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Vista wallpaper artifacting Anonymous
When I use a PNG image as a wallpaper under Vista it seems to be adding artifacts to the picture. Even images that work fine on XP do this in Vista. WTF is going on besides Vista sucking?
>> Anonymous
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAD TO BE ON THE BLEEDING EDGE, DIDN'T YOU!?!?!?!??! DIDN'T YOU?!!?!??!!
>> Anonymous
I get the same problem on my system sometimes (XP Home). Since I've been using Winwall to change my wallpapers, problem solved.

No clue if Winwall is Vista-compat though.
>> Anonymous
>>194351Vista Sucking

Yes that is exactly whats going on.
PROTIP: Uninstall vista and reinstall something else.
>> Anonymous
>>194352
My college offered Vista for free so yes, I HAD TO BE ON THE BLEEDING EDGE.

>>194370
Dual-boot machine, I still have XP. I am just just interested in knowing if i can fix Vista.
>> Anonymous
>>194439
Probably nothing a bit of time, a service pack or two, and some third party software can't fix. Yay Windows.
>> Anonymous
>>194351
Jus uninstall Vista, it sucks atm.
>> Anonymous
>>194351
I've been using Vista for about 6 months, I've never had any problems with artifacting.
>> Anonymous
PROTIP: GET LINUX
>> Anonymous
>>194497
My machine was once triple-boot with XP, Vista and Linux. After a week I determined I would never use anything but Windows and Macintosh OSes ever again. This is of course due to the fact that Linux is not only made of free but AIDS as well.
>> ~Caine!
I'm loling
seriously
when has Microsuckithard ever put out a OS that worked on launch?
3.11, NT4.0 & 2k. Thats it yo.
>> Anonymous
Enough fucking OS wars. Save it for /v/ and /g/.

>>194351
Is it ALL png images or just some of the ones you have?
>> Anonymous
>>194562
It's all. I've tried resaving them as bmp, since that's what Windows likes anyway, and it still does it.
>> ~Caine!
>>194562
thars wisdom in that statement

If it does it when you set it to BMP vista must be re-attributing the file to work with its unique features.
I don't have vista but I am going to speculate that maybe this feature can be turned off, or set to ignore the wallpaper.
>> Anonymous
microsoft hate file formats that they havent stolen yet to pass-off as their own creation
>> Anonymous
Just look at this:

http://shellrevealed.com/blogs/shellblog/archive/2006/10/28/The-Background-on-Backgrounds.aspx

The post is a WFT all in itself. And to think these clowns are in charge of important stuff... It seems a miracle anything works at all.

Keep an eye on Microsoft blogs to see how fucked up they are. The only one that seems to have a clue is Raymond Chen, and he doesn't seem as active as he was before, almost never talking about Vista.
>> Anonymous
>>194578

Jesus H Christ that's retarded. So it seems if I set the PNG from an internet browser it fixes my problem...oh well, whatever. Thanks for your help /w/.
>> Anonymous
Kute Kitty
>> Anonymous
That's not a kitty. It's more like a dog. (Liru's werewolf form) From Magical Pokaan -anime.
>> Anonymous
Funny, on XP I am having similar problems with John's Background Switcher.

Maybe there is the fault of some library or converter... Oh well, the darned thing's random sucks and it hasn't been updated in ages.