Windows 7 is the latest operating system introduced by Microsoft. It is better than windows Xp and windows vista in every aspect. It contains many additional features.One who likes colorfull themes in windows should get windows 7 because it contains variety of different animated themes and wallpapers.
 
Desktop is said to be animated when any short video clip or series of pictures are playing on desktop as a wallpaper. Animated desktop function was previously introduced in windows vista, named as dreamscene. Dreamscene is actually a software that allows user to use video clips as a wallpaper. This function is very much interesting and it helps Windows 7 to attract windows xp users towards itself. Most of wndows Xp users has migrated to windows 7 just because of improved graphics of windows 7.

Dreamscene can be enabled in windows 7 just by doing little changes in the registry of windows 7. Dreamscene is easily available online software. Before installing dreamscene you must know which type of windows 7 version is yours, whether it is 32bit version or 64 bit version. If your windows 7 is 32 bit then download dreamscene software designed for 32bit windows.
If your windows version is 64bit then your are supposed to install dreamscene for 64bit windows. Dreamscene software of 32bit windows will not work on 64bit windows.

After installing suitable software for animated desktop windows 7 you will have to create a animated desktop by adding videos to that software. Software will support only few formats of videos like wmv and mpg, if you dont have videos in these formats then firat you will have to convert that videos into required format, for this purpose you can use video converter software. Videos which you want to use as a animated wallpaper should not be very large.
For better display of animated desktop your desktop resolution should be according to your monitor or LCD screen. If you are using monitor the best resolution for your screen will be 800*600 pixels, and if you are using LCD (liquid crystal dislay) then 1024*768 is best resolution settings for your screen. If your screen resolution is not according to your monitor or hardware requirements then the animated desktop will not work properly.
Animated desktop is much better and interesting than the stationary wallpapers. Video playing on desktop as a wallpaper is something very much interesting and this feature when enabled in windows 7 makes it more attractive.