:uJbkzVAgFHA.3232@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> 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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