What is DreamScene

   DreamScene 

    Microsoft Windows DreamScene was a feature included in the Ultimate version of Windows Vista.It was not included in any other version of Windows.It came as a part of Window Ultimate Extras, they were some optional features offered to the users of Windows vista.
   
         The basic job of this feature is to play a video as your Desktop background wallpaper.Moreover it also allows .gif images to be set as wallpaper.In case of Videos, it only allows .mpg and .wmv videos to be set as wallpaper.But users can also use their own  captured .avi videos by just altering the extension to .wmv.The latest version of DreamScene was released on September 25, 2007.
             Many people tried to use that feature in other versions of Windows.After a lot of tries, a tweak has been created which enables the same feature in other versions of Windows.If you also want to enable it in your Windows then you should visit this article.All it does is just copies some required files to your system folder and adds the required registry values.
 Here see a trailer of DreamScene :

     By default the sounds of the video being played as DreamScene are disabled, but with this fix you can enable them.
       
             Well there is another problem with it.And that is that the text of the icons on the desktop does not appears correctly if the DreamScene is enabled.But mostly where there is a problem there is a solution and here is the solution.

How to fix\enable sound in DreamScene

Fix\Enable Sounds in DreamScene

Windows DreamScene is a feature of Windows Vista Ultimate, which allows desktop background wallpaper to be set as a video.It is not included in any other version of Windows.But, with some registry and other tweaks this feature can be bringed in other versions of Windows.To enable it in other versions of Windows visit the previous article.
           By default sounds in Windows DreamScene are disabled.To enable the sounds of the video being played as DreamScene follow the procedure below:

Steps to enable sounds in DreamScene:

1) First set a video as your background wallpaper.

2) Click on the Speaker's icon on the right side of your taskbar.
3) Then click on "Mixer".

4) Windows DreamScene will be listed under Applications, and it will be muted by default.
5) All you need to do is to uncheck/unmute ,or click on, it.

And you are all done!!!
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How to activate DreamScene

 How to activate DreamScene ?

The still desktop wallpaper might have bored you.In this article I will show how you can make your wallpaper a video using Windows feature called DreamScene.I will briefly tell you that what is Windows DreamScene, for detail on what is DreamScene then check this out.

          Well the DreamScene was a feature of Windows included in Windows Vista Ultimate, only Ultimate not any other, by which a user can make his desktop wallpaper a video.

So lets get started,
First of all you need to fulfill the requirements which are given below:
Requirements :
1) Windows 7.
2) Windows Aero ( activated)

3) A good Graphics adaptor ( minimum 256 MB), here is good list of them.
4) The software Win7 DreamScene activator.


Now if you have all requirements then follow the procedure:

Procedure:

1) Extract the archive.

2) Run the Windows7-DreamScene.exe file.
3) It will do all the important job itself and won't require any help from you.
4) Goto your desktop and right click on an empty area.
5) If Play DreamScene is listed then it has successfully been installed.

Now all you need is a video file which you can set as your background.You can use files of any size but they must be .wmv , .mpg. You can also use your own captured videos of .avi extension by just changing it extension to .wmv or .mpg.

• Waterfall dreamscene.
• Shining spots dreamscene.
• Mass Effect 3 Earth dreamscene.
• Heartbeat dreamscene.
• Leopard Aurora.
• Running waterfall dreamscene.
• Glacier dreamscene.
• Lake dreamscene
• Green natural scenery dreamscene.

You can find many more good quality dreamscenes here.

6) Right click on the Video file and click on Set as Background.
7) To stop or pause it right click on your desktop and click on Pause DreamScene.

 Defects

1) Sound is disabled by default. ( Fix it now )
2) The text of the icon on desktop does not appears correctly.
There are other possible ways you can set your desktop background a video such as using VLC media player.

That would be all, Hope you like it.And please leave your comments

Shutdown Windows

 Shutdown Windows with different styles!

Generally everyone who use Windows knows about its feature of Shutdown.

I mean to say that 99.9% people who use computers with Windows as OS know how to shutdown it.But it is the common way of shutting down, it usually clicking the shutdown button located in the start menu of start button.

        The question is that I know that everyone know about shutdown is then why I'm talking about it.

Actually the shutdown I'm talking about is not that comman one , but is a special one.In whick you can shutdown Windows with different styles.

      This technique comprises of using MS-DOS or Command prompt.

All you need is MS-DOS or Command prompt which are already integrated in Windows.

If you don't know how to open command prompt then 1) Click in start button, 2) Type "cmd.exe" in search box, or click on Run and then type "cmd.exe" and press enter.

There are many tricks I will show you.So lets start.

1) Shutting down using -s

Now type the following command:

                                            shutdown -s
This command will display a message that your computer will shutdown in less than a minute, or something like that.Then your computer will shutdown after 30 seconds.


2) Aborting shutdown with -a

This command will abort the shutdown operation, if any in progress.So after using -s then try -a (within 30 s).Now type :
               shutdown -a
A message will be displayed "log off was canceled", or something like that.


3) Shutting down by giving a time using -s -t

By default the shutdown time for -s is 30 s.To change this time you can use -t .

Now type:

      shutdown -s -t 25

You can replace 25 with any time you want.

4) Displaying a message before Shutting down using -c

This command will display a message before shutting down.Type the following:

                             shutdown -s -c "any text you want"

After hitting enter a window will appear with text in it.In addition you can also use -t with it.Type the following:

               shutdown -s -t 35 -c "its going to shutdown"

Note: Don't forget the single space between -c & the quotation marks(") .

5) Logging off using -l

Using this command will just log off the current user.Type:

                    shutdown -l

6) Opening the advanced shutdown dialog box using -i
This will show you the advanced dialog box with several options for shutting down windows and the functions which the above commands perform.Type:

                                                             shutdown -i
7)Shutdown all computers on a Network with -m

You will need the IP address of the computer on the network, or  the computer name.
To get the computer name:
1) Goto Control panel.
2) Goto System, then System or Properties.
3) You will see somewhere Computer Name.
After you get the Name type thee following:
                              shutdown -s -m \"IP  address (or) Computer name"

Replace  IP  address (or) Computer name with the IP or computer name.


That would be all, Hope you like it and find it useful.Please leave your comments!