I don't use Active Desktop, but I know a few people that do. They right click on pictures they like (via IE) and select "Set as Desktop item..." and then IE ...

Desktop feature called Active Desktop, which has been around since Windows 98. At that time, it was (rightly) blamed for consuming system resources and was irritating, so folks just turned it off.

Since using the Windows Active Desktop has found it's way back into our hearts, readers have been submitting a lot of useful ways they've found to employ it.

Hi, how would someone look into window's controls and variables (I think that's what they are called)? I want to get some values from some of the ...

An enhancement to the Mac OS X operating system under development by Apple looks to pave the way for active desktop pictures, or desktop backgrounds that can include motion graphics and alter ...