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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July 7th, 2008 06:12
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July 1st, 2008 22:23
simon microsoft made them take it off as it was breaking some laws ect
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June 13th, 2008 00:05
Hey listen you guys gotta help! I have windows vista business 64bit and well Ive tried installing this dreamscene thing like a million times only to have my computer tell me it cant display the page when i right click on my desktop. This is a beautiful lil vista program and i want it so bad…….could you reply and give me some help or better yet email me at scottyknowsall@hotmail.com
Thanx
June 10th, 2008 20:51
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June 8th, 2008 06:49
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May 28th, 2008 09:12
hi…
May 24th, 2008 18:30
[...] but you want to install Dreamscene? Hope comes in different forms. My Digital Life has a hack right here; user geniusguy posted a patch in the mechodownload forums; dreamscene.org has instructions on how [...]
May 22nd, 2008 17:06
Here is a link to 13 Dreamscene all in the MPG format that I uploaded. They include some of the best Dreamscenes, including the ‘premium’ dream, ‘Blissful Sunset’.
Enjoy!
http://cid-68e9fc6643f4f126.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/MPG%20Dreamscenes
May 17th, 2008 08:21
thanks for crack
May 13th, 2008 23:46
[...] myDigitalLife fand ich dann eine Beschreibung, um DreamScene auch auf Windows Vista Home Premium laufen zu [...]
May 13th, 2008 21:53
wtf, when ever i click on the link, i cum back to this same page
May 13th, 2008 21:43
wtf, every link i click brings me back to this page
May 7th, 2008 10:39
Thanks a lot!!
Its working!
but, i downloaded in another site xD
thanks thanks.
May 5th, 2008 14:13
[...] 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista Ultimate with Windows DreamScene installed. Of course, there is hack to install DreamScene on non-Ultimate Vista, or use alternative media player such as BS.Player and VLC Player to enable the DreamScene effect [...]
April 24th, 2008 08:23
I tried using this the manual way.
When i go to Personalization, it just shows “The page failed to load”
April 18th, 2008 03:32
This is lame, I also have done this an don’t get the DreamScene option under Desktop Backgrounds. I call shannigans
March 21st, 2008 12:42
where can i find the file? it keeps bringing me back to this page
March 10th, 2008 11:16
Great tutorial! Thanks a lot! Explained perfectly, worked perfectly. The only confusing part was “merging” the registry…I wasn’t quite sure at first what that entailed. But I got it. It just means to double click it and click Yes and so on on all the boxes that come up.
Thanks!
March 4th, 2008 08:31
I have done this over an over but it still will not work, I am using vista premuim but cant get it to work…
February 26th, 2008 08:54
Should you be albe to play .dream files or just .avi and .wmv files?
February 14th, 2008 14:40
hook it up
February 12th, 2008 15:49
dreamscene wont work on XP, it requires aero glass.
February 10th, 2008 02:56
can you provide a hack for xp?
it will be fine
February 8th, 2008 10:26
I installed it manually exactly like the instructions stated. When I right click and go to personalize….the window just flashes and goes away. When I open it through control panel….it just opens up a blank window. Please help!!
February 7th, 2008 18:35
Where the heck is the download link, every link I click just takes me back to this page???