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Guest Robert Lee
Posted

Okay, so I went to animate my desktop background via Control

Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Personalization>Desktop Background, I

chose 'Windows DreamScene Content' in the 'Location' drop-down menu, chose a

sample video, then a dialogue box above the taskbar told me 'Windows

DreamScene Cannot Start' because 'Windows DreamScene can only run when

Windows Aero scheme is selected.' So I hunt around with search and finally

end up on the Microsoft Help area which tells me that Aero is part of the

Vista Ultimate package. So I think, "O.K. Why won't it run then?" (No Answer)

So then I find out that I have to download the 'DreamScene Preview' from

Windows Update, but when I go to Windows Update, there is no option for

'DreamScene Preview'. So I think again. "Hmmm, I must have already downloaded

it automatically. So why won't it run?" (Guess what! No answer again.) So

then I think, "If it won't run, and it is not in the Windows Update list,

maybe Microsoft dropped the ball somewhere. Then I thought, "Naaww! Microsoft

is too good and too perfect to do that." (Actually, I NEVER thought THAT!) So

anyone know how I am supposed to get my desktop background to animate when I

can't find what the help section tells me I need to find and use in order to

switch to the Aero scheme which I also can't find but that I'm supposed to be

able to have and/or find and activate the DreamScene Preview which Microsoft

tells me is a preview since the final release isn't released yet. Hmm. You'd

think something that simple would be easy to fix. (Oh yeah. We're talking

about Microsoft.)

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Robert S. Lee

Master Electrician

Guest Robert Lee
Posted

Actually, I just found the DreamScene Preview was downloaded in my Windows

Update history, but I still can't find or figure out the Aero part of it. Is

Aero a theme somewhere? Is Aero a program somewhere? Is Aero a magic genie

somewhere? (Might have more luck if it was !)

--

Robert S. Lee

Master Electrician

 

 

"Robert Lee" wrote:

> Okay, so I went to animate my desktop background via Control

> Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Personalization>Desktop Background, I

> chose 'Windows DreamScene Content' in the 'Location' drop-down menu, chose a

> sample video, then a dialogue box above the taskbar told me 'Windows

> DreamScene Cannot Start' because 'Windows DreamScene can only run when

> Windows Aero scheme is selected.' So I hunt around with search and finally

> end up on the Microsoft Help area which tells me that Aero is part of the

> Vista Ultimate package. So I think, "O.K. Why won't it run then?" (No Answer)

> So then I find out that I have to download the 'DreamScene Preview' from

> Windows Update, but when I go to Windows Update, there is no option for

> 'DreamScene Preview'. So I think again. "Hmmm, I must have already downloaded

> it automatically. So why won't it run?" (Guess what! No answer again.) So

> then I think, "If it won't run, and it is not in the Windows Update list,

> maybe Microsoft dropped the ball somewhere. Then I thought, "Naaww! Microsoft

> is too good and too perfect to do that." (Actually, I NEVER thought THAT!) So

> anyone know how I am supposed to get my desktop background to animate when I

> can't find what the help section tells me I need to find and use in order to

> switch to the Aero scheme which I also can't find but that I'm supposed to be

> able to have and/or find and activate the DreamScene Preview which Microsoft

> tells me is a preview since the final release isn't released yet. Hmm. You'd

> think something that simple would be easy to fix. (Oh yeah. We're talking

> about Microsoft.)

> --

> Robert S. Lee

> Master Electrician

Guest TaurArian [MS-MVP]
Posted

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx

Troubleshoot problems with Windows Aero

 

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"Robert Lee" <mrrobertlee@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:0552D6EA-21CB-4D72-83B8-202EE8882A87@microsoft.com...

| Actually, I just found the DreamScene Preview was downloaded in my Windows

| Update history, but I still can't find or figure out the Aero part of it. Is

| Aero a theme somewhere? Is Aero a program somewhere? Is Aero a magic genie

| somewhere? (Might have more luck if it was !)

| --

| Robert S. Lee

| Master Electrician

|

|

| "Robert Lee" wrote:

|

| > Okay, so I went to animate my desktop background via Control

| > Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Personalization>Desktop Background, I

| > chose 'Windows DreamScene Content' in the 'Location' drop-down menu, chose a

| > sample video, then a dialogue box above the taskbar told me 'Windows

| > DreamScene Cannot Start' because 'Windows DreamScene can only run when

| > Windows Aero scheme is selected.' So I hunt around with search and finally

| > end up on the Microsoft Help area which tells me that Aero is part of the

| > Vista Ultimate package. So I think, "O.K. Why won't it run then?" (No Answer)

| > So then I find out that I have to download the 'DreamScene Preview' from

| > Windows Update, but when I go to Windows Update, there is no option for

| > 'DreamScene Preview'. So I think again. "Hmmm, I must have already downloaded

| > it automatically. So why won't it run?" (Guess what! No answer again.) So

| > then I think, "If it won't run, and it is not in the Windows Update list,

| > maybe Microsoft dropped the ball somewhere. Then I thought, "Naaww! Microsoft

| > is too good and too perfect to do that." (Actually, I NEVER thought THAT!) So

| > anyone know how I am supposed to get my desktop background to animate when I

| > can't find what the help section tells me I need to find and use in order to

| > switch to the Aero scheme which I also can't find but that I'm supposed to be

| > able to have and/or find and activate the DreamScene Preview which Microsoft

| > tells me is a preview since the final release isn't released yet. Hmm. You'd

| > think something that simple would be easy to fix. (Oh yeah. We're talking

| > about Microsoft.)

| > --

| > Robert S. Lee

| > Master Electrician

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