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tom_simes
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17th Apr 06 at 13:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it possible to set this webpage as a streaming screensaver, or background, on Windows XP?
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg

It updates every minute or two, and would be so cool!

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17th Apr 06 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
Is it possible to set this webpage as a streaming screensaver, or background, on Windows XP?


Yes - it is
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17th Apr 06 at 14:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How?
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Would like that as a screensaver

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17th Apr 06 at 15:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right hand click on desktop, properties, desktop tab, customize desktop, web tab, then new on the right, add url and synchronize..

i might try it too


i tried...




not too sure if refreshing though...

[Edited on 17-04-2006 by abdus]
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Thought you might now like to see this:



Thanks Abdus!
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no, only refreshes when you click F5 on the desktop.
Its cool!
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no problemo...trying to find out how to work the auto refresh

BTW you can make it to cover the desktop completely

[Edited on 17-04-2006 by abdus]
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Yea, I found that, but it goes fuzzy, so I like it as it is!
I will keep subscribed to this thread, but please u2u me if you find out how to auto refresh!
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yes, i'll let you know...
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you can set up an active desktop (not sure if icons stay though) which is a html file, just use the refresh meta tag at the top to refresh every 60secs or so
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^^ what he said

this is the code

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="5">

change the 5 to how many seconds you want
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18th Apr 06 at 13:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote 
code:


<html>

  <head>

    <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60">

  </head>



  <body>

    <img src="http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg" width="640" height="480">

  </body>



</html>
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how do you set up an active desktop, with all this infomation in?
Thanks guys
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Open notepad and copy the above text into it, save the file as file.html in a good location such as My Documents. Then set the page as your active desktop.
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tried this but its stuck bottom right, is there a way to make sure picture is centred on screen, have tried <center> tags
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You can un-check the box that locks the actuve desktop and drag it about/re-size it all... Move it, re-size and lock it in place, thats what I have done
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I have copied the text and set it up; no problem, but it still doesn't automatically update, only when I refresh the desktop.
Any ideas?
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Works for me
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I've tried it that way and it doesn't automatically refresh for me either

 
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