Active Desktop was dropped in Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003 was the last server OS to support it. See Active Channel. Advertisement. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

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 ...

If Active Desktop is enabled but no active content is selected for display, the desktop will be blank. To redisplay the default desktop icons, right-click the ...

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 ...

Ten years ago, something very much like that -- then called "Active Desktop" -- was actually a part of Windows. Now you can get it back. And it's pretty awesome.

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 ...