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Thread ID: 78996	2007-05-05 02:43:00	Is there a way to automatically change background everytime I turn laptop on?	--Wolf-- (128)	Press F1

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547174	2007-05-05 02:43:00	I'm on a roll here today, so I might as well get this one out there too. Is there a way, so that every time I turn my laptop on, there is a different desktop background picture? Like, say I have a folder of about 50 pictures, can I somehow set it so that every time I restart/turn on one of them will RANDOMLY become the new desktop background, until I restart/turn off. Like a slideshow..except it only moves on a reboot. Hope that makes sense?	--Wolf-- (128)
547175	2007-05-05 02:50:00	Right click on your desktop and go to properties (if my memory serves me correctly) and change the background settings to - everytime I turn my PC on.	winmacguy (3367)
547176	2007-05-05 02:51:00	Hi Wolf, Hope this helps : www.tropicalwares.com I use I think version 2.4 of Wallmaster, just the normal version. I think there is also a pro version which you have to pay a bit for, though it lets you have a list of upto 32,000 wallpapers rather than the 50 which the free version offers (who needs/has 32k wallpapers anyway?). I've been using it for a year or so now and found it pretty cool. Doesn't seem to conflict with startup speeds at all, nor with any of my other applications. You can configure different display settings for each wallpaper and there is also an option for it to change the wallpaper randomly at startup/every few minutes etc. as well as an option to have it change them in an order of your choosing.	Deathwish (143)
547177	2007-05-05 02:53:00	Right click on your desktop and go to properties (if my memory serves me correctly) and change the background settings to - everytime I turn my PC on. :waughh: Is there such a feature for Windows XP, or is that on Mac's only? I remember seeing something on Mac before I think, though my experience there is very little.	Deathwish (143)
547178	2007-05-05 04:02:00	Hi Wolf, Hope this helps : www.tropicalwares.com I use I think version 2.4 of Wallmaster, just the normal version. I think there is also a pro version which you have to pay a bit for, though it lets you have a list of upto 32,000 wallpapers rather than the 50 which the free version offers (who needs/has 32k wallpapers anyway?). I've been using it for a year or so now and found it pretty cool. Doesn't seem to conflict with startup speeds at all, nor with any of my other applications. You can configure different display settings for each wallpaper and there is also an option for it to change the wallpaper randomly at startup/every few minutes etc. as well as an option to have it change them in an order of your choosing. Just got it up and running, and so far it seems to work great. Thanks for your help.	--Wolf-- (128)
547179	2007-05-05 23:10:00	You can do this without the addition of any extra software with a simple .vbs script, but it doesn't have as many features and is hardly easier to use... I guess you could argue that it's just so much smaller? Either way, just so you know... The script is copied below - all you have to do is modify it so that it reads from a folder you specify, and then set it as one of your login scripts (which you can configure through start -> run -> compmgmt.msc -> Local users and Groups -> Right click your name -> Properties -> Profile -> Login script. The alternative way (which is nicer IMHO), is to edit your local group policy: start -> run -> gpedit.msc -> User Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Scripts -> Logon. Here's the script (I originally wrote it to use a remote folder by first mapping a drive, so it's been hacked up and not tested, but should work): [code]Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 'Make a filesystem object Dim objFileSystem Set objFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'The path of the wallpaper [change this] Dim strWallDir strWallDir = "C:\Wallpaper\" 'make sure the trailing backslash remains 'Create an object to hold the file contents of the wallpaper folder Dim objFiles Set objFiles = objFileSystem.GetFolder(strWallDir).Files 'Seed the random generator with the current time (pseudo-random, sure) Randomize 'Declare variables for the limits of the random number generated, and the number itself Dim intLowerBound, intUpperBound, intRandIndex intLowerBound = 1 intUpperBound = objFiles.Count intRandIndex = Int((intUpperBound - intLowerBound) * Rnd + intLowerNumber) ' Declare variables for the counter and the file name of the wallpaper Dim i, strWallFile ' Loop through the files in the folder until one's index matches the random int. ' It would be a lot cleaner and easier to pull this directly from the files collection ' using .Item, but as yet I don't know how to use an integer index. int i = 1 For Each objFile In objFiles If i = intRandIndex Then strWallFile = objFile.Name End If i = i + 1 Next 'Make a Shell object (for My Documents path) Dim objShell Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 'Check it exists, just for kicks If objFileSystem.FileExists%2	Growly (6)
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