http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspxThere is a benchmark / system test tool in Vista called WinSAT. You can test all sorts of things and those of you who want to poke around in it you can. However I found a less than used feature and it gives you an expensive Aurora backdrop in WindowsenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#16668Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:41:38 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:16668David Overton<p>to stop this, type taskkill -f -im winsat.exe</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16668" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#16646Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:46:58 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:16646alex<p>how do you turn it off, in know it will be something extreamly simple but please tell me</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16646" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#15736Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:12:59 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:15736rex<p>omg i have windows 7 and it has winsat i just found out and it just wont open plzzz help?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=15736" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#7449Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:58:37 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:7449Wesley<p>Ok,,, &nbsp;i got that &nbsp;but only i get is a sort of screensaver &nbsp; when i click i get my old background again... so its not a real background .. ???? &nbsp;did i do something wrong</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7449" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#7410Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:55:19 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:7410Kezza<p>This is awesome, rather disappointed however that it doesn&#39;t count as a desktop BG but it does look cool. I got it to work on my vista laptop. Wonderful</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7410" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#3974Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:19:24 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3974David Overton<p>Attie,</p> <p>your machine has to meet a certain standard to get Aero. &nbsp;1st off you have to have a version of Vista that supports it - i.e. Vista Ultimate. &nbsp;Then you have to go to Windows Updates and look at the Ultimate Extras. &nbsp;Download the DreamScene one and off you go.</p> <p>thanks</p> <p>David</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3974" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#3973Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:07:54 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3973AttieThought I was going to get the steps to activate it on my laptop just to find that this tip is worth nothing! Could someone please give me a way to enable it on my laptop?<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3973" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-get-great-moving-aurora-background-on-your-vista-desktop-today.aspx#3124Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:41:23 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:3124Chris<p>Cool! What an incredibly worthless yet fun and a cool way to impress the easily impressed trick. Thanks for the tip.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3124" width="1" height="1">