Special Edition Using Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0

Displaying Objects on the Active Desktop

Enabling the Active Desktop enables you to use the Windows desktop to display a wide variety of content. You can add the following:

• An HTML page as the Windows background; unlike wallpaper, this background can contain text, hyperlinks, images, and HTML code.

• One or more web pages, each in its own self-contained region.

• Web components, including ActiveX controls and Java applets.

• Active Channels, which enable you to download prepackaged collections of web content for offline browsing.

• Pictures, stored locally or from a web server.

Adding a New Web Page to the Active Desktop

Before adding a new web page to the Active Desktop, create an Internet shortcut to the page. Then follow these steps:

1.	Right-click any ...