Anybody?

Nvidia AGP cards should not need to wait for new drivers.

Neil...I'm running XP and when I open deskscapes...choose a them and then click apply....I get "AGP Card detected. Deskscapes 2.5 is not compatible with your video card at this time. Please click No or Cancel to read the compatibility information. Try applying Dream anyway?"

Update: Ok Neil...I tried it again and this time clicked "Yes apply anyway" to see what would happen and it works on all but the grassy one that came with it...but I still get the above prompt each time...so somethings still not right I'm guessing.

I think the prompt is forced on AGP systems.

There is no reason for the prompt to show at all on nvidia systems.  The issue is specific to ATI AGP systems.

Well....if you guys can figure out why its prompting me each time let me know.

My link for the snow dream and others I have purchased says link expired so how do I get the updated dreams ? they are less than a year old!

Desktop Collage was just updated as well...here's the bug list (crossposted from the dream thread)...

I have downloaded a new version, even though it doesn't work correctly. 

However, I've tried some things and have found an issue.  I believe it's why you keep getting the same images over and over.  Once you select one directory, the program does recurse that one down, but it appears as though you can't always CHANGE that directory (see below for two fixes).  You can browse through the directories, etc. but whatever you select, the directory you first selected remains the same.

Obviously, this is a bug, but, at least I have found TWO workarounds.  Poking around, I found the registry entry for the dream directory. 

1) THE HARD WAY

Using regedit.exe from the RUN command (WARNING!!! don't do this if you aren't VERY familiar with regedit)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Deskscapes\DesktopPhotos

The directory name is in plain English and stored in a key called PhotoDirectory.  Double click on it and you'll be able to edit it easily enough.

Make sure you have another dream playing, or none at all.  That way, once you edit this directory, you can go back and select the Desktop Collage dream and whoilla!

2) THE EASY WAY

I also just found another easier way.  If you select a photo directory on another DRIVE, apparently the program will update to the new directory proper.  Then you can try again and go back to the original drive, of course.  Very weird behavior.

These both worked for me.

PS  The "randomizer" doesn't work in this version.  If you use the same directory you did before, the first drawing has a few random images, but from that point on they all play in the exact same order AND position they will always play in.  So the first blush might be cool, but in a minute or two, you're right back to the same old same old.  This would indicate that the programmer's random SEED is the same every time the program is run and never changes.  In the old days, I would recommend that said programmer generate a true random SEED (perhaps using the TIME as a source value).  8P

Mistral1 : You need to either look at the registration tab in account settings here.  Or enter your details here : https://www.stardock.com/support/ and it will mail you new links.

The desktop collage dream was updated again.

And it works AWESOMELY now!