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Can't apply an interactive wallpaper

 
 
Jake
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      03-19-2008
I downloaded an awesome looking interactive wallpaper today but when I tried
to set it as my wallpaper I realised that it was a .html file and vista only
supports wallpapers that are pictures. I was able to do it on my XP, so what?
Is there any way around this?
 
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Malke
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      03-19-2008
Jake wrote:

> I downloaded an awesome looking interactive wallpaper today but when I
> tried to set it as my wallpaper I realised that it was a .html file and
> vista only supports wallpapers that are pictures. I was able to do it on
> my XP, so what? Is there any way around this?


No, there is no way around this - which is A Good Thing. XP allowed you to
run active wallpapers because it had the Active Desktop feature. Active
Desktop was a terrible security hole and portal for malware. Therefore that
feature was purposely left out of Vista.

Downloading screensavers and wallpaper from dodgy sites is one of the very
common ways Windows machines become infected. Be very careful where you get
Desktop decorations.

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