Run Screensaver As Desktop Background

Animated desktop backgrounds are a hot topic since Microsoft made them popular with the release of Dreamscene for Windows Vista Ultimate. We covered ways to use screensavers as Vista wallpapers in the past but the following method works both in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Screen2Dream is a portable application for Windows XP or Windows Vista that requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0. The software program will automatically provide the means to turn any installed system screensaver into an animated desktop wallpaper.

This is done by pressing by selecting one of the available screensavers and pressing the start button in the program’s interface afterwards. Each screensaver is shown in a small preview window in the interface as well to aid the user in the decision.

Unlike a screensaver the animated desktop wallpaper will continue to be shown even if the user starts working with the computer again. Pressing the stop button in the application will turn the animated desktop wallpaper off and display the previous desktop background again. The only other option provided in the interface is to start the application with Windows.

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Tags: 360 desktop, animated wallpaper, portable software, screen2dream, screensaver, screensaver wallpaper, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

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4 Responses to “Run Screensaver As Desktop Background”

1. garbanzo says:

   December 5, 2008 at 9:08 pm

   i’m gonna have to try this with Fliqlo :)

   http://www.9031.com/downloads/screensavers.html

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2. Siva says:

   December 5, 2008 at 10:22 pm

   guys where can i get quality screensavers for my vista ???

   and my screen size is widescreen…

   thnks in advance

   Reply
3. Ehsan says:

   December 18, 2008 at 11:09 am

   Can’t wait to dig my teeth in

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   December 5, 2008 at 9:21 pm

   [...] Screen2Dream – mažytė programėlė, kuri ekrano užsklandą padeda tiesiai ant darbastalio – beveik kaip darbastalio fono paveikslėlį. Rašau „beveik“, nes ji užkloja darbastalio piktogramas. Dar netikrinau, kaip ji veiktų su 3D užsklandomis, kurios keičia ekrano gebą, bet su tradicinėmis Windows aplinkoje veikia normaliai. (gHacks) [...]

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