DS, Not Working :(

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Its been a mess, I have tried more than 10 different DeskScapes animated backgrounds, found a ton that work on my one pc with 1 screen but copy it to the double screen pc and nothing, just a static screen. Both is running XP Media Centre, and Im using Windows to manage the double screen setup, also they are independant of each other (not stretched or cloned) and so there should be no troubles but the same background (same setup as in reg windows). Any ideas

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Check your codecs?

And on the PC that fails, does bouncing box run?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I can't run it, too.

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Both is running XP Media Centre
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Deskcapes in XP will only work on the primary monitor. There are a couple that have been modified to work on dual screens in XP. They are the ones by Neil Banfield. https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?acid=689

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If your using XP like me I've never been able to get anything really working with Deskscapes. Was a nice idea and I appreciated the effort but I gave up and uninstalled it.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 Just like WebGizmos I've not had any luck running Deskscapes on my XP system. :S

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

So, deskscape for xp is bad. I will use desktopfx.

http://www.desktopfx.net/

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

What are the specs of the machines that fail to run deskscapes?  Are they a separate video card(pcie or agp) or built on m/b agp or pcie chipsets? I believe other posts have mentioned that Agp cards do not work with Deskscapes.  You require as PCI-E card to run it i gbelieve.

Hope that helps

GigaByte69

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

All my codes are working and all computers I have are used to run high end software. Im able to run the original crysis full specs (everything maxed) and still get 30-40 fps. I unfortuneately have no errors and it was not like I expected it to run over both screens as you need to buy the specialized dual monitor deskscapes. Any other ideas?

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

I get and error that I have a APG card and it won't run.  I find this odd since my graphics card supports VISTA and I had it running deskcapes when it first came out.    Some AGP cards do support Avivo video like mine ATI X1950 Pro. I ask the question why does Dreamscapes2.6 in XP not work? What is the incompatibility with a APG card exactly