Showing posts with label desktop window. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desktop window. Show all posts

Saturday, September 27, 2008

DeskScapes Troubleshooting Guide

The purpose of this guide is to walk DeskScapes users through steps to diagnose why animated wallpaper will not apply. There are key pieces that DeskScapes requires must be working in order for animated wallpaper to apply.
1. MPEG-2 Video Codec (for video dreams to work)
2. DirectX9 (D3D) must be installed (for dynamic dreams to work)
3. Desktop Window Manager (DWM) must be running (for any dream to work)

This guide will outline what do to in order to check that all of these pieces are working. MPEG-2 Video Codec If you are reading this document and are not familiar with the concept of a Video Codec a quick visit to this page is in order to familiarize yourself with codec software.

To display video dreams with DeskScapes, an MPEG-2 Video Decoder must be installed on your computer. Certain versions of Windows Vista (Home Premium and Ultimate) include a codec provided by Microsoft (the MicrosoftMPEG-2 Video Decoder). DeskScapes has been fully tested with the Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder. In order to determine if you have a proper video codec utilizing a third party utility usually works best. We usually like to use this utility called NirSoft InstalledCodec. You can download NirSoft's InstalledCodec from here.

Download pdf DeskScapes Troubleshooting Guide

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

In-a-Flash User Guide

You have received your Perspective Desktop application files on a USB Identity Token. Insert this USB flash drive into one of the open USB slots on your computer. The Perspective Identity Token window will appear. Click on ‘Launch Perspective Desktop’ using the program provided on the device’.

Once the application is launched, you will see the “loading progress” dialog, which will remain present until the application
is fully loaded into memory. This may take anywhere from a couple of seconds up to several minutes, depending on the speed of your computer and what else your computer is doing at the time. Please be patient while the application loads.

Once successfully logged in, the Perspective Desktop window will appear, giving you a one-click dashboard to access all your information resources in a secure environment. Features include:
• Remote Desktop Control / Accessing Remote Files
• Instant Messaging
• Text Conferencing
• File Transfer

Download pdf In-a-Flash User Guide