Showing posts with label Windows Vista feature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Vista feature. Show all posts

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Animated Wallpaper, DeskScapes(Windows Dreamscene) at Home Basic,Home Premium and Business

Dreamscene is a function in Windows Vista that allows user to have animated wallpapers.Only Windows Vista Ultimate has this function.Click this link to see the looks of Dreamscene>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MZyRoJv-U8

Dun worry if you cannot effort Vista Ultimate,you can also have this Dreamscene function with Vista Home Basic/Premium/Business/Enterprise with this software>DeskScapes.

DeskScapes is an alternative software that allows user to have animated wallpapers in other editions of Windows Vista.

You can download DeskScapes from http://www.download.com/DeskScapes/3000-2336_4-10657476.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10841752 as free trial (The free trial will only support the three dreams included.)

To display video dreams with DeskScapes, an MPEG-2 Video Decoder must be installed on your computer.
All versions of Windows Vista accept Home Basic does not include the required MPEG-2 Video Decoder. There are third party solutions available such as Cyberlink Power DVD(please install the newest version for best result).

System Requirements:
1)Windows Vista
2)Screen resolution minimum 1024 x 768
3)DirectX 9,128MB Video RAM,Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
4)A video card with a Windows Experience Index Graphics score of 2.0 or better.

Enjoy^^

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Windows Sidebar and how-to tips

Windows sidebar is an application that can used to view various information.This made user more easy to view information or doing their works.Windows Sidebar is available in all editions of Windows Vista.Below is a screen shot showing various types of gadgets at my computer desktop.
With Windows Sidebar you can know what is the current time,date or even your computer information such as operating system,ram/cpu usage and so on... you can also enjoying slide show with the picture in your computer or playing some simple games.Knowing the weather,news or doting notes also can be done by using Windows Sidebar.

To open Windows Sidebar,user can click Start>All Program>Accessories>Windows Sidebar or type Sidebar at the start search.To close Windows Sidebar,user can right click the Windows Sidebar icon at taskbar (expand if needed) and click exit.

User can download more gadgets by click the 'plus' button at the right top on the screen and click download more gadgets.Or you can go to http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-us to download.

When user click the plus button,user will see the collection of gadgets that he or she have.By clicking the "show details",user will see the information of the selected gadgets.User also can types the name of a gadgets in the search bar to search gadgets.By clicking the arrow button beside the search bar,user can search gadgets by filtering the author of the gadgets.

Conclusion,make our life easier with Windows Sidebar by making full use of it.

Enjoy easier life and enjoy playing gadgets^^