Comments on: The definite guide to applying wallpapers in Vista

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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:20:18 +0000

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By: Views on Vista

Views on Vista — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:00:15 +0000

Background Problem to fixed in RTM

Talk about last minute, but the guys over on the Shell Team managed to get the problem with setting background

By: Shell Blog

Shell Blog — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:28:09 +0000

The Background on Backgrounds

There has been a lot of attention in the last few weeks about the discrepancy in the desktop background

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:00:32 +0000

@Code.Red: Most likely it won’t be fixed by RTM.

By: Code.Red

Code.Red — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:53:49 +0000

So, there’s no real reason it works like this? Will it be fixed by RTM?

By: kiwiblue

kiwiblue — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:19:05 +0000

@Rajo: yes, it’s the standard MS excuse nowadays. Not surprisingly, it turns out they hire political science students to be PMs on the shell team:

http://shellrevealed.com/blogs/shellblog/archive/2006/10/24/Cracking-t he-Shell_3A00_-The-Interview.aspx

By: Imran

Imran — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:08:16 +0000

Why dont you try it , Mr. Some1

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:08:06 +0000

@some1: I just tested it, and it does nothing. And tried right click too. It doesn’t load anything, no errors, absolutely nothing.

By: some1

some1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:01:34 +0000

But if you rename and copy over “desk.cpl” from XP over to Vista and double click it (right click => Open with Control Panel), does it work?

By: Matt Hermans

Matt Hermans — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:09:09 +0000

pure guess, but i think that if you apply a .bmp as a wallpaper it converts it (including filtering/upscaling) to a .jpg which would be easier on the video memory.