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hey all,
I have a rather simple question. Is there anyway to have Windows Xp automatically change the wallpaper on my desktop every day or so?
I have a number of wallpapers and I'd just like to have them randomly displayed every day or so, like the slideshow feature in 'My pictures', except with desktop wallpaper.
Is there anyway to do this? Or is there a program that will do this?
P.S. In case I didnt make it clear, I want to be able to choose which wallpapers the computer will cycle through.
Make a web page whose background is changed periodically through scripting. Set that web page as your desktop background.
woulnd´t that use internet resources?
I´m also interested in changing wallpapers.
My university has a program on several computers that periodically changes the wallpaper but I forget what it is called. I'll look into it.
I meant a web page stored locally.Quote:
Originally posted by freedonX
woulnd´t that use internet resources?
I´m also interested in changing wallpapers.
Check out what I found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e_powertoy.asp
:DQuote:
Windows XP Desktop Wallpaper Changer PowerToy
Make your computer desktop more dynamic, interactive, useful, and fun. The Wallpaper Changer PowerToy allows your desktop wallpaper to change automatically. It also lets you choose which images to display. Select the folder of images to display as a slide show and set the display interval to change wallpaper every few minutes, hours, or days. The simple intuitive interface is easily available from the system tray.
only works with XP :(
I don´t know how to make webpages, so I´ll need to ask some friends for advice
I remember using a program in college that periodically changed my wallpaper, desktop themes, etc. It was a nice little app. I can't recall the name of it, though. You might find a suitable alternative here. Several of those are even freeware.
Webshots will do that.
webshots = eval intarweb programeQuote:
Originally posted by 9TIGERS
Webshots will do that.
webshots sucks.
You might try THIS little free program. I've never tried it so don't blame me if it's worthless.:D
screen paver will do exactly that..
http://www.screenpaver.com/
it works great, you just need a directory of images to display.. :)
I've tried most of the programs mentioned (even the ones in download.com). I give thanks for that. But I didn't manage to find one that supports correctlly multiple monitors.
It would be nice if it supports changing the wallpaper on each monitor, but I would be happy if it uses the same wallpaper on each monitor that it'll stretch it (1600*1200 and 800*600)
I have dual monitors and didnt even know it was possible to manually set the wallpaper to be different on each monitor, let alone with a 3rd party program.
In the past, I have manually merged a 1024x768 and a 1280x1024 image side-by-side to form a 2304x1024 image that I used as my desktop background for both monitors. It made the illusion that I was using separate backgrounds, but was really only one image. If you were to take the time to do this to the images you want, you could then use one of the standard background switching programs mentioned above.
for my multiple wallpapaers on multiple monitors I use this.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/
pretty easy to use :)
I've always used Webshots and never had a problem with it, it does what it's supposed to do :) I don't know about supporting dual monitors though.
Here's some old code I wrote a while ago. Save as an html file and make that your background. Fill in the bgImages array with filenames of pictures to use as the background. window.setInterval("update()", 60000); is the line that schedules the next change in background. I'm pretty sure this won't persist through reboots. You'll have to modify it if you want it to not reset after reboots.
I'm sure there's a better way (maybe using Window Script Host).
Code:<html>
<head>
<title>Rotating Background</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
var index = 0;
var bgImages = ["PATHTOBACKGROUND1", "PATHTOBACKGROUND2"];
function update()
{
index++;
if (index == bgImages.length)
{
index = 0;
}
document.body.filters.item(0).apply();
document.body.background = bgImages[index];
document.body.filters.item(0).play();
}
window.setInterval("update()", 60000);
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="background" background="PATHTOINITIALBACKGROUND" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Fade(Duration=1, Overlap=1.0);">
</body>
</html>
takes for the code!
so I just sustitute
if (index == bgImages.length)
with
if (index == pic1.bmp, pic2.bmp)
I tried that, set Active Desktop to the html file and a blue square appeared with nothing in it
No, change the lineQuote:
Originally posted by freedonX
takes for the code!
so I just sustitute
if (index == bgImages.length)
with
if (index == pic1.bmp, pic2.bmp)
I tried that, set Active Desktop to the html file and a blue square appeared with nothing in it
var bgImages = ["PATHTOBACKGROUND1", "PATHTOBACKGROUND2"];
to
var bgImages = ["pic1.bmp", "pic2.bmp"];
pic1.bmp and pic2.bmp should be in the same directory as the html file (since you gave a relative path). (If you want you can use absolute paths also.)
Also,
<body bgcolor="background" background="VortecSpace1.jpg" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Fade(Duratio n=1, Overlap=1.0);">
Change VortecSpace1.jpg to an initial image.
You can have more than two pictures also.
Note: I haven't tested on anything other than XP (and that was many years ago).
oh yeah!!
it works! thanks :)
I'm going to be pesky... but, in the code can you 'strech' the wallpapers? ;)
Probably with style sheets (CSS), but off the top of my head I don't know (been a while for web stuff...) ;) There's a lot to be done to "fix" the code (off the top of my head, it appears I used quite a few deprecated tags, etc.).Quote:
Originally posted by freedonX
oh yeah!!
it works! thanks :)
I'm going to be pesky... but, in the code can you 'strech' the wallpapers? ;)