{"id":1282,"date":"2015-04-27T15:42:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:45","slug":"set-gif-image-desktop-background-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/set-gif-image-desktop-background-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Gif Desktop Background in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Decorating computer screen with attractive <a title=\"themes\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/windows-10-themes-free-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">themes<\/a> and awesome wallpapers isn&#8217;t a new thing, and according to the development of technology it goes increased.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s quite easy to set image as background\u00a0(desktop background) in Windows operating system but when it comes to <strong>set an Animated GIF as desktop background\u00a0<\/strong>then you may feel very difficult because Windows does not support using animated picture or video as desktop backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Windows Vista Ultimate edition, Microsoft has released a useful feature called &#8220;<strong>Windows DreamScene<\/strong>&#8221; to set a video clip as desktop background but the feature is not officially available for Windows 7 operating system and other versions of Windows. But it sounds good that you can use the DreamScene feature in Windows 7 with the help of third-party utilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/How-to-make-gif-desktop-background-in-windows-7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2800\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/How-to-make-gif-desktop-background-in-windows-7.gif\" alt=\"How to Make Gif Desktop Background in Windows 7\" width=\"650\" height=\"343\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since, the DreamScene feature is compatible with only <strong>.MPG<\/strong> and <strong>.WMV<\/strong> formats. So, you will have to convert GIF file to DreamScene compatible WMV file or MPG and then you will be able\u00a0to set an <a title=\"animated gifs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howtouncle.com\/2014\/09\/create-animated-gifs-from-youtube-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animated GIF<\/a> as desktop background in Windows 7 computers.\u00a0Here\u2019s the step by step guide:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; border: 0px dashed #555; padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>You may also be interested in checking out:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/set-gif-desktop-background-windows-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Set a Gif as Your Desktop Background Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-use-third-party-themes-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> How to Install and Use Third Party Themes in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Set Animated Gif as Desktop Background Windows 7<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, <a title=\"Download DreamScene Activator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloading-dreamscene-activator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download DreamScene <\/a>Activator and extract the downloaded zip file to get the Windows 7 DreamScene Activator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> Open the extracted Windows 7 DreamScene Activator file and change (rename) the file extension of &#8220;<strong>Dream Scene Activator.chn<\/strong>&#8221; from <strong>.chn<\/strong> to <strong>.exe<\/strong> as shown in below screenshot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-set-an-animated-gif-as-wallpaper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1288\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-set-an-animated-gif-as-wallpaper.png\" alt=\"set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds\" width=\"529\" height=\"336\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-set-an-animated-gif-as-wallpaper.png 529w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-set-an-animated-gif-as-wallpaper-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-set-an-animated-gif-as-wallpaper-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now right-click on &#8220;<strong>DreamScene Activator<\/strong>&#8221; and select <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1289\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds.png\" alt=\"set an animated gif as desktop backgrounds\" width=\"516\" height=\"504\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds.png 516w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds-150x147.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/set-an-animated-gif-as-desktop-backgrounds-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> After that click on &#8220;<strong>Enable DreamScene<\/strong>&#8221; button to enable DreamScene Activator on your Windows 7 PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gif-image-as-desktop-background.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1286\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gif-image-as-desktop-background.png\" alt=\"gif image as desktop background\" width=\"478\" height=\"227\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gif-image-as-desktop-background.png 478w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gif-image-as-desktop-background-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gif-image-as-desktop-background-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> After enabling, the tool will automatically restart Windows Explorer to manage necessary changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong> Now, download the GIF file (animated gif) which you want to set as desktop background on your Windows 7 PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (7):<\/strong> Next, visit to\u00a0the\u00a0<a title=\"Online WMV video converter\" href=\"http:\/\/video.online-convert.com\/convert-to-wmv\" class=\"broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online WMV video converter<\/a>\u00a0website. Here, browse and upload the GIF file then convert it to WMV format. After the conversion, download the WMV file on your PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-make-a-gif-image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1287\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-make-a-gif-image.png\" alt=\"how to make a gif image\" width=\"582\" height=\"536\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-make-a-gif-image.png 582w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-make-a-gif-image-150x138.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/how-to-make-a-gif-image-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-ico-before dashicons-format-aside\" style=\"background-color: #4c66a4; color: #ffffff;\" data-fasc-style=\"background-color:#4c66a4;color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Important note:<\/strong><\/span> there is no need to enter anything under Optional settings section during the conversion.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (8):<\/strong> Now, <strong>right-click<\/strong> on the downloaded WMV file and select <strong>Set as background<\/strong> option to use animated gif (after conversion that is in WMV format) as your desktop background on Windows 7 computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1285\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator.png\" alt=\"dreamscene activator\" width=\"470\" height=\"490\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator.png 470w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator-144x150.png 144w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreamscene-activator-150x156.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (9):<\/strong> That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interesting thing about this tool is, you can pause it by making a right-click and selecting the option of &#8220;<strong>Pause DreamScene<\/strong>&#8220;. Thus, you can imagine about the usefulness of DreamScene Activator software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can see how simple is to make a gif your desktop background in Windows\u00a07 computer. Feel free to ask or share your view with us through comments. Your comments will help us to come up with more interesting computer tricks, and Windows help tutorials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might also like to see: <a title=\"How to Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 7\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/how-to-change-desktop-icon-spacing-in-windows-7\/\">How to Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decorating computer screen with attractive themes and awesome wallpapers isn&#8217;t a new thing, and according to the development of technology it goes increased. 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