Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!cwang From: cwang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Ted Wang) Subject: Re: How do I get large BMPs as desktops? Message-ID: Keywords: BMP desktop Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University References: <1991Apr13.125238.17769@uniwa.uwa.oz> Date: 13 Apr 91 18:25:09 GMT Lines: 38 andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz (Andrew John Williams) writes: >Hi- I have been converting gifs to .BMP files to use as wallpaper, >hoping to have a large (1024x768x256c) file as a backdrop. >Unfortunately, Windows seems to crash if I try to install a file larger >than around 260k or so as a wallpaper. (257894 bytes workes, 262000 >doesnt) (stuff deleted) I have no problem when using BMP files as large as 417K for my windows desktop background. However, it crashed in enhenced mode when the BMP file is larger than 470K. In standard mode, I can even use files as large as 750K for my windows desktop background. I've posted a news to this group yesterday and got a response from another person who has the same problem as I have. Our hardware configuration is: cpu: 80386-25 with 64K cache memory: 4MB monitor: SONY 1304 video card: Orchid PROII with 1MB RAM And I've installed a Cyrix 80387-25 math-coprocessor. > Andrew Williams > Physics Department, > University of Western Australia. > andrew@earwax.pd.uwa.oz.au OR > andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz.au (note the extra 'w') Ted cwang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu -- Ted Wang Department of Computer Science Phone #: 812-339-4701 Indiana University Address: 928 S. Henderson Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington, IN 47401