# Computer Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247 "2002-05-28T22:46:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247/1 "2002-05-28T22:46:47Z")

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Does anyone know if there is a way I can tweak my registry so that [this](http://www.romantic-ventures.com/sexinfo101/jokes/funnypix/computer10.gif) can be what shows up when I have a file transfer going?

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247/2 "2002-05-28T22:53:28Z")

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A piece of friendly advice - you might get more responses if you use a more specific thread title, e.g. “How do I customize the ‘flying paper’ animation in Windows?”

I found [this](http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/n1002335929) on Windows Annoyances, which is a useful site btw. It explains how to change the animation to a custom AVI, which is not quite a GIF as you wanted but similar.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247/3 "2002-05-28T22:56:01Z")

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Wow, it even mentions the one that I want to use!

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247/4 "2002-05-28T23:22:11Z")

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Well I gave it a try and it doesn’t seem to work. I appears to, but the changes won’t save.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/111247/5 "2002-05-28T23:34:11Z")

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BTW I did first change the gif to and AVI and then I used the program, but it didn’t seem to save the changes.