Microsoft Releases More DreamScene Content

Hey, one of those looks awfully familiar...

Published on March 14, 2007 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

Everyone here has heard a lot about Windows DreamScene, the extra for Windows Vista Ultimate users that lets you play pre-rendered video as your desktop background. It was one of the most anticipated extras after being showcased at CES 2007, and is something Stardock has partnered with Microsoft on to develop content and technology, which resulted in Stardock DeskScapes, an extension to DreamScene that allows more than just static video playback by adding event triggers, and the ability to build and display dynamic content (more on that soon).

As a part of the March patch bunch, Microsoft's Vista Ultimate team put up a pack of four new DreamScene videos for Ultimate users to download through Windows Update. Included in the pack are:

A close-up of some flowers swaying in a breeze
Rain falling on puddle on a sidewalk
A rushing forest stream
An orange plasma that you might find strangely familiar

Remember, if you have Vista Ultimate Edition, DeskScapes is a free extension to the DreamScene extra. You can get DeskScapes and all sorts of great animated wallpaper content at dream.wincustomize.com

Comments

ZubaZ

on Mar 14, 2007

Do we know who made the videos?

AzDude

on Mar 14, 2007

No we don't - thank goodness for DeskScapes , lets the author be known !

Hippie

on Mar 14, 2007

Well, all these work. And they're all mpg's.

Buttermaker

on Mar 14, 2007

Microsoft seems to be giving special treatment to Vista Ultimate Edition users and couldn't care less about the home users. I use Vista Home Premium and I don't get any special wallpaper or animated desktop back grounds. Why can't they give other users of Vista some extras too?

Erk.

on Mar 14, 2007

Microsoft seems to be giving special treatment to Vista Ultimate Edition users and couldn't care less about the home users.

Users of Ultimate have already shelled out the extra bucks ...pony up like we did & you get the content.

Well, all these work. And they're all mpg's

...and thats about all I have to add as well.

Pretty ordinary, actually. I liked the orange plasma one.

So far, the ones I've downloaded thru' WinCustomize have been of far better quality.

christianstipano

on Mar 15, 2007

hey guys i downloaded and installed update package and restarted the pc but where the hell are the dreams? i have downloaded and installed 5 of them from this site without any trouble. It would be nice if they would actually tell you where on the computer the updates have been installed too so i could find them??? i checked the upgrades section but it doesnt give any info of where the files are please help this is really annoying me

AzDude

on Mar 15, 2007

just right click and go to desktop backgrounds - go to picture location - to Windows Dream Scenes - and click on them to load - that's all .

christianstipano

on Mar 15, 2007

hey thanks alot azdude i didnt realize that clicking the arrow by the address gave you different options tthen the browse button thanks alot i have found them now

Frogboy

on Mar 15, 2007

Stardock did the orange plasma one.

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