Active Desktop gone?

Is it still possible to have web pages on the desktop like in XP? I used to
add such pages to my XP desktop for monitoring our aquariums with webcams.

If it is possible, then how? Cant find anything in personalization, but
maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Help is no....help.

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Rolf

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"Rolf Barbakken" <notnoisy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it still possible to have web pages on the desktop like in XP? I used
> to add such pages to my XP desktop for monitoring our aquariums with
> webcams.
>
> If it is possible, then how? Cant find anything in personalization, but
> maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Help is no....help.
>
> --
> Rolf
>
>

"Rolf Barbakken" <notnoisy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it still possible to have web pages on the desktop like in XP? I used
> to add such pages to my XP desktop for monitoring our aquariums with
> webcams.
>
> If it is possible, then how? Cant find anything in personalization, but
> maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Help is no....help.

You can achieve a similar sort of thing using the Gadgets platform.
Essentially the sidebar gadgets are webpages.

However that would require a bit of coding.

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"Rolf Barbakken" <notnoisy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it still possible to have web pages on the desktop like in XP? I used
> to add such pages to my XP desktop for monitoring our aquariums with
> webcams.
>
> If it is possible, then how? Cant find anything in personalization, but
> maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Help is no....help.


I've read that Motion Desktop will allow this, or there will be some other
Ultimate Extra that allows it, or maybe not. Who knows.

ss.

Thanks for the replies. Bummer that it isn't easily achieved, though.

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Rolf