Enabling real-time content on a Windows desktop. Introduced with Internet Explorer 4.0 in 1997 for Windows 95 and Windows NT, Web pages could be turned into desktop items that were updated ...

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I mistakenly let my g/f on my computer the other day and sure enough she managed to break something. I now cannot change my background on my machine at all. She added an active desktop item (a picture ...

At $299/pair, the FiiO SP3 HiFi Desktop Active Speakers pack a punch for their size, and include a stand and LED lighting. FiiO has become a household name in the portable audio space since arriving ...

Click on Start> Run and then type regedit. Expand the following key: HKEY CURRENT USER by selecting Software, then Microsoft. Now choose Internet Explorer, newt Desktop. Finally, select SafeMODE and ...

Does anyone know how to get active desktop into NT4? Looking at the MSKB tells me that it originally came with part of Windows update in IE release 4, but you try getting your hands on that now!