What happens if you disable Ultramon? We have had many issues with that software in the past conflicting with our skinning software.

I have nvidia physx, nvidia media center extensions and also nvidia pure video.  If you know of any conflicts with these nvidia products please let me know

if i disable ultramon still nothing, i have since disabled every program i had running and also uninstalled and installed again

still nothing

intrestingly after uninstalling the purchased version i tryed the free one and all the dreams with that one work except the water one.

any ideas?

thanks but i already tried that, i have all those updates installed. and the version i have paid for still doesnt apply the wallpapers atall

tell that to the many people who have no issues with the program. This sort of statement doesn't win you any accolades, all it does it make you out to be an idiot. it seems some people who are having trouble automatically assume it's a problem with the actual software and not their computer and refuse to even acknowledge the fact that it may be their PC at fault. Yelling and screaming at the stardock techs and in the forums will get you no where. I know it can be frustrating but acting like a child is not the answer.

I googled and got many results.

I downloaded the tool and it found tons of Mpeg-2 codecs including one from Sonic plus I also have WinDVD 9 Plus which can play mpeg 2 files so not sure why on my system I just get a black wall paper

Hopefully when I switch from XP to Vista 64 it will work on the new system.