I'm using it on my office setup. Currently running Neil's Winter Snow dream because I have a dual monitor setup and it's one that shows on both.

Only problem I've seen is that when changing from one dream to another it will sometimes not apply. I find myself waiting for the dialog to finish and then hitting Apply again which usually works.

Note that even on Vista you need to be VERY patient when applying large size dreams. I've had them take a full minute or more to switch on my Vista Ultimate setup at home.

I use "The KMP Player" to run video of any kind on my machines and I guess it's installed the necessary codec's because I'm not missing any.

Office: XP Pro SP3, 3.0ghz pentium D, 3gb ram, 512 mb Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 PCIE

Seabass when I ran into my problem I restored the system to before I downloaded DeskScapes, so I guess you could consider that an uninstall.

I haven't tried it again so I just may do that based on your reply.  I'll post back and let you know what happens.

Okay, reloaded DeskScapes and I can see how human error entered into my last try.  It is so slow, the cursor is so slow.  No wonder I was clicking all over the place.

I only used the box dream, no bouncing going on.  All I got was a very slowly moving box. [e digicons]:O[/e]

So I can only take it that my specs (CPU and video card) and not good enough to run DeskScapes.  I wouldn't mind upgrading the video card if that would fix the problem but any more then that would not be money well spent. 

Unless someone has some ideas out there I know the answer, get a new computer with a dual or quad core CPU and move on.  It's just so hard to do that when the current computer isn't dead.

Oh well, decision time. [e digicons]:-"[/e]

Here's the problem as I see.  My current computer is still working, it's running all the programs that Stardock has that will run on an XP system with the one exception of DeskScape.  Do I get a new computer now, just so I can run DeskScape or wait about a year and get a new computer when Windows 7 comes out.

So unless there is a fix, say with new drivers I won't be runing DeskScape any time soon.

Then there's this other little problem, I'm not sure if I would even like DeskScape once I saw them on the desktop.  Not saying that folks are not putting out nice stuff but I don't sit and look at the desktop with no windows open.  If I'm not doing something on the computer I'm not sitting in front of it and the screen saver will come on anyways.

(WBs, WP, CFX, IP, OD+, OB, DX Widgets, Impulse & Dock are all running, not to mention a browser with several tabs open, no wonder DeskScape is slow.  I want to add DX Theme in there somehow also) [e digicons]:O[/e]

Hmmmm.  [e digicons]:-"[/e]

I have just opened Impulse and it says has problem retrieving update data....is that to do with Deskscapes, must I try the uninstall, re-install option....anyone please...thanks

I would wait for the first Service Pack to come out before upgrading. So that changes the timetable to likely 2 years. Keep in mind MS has never delivered on time so maybe 2.5 is more like it.

I'd suggest  you try installing this http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KMPlayer/1125962534/1 It's much better than Windows Media Player or Winamp, plays any video I've come across.

i'm getting the error of whenever i go to run Deskscapes,  for XP

that says the "application failed to start because the application's not configured properly to run on my system."

tried doing a uninstall...from impulse and it still installed,  as in does not unninstall...

thinking i'll wait for the updates and see if that solves it,  otherwise i'm at a loss as to how to fix...so any suggestions would be appreciated...

dreammaker's working fine though...just cant get the dreamtask to work on it...

Hello all! I just successfully installed Deskscapes 2.5.067 for XP and I am thrilled to finally have an animated desktop...a feature full of utility and decoration that has been overlooked for too long. Combined with Object Dock and WindowBlinds I finally have a near perfect OS. XP now feels like Oblivion with the number of high quality mods I can apply to it with dramatic effect.

PC Specs:

8800GTS/G92/512M Stock

Dual Core AMD Opteron 185 @ 2.8Ghz

2x1G DDR @ 215Mhz

PATA HDD on NForce4 SLI

1600x1200x32 @ 85Hz CRT.

Yesterday's gear, but I see zero performance impact. Everything is as snappy and vivid as can be.

All is not perfect: dreams frequently fail to "apply", requiring at worst a log-off and log-on back to Windows to unstick explorer.exe or instead another application window has to repaint the screen for the dream to "take". No blue screens, but common and repeatable hangs. I've seen this mentioned already so I'm sure it will be addressed.

I also didn't like the idea of Dream Manager, with rotating dreams, directory management, and other nifty and useful configuration chocies being a 3rd party pay program. Not that Dream Manager is bad, but that it is so useful and its functions so basic as to have me question why these rudimentary functions aren't included in Deskscapes itself? Perhaps I'm missing something but I can't even find a volume control for dreams with sound!

This really is a great step forward for XP and adds a whole dimension of possibility to the basic utilitarian desktop.

Robert Luttrell what is your video card and did you install using Impulse?

Did you reboot between uninstalls and reinstalls?

After uninstalling but before rebooting did you run a clean up program like CCleaner? (Don't really have to but it could help)

I rebooted between uninstall and install.  Did both through Impulse -- which prompted for a reboot after the uninstall but not after the install (rebootted anyway).  Hadn't tried CCleaner before but tried it this time (it did clean up some leftover Deskcape stuff after another uninstall) but it didn't help -- same "Run A DLL as an App" screen pops up.

Originally I was getting error message as kyosan1988 above is getting.  But that went away after one of the reinsatllations and now just the DLL/App error screen.

Windows XP, SP3 and VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP

We are not waiting for any nvidia driver updates.

The driver update is specifically an ATI one.

For those of you on AGP systems, if you find dynamic content is slow you could try adding the following registry key

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Deskscapes

and create a string value called NoAA and set it to 1.  Then apply a dynamic dream.

I, too, had problems getting deskscapes to work on my XP system.  I have an Nvidia GeForce 8800GT video card, which was not a problem.  Each time I went to run a dream, my desktop would freeze and I would have to reboot.  I made sure the dreams  were in Documents and Settings/My Documents/Stardock/Dreams.  I had to click each one to get them to show up in display properties.   Once they were there I could only run the non-mpeg2 dreams.  So, I downloaded an Mpeg2 video decoder that my son uses for anime movies.  Now I can run all of the dreams.  But, am unable to switch from dream to dream without first disabling  the dream that was running.  If I don't, and try to change from dream to dream, the screen locks and I am then unable to access display properties with a right click and have to reboot.  Not sure if any of you are running into the same problems, but the program seems to be working fine with the exception of being able to swith from dream to dream.