How to set a video as a desktop wallpaper on Windows XP

Everyone has a wallpaper, even the dweeb who aces the exams. I have tried find most of the coolest wallpapers on the net. Someone finds even better than I did and all goes to waste.Then, a friend of mine asked me if you can put a video of a movie or a clip as a wallpaper.

This idea was awesome. Nobody knew about it (If they had, I would have seen it) and so nobody tried. I searched and finally found it (No, it's not a software, it's a trick). So for all you guys, here it is:

• Before you go ahead, you need to have VLC. you can get it here.
• Start VLC
• Click on Tools and then choose Preferences.
• On the Preferences Window, select Video (It's on the left)
• In Video Settings, for Output choose DirectX video output instead of Default/Automatic
  
  


• Click Save and restart VLC
• Start any movie or clip
• Right click on the screen, under Video choose DirectX Wallpaper/Set As Wallpaper. or Choose Video from the top menu and then choose DirectX Wallpaper/Set As Wallpaper.

If you are using Window's Aero theme, you will get a warning

• Minimize VLC (Yep! Don't close it) and voila!

If you want to get your wallpaper back, then

• Resize VLC
• Choose Video from top menu and select DirectX Wallpaper.
• Now sometimes it will not work, so just get a new wallpaper (Sorry, this post is about setting a video as a wallpaper, I am not gonna tell you about setting you wallpaper)

Now there might be other methods that I have not mentioned. Please feel free to share.

That's that and enjoy as well as impress other people.

Thanks for reading and as always please comment.

Remove Windows XP Splash Screen

Have you ever wondered, what exactly happens when Windows boots up? Now, those who have Linux can see a long list of things when Linux boots but in Windows, we get a Splash Screen (sorta animation). Now, this sucks in many ways. How many of you wanted to show that your system is super awesome? With a splash screen, nobody takes heed but remove that, and well you are a rockstar (kinda).

There is a way to remove the splash screen, which is:

• Open System Properties. (You have to go to Start Menu, then click on Control Panel. Click on System and finally on Settings)
• Click Advanced (It's the tab on the top of the box)
• Click Settings in the Startup and Recovery section.
• In the new box, in the System Startup section, click Edit. (This will open boot.ini in a notepad)
• Find the line that ends with /fastdetect
• Position your cursor to the right after the paramter and press space.
• Then, add /SOS
• Save the file.
• Close both the dialog boxes.
• Restart the system and watch.

It is as simple as that. Oh! If you are wondering, how I remove it. Just follow the same procedure as mentioned above but remove the /SOS and the job is complete.

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