Odd Wallpaper Behavior Problem
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 by GreyStone | Discussion: Stardock Software
Running XP Pro and WB 4.40.036. Straight, sharp edges in some wallpaper images (for example, Cutting Edge), appear jagged when Show Desktop Icons is selected in XP. With this option deselected, the image appears correctly. Never saw this problem referenced anywhere and I'm out of ideas. Using an ATI RADEON 9800 Pro, 128MB RAM, Stock Catalyst drivers, 2.6 GHz P4, 1GB system RAM, 19" trinitron monitor @ 75 hertz, 1024x768 resolution and 32bpp color.
GreyStone
Reply #2 Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:04 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:04 PM
Nope, not using ClearType. Just for the heck of it I tried turning ClearType on, no difference.
Brock Beesley
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:11 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:11 AM
yeah . . . I had that problem too . . . are you (or have you ever used) DesktopX? It's when I first loaded DesktopX that the problem happened. There are a couple of options that you could do (because I never got the problem actually fixed).
1. You could use IconX to spruce up your desktop with those icons.
2. You could go into the settings of DesktopX and tell it to hide the icons.
3. If you use Sysmetrix, you could have it hide the icons.
1. You could use IconX to spruce up your desktop with those icons.
2. You could go into the settings of DesktopX and tell it to hide the icons.
3. If you use Sysmetrix, you could have it hide the icons.
Koasati
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:08 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:08 AM
There has to be more to it than running DX. I use DX from time to time, and I've never seen this problem.
MGiff
Reply #5 Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:22 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:22 AM
Mine does that when I activate "lock web items on desktop"
eieio
Reply #6 Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:45 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:45 AM
As a test, try refreshing your desktop the next time it happens (click on the desktop and hit F5).
I've noticed XP sometimes 'shifts' the wallpaper around for various reasons. I think it may be associated with having the wallpaper set to 'stretch'
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I've noticed XP sometimes 'shifts' the wallpaper around for various reasons. I think it may be associated with having the wallpaper set to 'stretch'
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GreyStone
Reply #7 Friday, October 22, 2004 2:47 PM
Reply #7 Friday, October 22, 2004 2:47 PM
Thanks for the suggestions. Tried all of them and still no difference. This is really wierd.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:22 AM