phillip1966 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Alas more Problems in Win 95!... Installed Win95 Plus! Desktop themes into same old comp for son. Now all the Background pics in each of them(Inside your Computer,the 60's,Dangerous Creatures,etc) are gone! only thing that comes up are Black solid background.tried reinstalling from file- worked flawlessly before- Now no soap ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Von Cookie Koopa Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 If you miss your themes so much then I suggest importing from another computer with them. I would just go to themes and install the files manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanrs Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Do you have Active Desktop installed? If I recall correclty, most , if not all, themes had a JPEG wallpaper, and these cannot be applied without it.If you need instructions on how to install it, look here Installing Active Desktop Update - Lightspeed's Windows 95 page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1966 Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Again...thanks to those with helpful information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Don't do it! The Active Desktop 'update' will integrate IE4 into Windows 95 and slow down your PC. Convert the JPG files to BMP instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanrs Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Don't do it! The Active Desktop 'update' will integrate IE4 into Windows 95 and slow down your PC. Convert the JPG files to BMP instead.Applying the Desktop Update is really a matter of taste. I myself constantly use other features like the Quick Launch bar (my taskbar has two rows, one for shortcuts and other for the task buttons, because I hate a cluttered desktop). Also, if he said it used to work, it probably means he used to have it installed, so he's probably used to the slowdown.You do have a valid point, though, and I myself disable the Active Desktop (JPEG/HTML wallpapers and Web Objects) per se, even on Win98/2K/XP, as it is, in my opinion, the most noticeable slowdown of the IE integration.phillip1966: If you want a (relatively) quick way to apply a JPEG as a wallpaper without Active Desktop, open the file with Internet Explorer (if it is not the defalt handler, open an IE window and drag the file there), right-click the image and select "Set as Wallpaper". IE will conver the image to a bitmap file (%windir%\Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp) and apply this BMP file as your wallpaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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