The new Windows Vista has some very cool features aside from Aero, one of those features is Vista DreamScenes. It’s a tool that allows you to have animated wallpapers on your desktop. A Vista animated background is eating a lot of memory but fortunately only if you are on the desktop. Don’t worry about it unless you have a very old PC.

To setup your own animated background Vista Ultimate requires a format called “.dream”. Should you be using another Windows Vista, then you will have to buy Vista DeskScapes. Unfortunately there is only a paid version available, because Windows DreamScenes was intended to be an exclusive feature of Vista Ultimate, but DeskScapes is worth the small fee of $19.

DeskScapes

One of the biggest sources for animated vista backgrounds is http://dreams.wincustomize.com
Island Dog one of their top authors is releasing a short movie of new Windows DreamScenes every month. To get an overview of the last year I have gathered all links and videos which are spread over many pages.

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Requirements:

If you do NOT own Vista Ultimate you have to buy DeskScapes in order to setup animated desktop backgrounds. Since it is very cheap I can only recommend to buy DeskScapes here.

May 07:

• ATI Ruby
• High-Tech
• Orange Tube
• Star Destroyer Convoy
• Falling Rain
• Living Blue Wallpaper
• Shark Pit
• Spout
• Desktop Collage

June 07:

• USA Flag
• Aurorix 1440
• The Moon
• Island Oasis
• Grimstad Grassfield 1
• RED
• Lava Lamp
• Liquid Dream

July 07:

• Reflect (Blue)
  Earth To Saturn
• Super Mario Bros 3
• Caustic Motion
• Electric Vista – Yellow
• Poubel Sunset

August 07:

• Sunset Sea V.1.1
• Plasma Ball v2
• Snow FLakes Edition 1
• The lines 2
• Poubel Rays v1.0

September 07:

Video: Animated Wallpapers – Sept. ’07 Edition

• lava_planet
• foggy desktop
• corpuscule2
• Poubel Hill
• hot_coals
• Poubel Tafiti v1.1

October 07:

• Rest in Peace
• red_clouds
• Poubel Sun v1.0
• Comet II Deep Impact
• midnight_moon
• Poubel Island v1.0

Nov 07:

• Winters here
• Waterfall
• unreal3
• The Artifact
• Nanosuite – Max Strength
• Waterwall
• Crystal Island
• Photo Dream

December 07:

• Star Travel
• Midnight Sun
• Dreamfalls
• Alien Where?
• UFO
• Winter Snow (4,95$)

2008

January 08:

• Surfs Up
• EarthAndMoon
• Angel Wings
• Spirit Dance
• Summer Breeze
• Tunnel of Love
• Poubel Coconuts

February 08:

• Creek Side in Winter
• Earth Moon Sun
• Mid-Day Sea
• WS_Engulf_Blue
• Solar Flare
• EarthLights
• Poubel Desert
• Utopia Prime ($4,99)

March 08:

• Distant Waterfall
• Cosy Fireplace
• Poubel Vista
• Pirate Skull
• Poubel Red Sky
• Ocean
• Tropical Paradise

April 08:

• The Rift
• The Rose
• Trader Harbour
• Necklace
• Fireplace
• Trippin
• Sunny Beach
• Cosmos

May 08:

• Dream Fall
• Nebulae
• Serious Twirls
• Impulse
• Spaceart
• Red Giant ($3,99)

June 08:

• The Sunset Glory
• Firey Mars
• Deep Sea Life 2
• Fire
• Earth Fusion
• Red Wings
• Waves
• Plastic Flow

July 08:

• Fire Storm
• SpyroGyro
• Lagerfeuer
• Fish tank
• Dead planet
• Sunset at fairyglade
• Stardock Cloud
• Asteroids ($4,99)

Videos currently down:

2007:

March 07:

Video: Animated Wallpaper: This Month in Dream (March ’07)

• Stellar Dream
• Blue Ocean
• Bay Bridge
• Electric Colors
• Fire Scape
• Leuchturm
• Tulips
• Under-Water

April 07:

Video: Animated Wallpapers: This Month in Dreams – April ’07

• LUXE
• Mood Bubbles
• Green Plasma
• AURA by NGTV
• Nebula Flight
• Blue Horizon
• Rainbow Goo Flow
• Circles
• Frosted Glows
• Expanding shapes

Requirements to add the wallpaper above:

Grab DeskScapes here.