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save resources by using bitmaps for wallpaper.

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/save-resources-by-using-bitmaps-for-wallpaper.10822/

anandk
anandk Original post #1
Jun 4, 2005 at 8:17 PM
most of us love to put wallpapers on our desktops. however, they are actually resources hoggers, esp if they are in jpg or tif formats !

bmp formats instead require very little resources ! :)

for pc's with lower specifications, its best to set your computer to accept
only bmp (bitmap) formats. files that can be auto-converted to bmp formats (like jpg, gif, png) can also get set as wallpapers. simply right-click>set as wallpaper.

heres how u can do it :
go to start>run>gpedit.msc>ok
select User Config>Admin Templates>Desktop
Click on Active Desktop inside it>Allow only bitmapped wallpaper>Enable>ok.

now your desktop will accept only bmp pictures or auto-convert where posbl, and display them. u will have saved some resources ! :idea:
goobimama
Jun 5, 2005 at 1:46 AM
Nice one. Thanks!
R
Jun 5, 2005 at 6:42 AM
anandk said:
most of us love to put wallpapers on our desktops. however, they are actually resources hoggers, esp if they are in jpg or tif formats !

bmp formats instead require very little resources ! :)

for pc's with lower specifications, its best to set your computer to accept
only bmp (bitmap) formats. files that can be auto-converted to bmp formats (like jpg, gif, png) can also get set as wallpapers. simply right-click>set as wallpaper.

heres how u can do it :
go to start>run>gpedit.msc>ok
select User Config>Admin Templates>Desktop
Click on Active Desktop inside it>Allow only bitmapped wallpaper>Enable>ok.

now your desktop will accept only bmp pictures or auto-convert where posbl, and display them. u will have saved some resources ! :idea:

HMMMMM...
Read about this somewhere.
But don't know why JPEG hogs resources and Bitmaps don't
anandk
anandk #4
Jun 5, 2005 at 7:08 AM
actually, you know, i did not not 'discover' this piece of info in my bathtub, like Eureka ! just read it somewhere on the net/print (even i dont know where !) and felt like sharing it; with those who didnt know about it ! so sure, others must have also read about it somewhere, sometime... :wink:
B
Jun 11, 2005 at 8:01 PM
but when we compare sizes, doesnt bmp files have more sizes than jpg?
then how bmp saves resources
Biplav
Biplav #6
Jun 11, 2005 at 8:59 PM
actually anandk how does it do so can u tell?
i mean bitmap takes far more space when saved and jpeg wont be even 1/3 of it.
so why is it so?
NikhilVerma
Jun 11, 2005 at 11:22 PM
jpg's require active desktop to be enabled..

bmp's don't so they take less space...
Biplav
Biplav #8
Jun 12, 2005 at 12:55 AM
how do i convert to bpm and how do i turn off active desk?