Animated Gifs

i am trying to put a animated gif on my desktop but when i set the pic
as desktop pic the picture does not animate, i use vista home premiume
how can i make the gifs i set as background pic animate? my friend she
has xp and all she does is right click set as background pick and it
animates


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paliometoxo

paliometoxo wrote:

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> i am trying to put a animated gif on my desktop but when i set the pic
> as desktop pic the picture does not animate, i use vista home premiume
> how can i make the gifs i set as background pic animate? my friend she
> has xp and all she does is right click set as background pick and it
> animates

XP has Active Desktop which allows users to have animated images and web
pages on their Desktops. Active Desktop is a large security vulnerability
and so Vista doesn't have this. So you have to pass on having a dancing pig
or the like on your Desktop. You might look for a Sidebar Gadget that will
amuse you instead.


Malke
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If you are referring to Active Desktop, it's not available in vista.


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"paliometoxo" <> wrote in message
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> i am trying to put a animated gif on my desktop but when i set the pic
> as desktop pic the picture does not animate, i use vista home premiume
> how can i make the gifs i set as background pic animate? my friend she
> has xp and all she does is right click set as background pick and it
> animates
>
>
> --
> paliometoxo

thnx for your replies, is there no way to activate it wih a program or
something? i dont see the security risk in being able to have gif as a
background pic


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paliometoxo

paliometoxo <> wrote:

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>thnx for your replies, is there no way to activate it wih a program or
>something? i dont see the security risk in being able to have gif as a
>background pic

You can't do what you want to do. Time to move on.

that sucks ud think ud be able to do that and more with vista rathe
then XP, id be intrested to see why microsoft removed it why its s
"harmfull" maybe better to downgrade to xp pro with service pack

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paliometoxo

paliometoxo wrote:

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> thnx for your replies, is there no way to activate it wih a program or
> something? i dont see the security risk in being able to have gif as a
> background pic

There is no way to activate something that doesn't exist. It was a security
risk because it allowed active content to run - active like a virus.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

ok thanks a lot for your hel

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paliometoxo

easy - save it as a web page


"Nonny" <> wrote in message
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paliometoxo <> wrote:

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>thnx for your replies, is there no way to activate it wih a program or
>something? i dont see the security risk in being able to have gif as a
>background pic

You can't do what you want to do. Time to move on.

"paliometoxo" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> that sucks ud think ud be able to do that and more with vista rather
> then XP, id be intrested to see why microsoft removed it why its so
> "harmfull" maybe better to downgrade to xp pro with service pack 3
>
>
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> paliometoxo


You were told why the Active Desktop was harmful, viruses and other malware!
It's amazing what is important in an operating system to some folks. But if
you want to regress to XP Pro with Service Pack 3, go for it!