Hack to Run DreamScene in Vista Home Premium, Basic, Starter, Business and Enterprise
Own a non-Ultimate edition of Windows Vista, but very like the DreamScene application featured in Ultimate Extras package? With most OEM brand computers factory installed Windows Vista Home Premium or Home Basic, and corporates go for Windows Vista Enterprise edition, Microsoft will be earning a lot if everybody upgrade to Ultimate version with Windows Anytime Upgrade just for DreamScene. There’re alternative programs in VideoLAN’s VLC Player and BS.Player that can be used to set video as desktop background wallpaper, however, this is a hack to allow users in any editions of Vista to run native and original Windows DreamScene from Microsoft.
Hack to install Windows DreamScene in non-Ultimate Vista
- Download the patched DreamScene dll files package
NonUltimateDreamScene.zip (alternative link)(Sorry, Demand for Immediate Take Down received). - Unpack the archive content to a folder.
- Right click on InstallDreamScene.bat and select “Run as Administrator” to install Windows DreamScene on your non-Ultimate version of Vista. Answer “Y” to continue. You can also open elevated command prompt with administrator rights and type InstallDreamScene.bat to execute the batch script.
- Restart your computer.
Note: Apparently you can still download the patched version of DreamScene somewhere, however, most is offering incorrect version of install script, which was fixed in second edition. If you encounter problem, simply follow manual method below. Non-English version try to install English language pack. Please provide feedback at the forum or comment.
Voila, your system now will run DreamScene without paying hefty Ultimate price. If you prefer to manually to install the patched DreamScene DLL files, here’s the step-by-step guide:
- Download the patched DreamScene files as above and unpack to a folder.
- Copy DreamScene.dll to %WinDir%\System32\ folder.
- Copy DreamScene.dll.mui to %WinDir%\System32\en-US\ folder.
- In Windows Explorer, navigate to %WinDir%\System32\ folder.
- Right click on themecpl.dll file, and click on Properties on right click menu.
- Select the Security tab, then click Advanced.
- Subsequenly select the Owner tab, click Edit button. Press Continue (or log in if you’re not Administrator) on any User Access Control prompt.
- Select your Vista logon user name, then click OK button. Then click OK in any dialog window that pops up, and press OK again at Advanced Security Settings window.
- On Security tab, click the Edit button. Press Continue (or log in if you’re not already an Administrator) on User Access Control prompt.
- Click Add button, and click on Advanced button. Next press Find Now button, and then select your logged on user name. Press OK when done.
- Click OK again on Select Users or Groups dialog.
- On Permissions for themecpl.dll window, highlight your user name, and check the box next to “Full Control” under “Allow” column. Hit OK when done, and confirm any message. Click OK twice to exit from ownership taking process.
- Rename the file themecpl.dll in %WinDir%\System32 to themecpl.dll.original.
- Copy the patched version of themecpl.dll to %WinDir%\System32\ folder.
- Repeat step 4 - 12 on themecpl.dll.mui file located in %WinDir%\System32\en-US\ folder.
- After taking ownership, rename the file %WinDir%\System32\en-US\themecpl.dll.mui to themecpl.dll.mui.original.
- Copy the patched version of themecpl.dll.mui to %WinDir%\System32\en-US\ folder.
- Create a new folder in %windir%\Web named “Windows DreamScene” (without quotes). This is the location to place all your videos want to set as DreamScene wallpaper, and can be easily configured via Control Panel Personalization applet.
- Lastly, import and merge DreamScene.reg to registry.
- Reboot computer.
Using DreamScene
After patching, right click on any blank space on Desktop, select “Personalize”, then click on “Desktop Background”. Under location, select “Windows DreamScene Content”, and then select a animated video you want.
Source: UnfocusedOne
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May 11th, 2007 06:03
UK version that is
May 11th, 2007 06:03
neither manual nor bat version works for 64bit home premium
May 11th, 2007 06:01
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May 11th, 2007 04:41
Manual method worked. It appeared as though the only thing the automated method failed to to was to place a copy of of the DreamScene.dll into the system32 folder and a copy of DreamScene.dll.mui into the us-en folder. I performed all steps as documented, but I think if I were to do it over again, simply copying the 2 aforementioned files would have done the trick.
Thanks.
May 11th, 2007 04:12
I will try manual method…no, DreamScene content is not in the Location pull down menu. I’ll post back after trying manual method.
Thanks.
May 11th, 2007 02:06
Mark, can you try to install once again using manual method? Do you see Windows DreamScene content in the Location pull down menu?
May 11th, 2007 01:51
Not working on my vista home premium english language version. No option for dreamscene content. When I attempt to manually type in the file name for the dreamscene file, I get an error message stating” The file is not not one of the supported file types which include bmp jpg jpeg and dib. Please close this dialog and select a different picture for your background. Oh well…
May 11th, 2007 00:38
caschy, English language pack is available from Windows Update itself. But there is no guarantee that DreamScene will works after that, you have to try to install again and do let us known.
May 11th, 2007 00:29
[...] til now only Vista Ultimate users had the pleasure of using DreamScene, but as expected the hackers got their hands on it and figured out a way to make it work on any version of Windows Vista. The hacked version requires [...]
May 10th, 2007 23:27
Lol, is my whole system still legal AND german when i install an english language pack?
May 10th, 2007 20:02
caschy, DreamScene preview only work in English edition. You shouldn’t change to de-DE, instead, try to install English language pack.
May 10th, 2007 19:27
same i place the files put cant load them
the directory is created
u can only load pictures
May 10th, 2007 15:35
Here is what i have do:
- Change all en-EN to de-DE
- Apply the patch
- Apperance and Sounds are now complete in englisch
No Dreamscene in Desktop Background.
May 10th, 2007 13:38
Hi ZeroDegre, can you try to install English language pack (from Windows Update), and then try again to see if it works?
May 10th, 2007 13:27
Hi,
same roblem for me, it doesn’t seems to work on a french Vista HP.
the “Windows DreamScene content” does NOT appear in the list.
Thanks for the help if something is possible =)
May 10th, 2007 10:11
Hi caschy and Andy, do you see “Windows DreamScene Content” in Desktop Background?
May 10th, 2007 10:08
Kay, it’s not dreamscene, it should be “Windows DreamScene”.
May 10th, 2007 06:52
can i ask what do u do with the media file (i downloaded the dreamscene media file and did what was above))
i placed it into the dreamscene file under the c:/windows/web/dreamscene
but i cant select it via changes desktop theme
May 10th, 2007 06:40
[...] exclusive, available on all other versions of Windows Vista. This is reported by the tech blog My Digital life which is linking to a modified version of Dreamscene and describing on how to install and use this [...]
May 10th, 2007 06:13
thanks this finaly came round
i have ultimate, but also a legitamate buines too
now im going to try this out
May 10th, 2007 06:13
Not English UK, either. Tried both possibles. Nothing.
May 10th, 2007 05:26
Doesnt work with german Vista - nor when i changed the en-EN to de-DE in the batch file….
May 10th, 2007 04:57
[...] exclusive, available on all other versions of Windows Vista. This is reported by the tech blog My Digital life which is linking to a modified version of Dreamscene and describing on how to install and use this [...]
May 10th, 2007 04:50
you can download some DreamScene wallpapers from:
http://dreamscenevideo.net/blog/windows-dreamscene-update-pack-ready-for-download/
May 10th, 2007 03:53
Where can i set dreamscene wallpapers?