How do I set a moving animated .gif image as my desktop b.g./wallpaper

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  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #1

    How do I set a moving animated .gif image as my desktop b.g./wallpaper


    Hi guys. I'm not all that computer literate but I have Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on my laptop and its hooked up to my 42" Full HD TV, used as my computer's monitor.
    I have downloaded and am trying to use this moving .gif image:

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_by_nevit.gif

    as my desktop background/wallpaper.
    I've Googled and Youtubed the subject, as many seem to say that Microsoft doesn't allow you to use animated .gif desktop backgrounds in Windows 7 but they say there are ways around it. They pretty much all say to use a program called DreamScene but that didn't work for me at all! I tried several times! I eventually found a trial version of a program called BioniX Desktop Wallpaper Animator that ran as an add-on program in the "Tools" menu inside another program called Bionix Wallpaper Changer. This worked perfectly! I stretched the gif to fill my screen. You could even set the speed of the .gif frames to make it seem exactly like the speed of real flames rising (the default speed was slightly too fast).
    BUT..
    I just turned my computer back on this morning and tried to run BioniX Desktop Wallpaper Animator, as I do every startup, to start the .gif running as my desktop background and it wouldn't let me.. A small window popped up whenever I tried to select the fire .gif to use, saying "Please Update"... I opened the main BioniX Wallpaper Changer program (which still works I might add...you can still use a playlist of normal jpg's as a slideshow fade-transition type background) and clicked the "Check for Updates" button but it said I already have the latest version. The Bionix Desktop Animator tool/program within it does not have a "Check for Updates" button. So I can only assume that because both are only free trials, that "Please Update" actually means "Please pay for the full version"...I can't do that. I don't have a credit card. But anyway... I also tried un-installing the program and re-installing it. This didn't work either!
    I was wondering if anyone knows of any other alternatives to BioniX that will allow me to permanently use this moving gif as my desktop background/wallpaper and select/change the play speed/frame-rate of the gif?? The search for an alternate program is doing my head in!!! Thanks again.
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    Please use the link above my signature to Fill in your system spec's page,
    Using a gif will not be possible but you can convert the gif to a wmv file to use it instead,
    how to play gif images in wall paper in windows 7
    But this is resource hog,
    Cheers.

    Here's a 1600-900 version of the gif which might be more appropriately sized for a desktop background,
    The file is 11.3mg so this is where the resources get eaten up
    Last edited by ThrashZone; 09 Nov 2015 at 06:48. Reason: zip-1600-900 removed dead link
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  3. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #3

    Welcome to Seven Forums WheelzWindows7. This should work with DreamScene Activator. It works with animated gifs. Download here;

    DreamScene Activator: Activate DreamScene In All Editions Of Windows 7 & Vista | door2windows

    Extract the zip file to the directory of your choice> Navigate to the folder you chose> Right click on the Windows 7 Dream Scene Activator application and choose Run as administrator> When the application opens, set it to On

    How do I set a moving animated .gif image as my desktop b.g./wallpaper-step-2.png

    Right click on your animated gif, and choose Set as Desktop Background

    That should do it. A Guy
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  4. Posts : 3
    windows 7 32bit
       #4

    thats stupid


    in windows xp all you needed to do is just "browse" and then upload the picture as a background picture
    and it will still acknowledge the animated feature of the .gif file

    in windows 7 it doesn't work for some reason, very sloppy programming i reckon
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  5. Posts : 757
    Win10 Pro 64-bit
       #5

    No, it's most likely to have one less route for malware to run when Windows loads.
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  6. Posts : 1
    windows 7 64 bit
       #6

    One method I've found that can work is if you create a html page with the gif as the whole page you can then set that html page as the desktop background. I know it works on XP but it might not work on 7 (can't check right now as I an on my wp8)
    The html would look like:
    <html>
    <body>
    <img src='path to file'>
    <body>
    <html>
    Last edited by Bottersnike; 24 Feb 2015 at 02:27. Reason: missed out the closing '
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  7. Posts : 759
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #7

    Hi, Aguy,
    Your link exe does not work and got neutralized by the panda antivirus free as a Potentially Unwanted programme. If i double click the exe, it says parameter incorrect? Any idea
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  8. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #8

    If your AV program blacklisted it, you'd have to find the setting and allow it. But I have stopped recommending his programs as many reported they include unwanted programs (PUP).

    https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/8...9f2e/analysis/

    https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-...-analysis.aspx

    Frankly, I'd stay away. Panda was doing it's job

    A Guy
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  9. Posts : 759
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #9

    Hi, A guy,
    Thanks for the reply. But what about solution to the problem. Is there no way to work with gif in Windows 7. Somebody suggested bionix. Would you recommend that? Will it work. Bionix screen saver
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  10. Posts : 759
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #10

    Hi, Aguy,
    I heard that i could split the gif in to single images and then from slide show, i could accomplish the task. Is it true? If, how to do it? Bionix wall paper of course works, but it does seem to me that it is taking some cpu usage. I know that it has to so as to get the animation, by it.
    Could i use it as screen saver?
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