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Old March 5th 05, 08:53 AM
Sean
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I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to display
as background.

Ive posted before regarding this and Mike suggested to convert them into bmp.

That worked alright, now, however, the files themselves are 96 x 72.

I loose quality of the images when trying to enlarge for background.

Also, what type of file is this that is specific to active desktop? Could I
just convert that type jpg file to a jgp image for the background.

Thanks.
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Old March 5th 05, 09:10 AM
Noel Paton
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ANY filetype except bmp will require Active Desktop.

You need to convert your JPG files to bmp with a higher pixel-count (the
option should be there in your editing program - what did you use?) it
sounds like you created a thumbnail image, rather than a proper conversion.


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"Sean" wrote in message
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I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to
display
as background.

Ive posted before regarding this and Mike suggested to convert them into
bmp.

That worked alright, now, however, the files themselves are 96 x 72.

I loose quality of the images when trying to enlarge for background.

Also, what type of file is this that is specific to active desktop? Could
I
just convert that type jpg file to a jgp image for the background.

Thanks.



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Old March 5th 05, 09:31 AM
Sean
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Noel, I used Sonys Picture Gear 5.0.

When I try to convert to larger image I loose quality.

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Old March 5th 05, 10:05 AM
Noel Paton
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You're doing something wrong..... (or the original picture size is too
small)

Open the jpg file - what does the Properties option in Picture Gear tell you
is the size of the picture?
Then use File | Save As.... to save the file as a bmp - what size is the
file then - open it in Paint, and see.

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Noel, I used Sonys Picture Gear 5.0.

When I try to convert to larger image I loose quality.



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Old March 5th 05, 11:47 AM
Sean
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If the jpg image I am converting works in active desktop ... not sure why the
conversion to bmp would reduce to thumbnail.

Any event, I know Im not doing something right. Thank you for your assistance.
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Old March 6th 05, 11:16 AM
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:53:02 -0800, "Sean"
wrote:

I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to display
as background.


This is always a problem in post-IE4 Win9x. It's because these files
are JPEG, and Win9x can only use .BMP for wallpapers unless it invokes
ActiveDesktop. Use a graphics utility such as Irfan View, ACDC or
your fave heavyweight pixel-chaser to SaveAs your JPEG as .BMP



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Old March 9th 05, 05:15 PM
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"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote in
message ...
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:53:02 -0800, "Sean"
wrote:

I have a few .jpg that insist on enabling active desktop in order to

display
as background.


This is always a problem in post-IE4 Win9x. It's because these files
are JPEG, and Win9x can only use .BMP for wallpapers unless it invokes
ActiveDesktop. Use a graphics utility such as Irfan View, ACDC or
your fave heavyweight pixel-chaser to SaveAs your JPEG as .BMP


Or (as I discovered a week or so ago when I converted my bitmap wallpapers
*back* to jpegs as the dir was getting so big) Wallpaper Changer will use
jpegs without invoking
ActiveDesktop. While I use it to change the wallpaper at every Startup, it
doesn't have to *change* it and doesn't need to run *except* when changing,
so presumably can be used to overcome the problem.

I've had this program changing my wallpaper daily in ME and XP (also in 98se
and NT 4.0 when I was running those) for about 2 years now without issues.
It works better in XP than the MS powertoy of that ilk.

If anyone wants to use this, go to the beta page at
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/ and get the appropriate daily builds (from
28-07-2002) for the most stable and XP-stable builds.


Shane





 




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