Request for Question Clarification by
tlspiegel-ga
on
15 Aug 2004 11:31 PDT
Hi boinaverde,
Thank you for your question.
I am posting a clarification, so you can try out the suggestions and
if they work for you - please post a clarification requesting me to
answer the question.
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What You Should Know About Installing Screensavers - Roman Kramar
http://thepcyoubuy.com/06012003.htm
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Bare screensaver files
As I have said before, these files have their name ending with ".scr".
They are screensavers themselves. That is, they are the programs that
create all these amazing effects when started. You can find some
details about them in my article "Windows Screensavers Explained" at
http://www.elasticsystems.com/articles.html .
The easiest known way to install ".scr" files is to right click on
them and then choose "Install" from available menu options. Once you
do this, Windows will set the screensaver as default and open Display
Properties dialog where you can adjust screensaver's settings if you
wish.
This way has some disadvantages though. First, you should be careful
with where you keep the screensaver file. If you have put it in the
temporary folder and it is likely to be deleted or moved somewhere
else later, then the system won't find the screensaver anymore. So
you'd better create a special folder for screensavers that you choose
to install this way. Second, if you select another screensaver from
the list in Display Properties dialog then Windows will forget any
screensaver installed using the described method. That is, you will
have to right click it and choose "Install" once and again.
Nevertheless, this way is very convenient if you just want to take a
look at the screensaver, play with its settings and delete it. If you
really like the screensaver and want it to brighten boring cloudy days
then you'd better find a cozier place to keep it.
How do you find such place? It's easy. What you need is to drag the
screensaver into your Windows folder. If you use Windows 95/98 or
Windows Me then chances are this folder is on your drive C: and has a
name of "Windows". If you use Windows NT/2000 or Windows XP then it's
probably on your drive C: and is called "WINNT". Once you put the
screensaver in this folder it will be available in the list of
installed screensavers in Display Properties dialog. Now you can
select it whenever you wish. Furthermore, you should worry no more
about reinstalling it every time you change your mind and select
another screensaver.
TIP: Sometimes you download a ZIPped installation package for
screensaver, extract its contents to some folder and find there both
"Setup.exe" (or "Install.exe") and ".scr" files. In this case double
clicking "Install" or "Setup" is the preferred way. That's because the
installation program will perform all the steps needed to install the
screensaver like copying necessary files, updating system registry,
providing uninstaller and so on. Simply copying the ".scr" file to
Windows folder apparently won't do it.
Now that you have a few more useful tricks under your belt, you can
install much more screensavers. Add here acquired confidence that
those screensavers you like are ready to please you whenever you wish
and there's a good reason to become a bit happier.
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Older ScreenSavers and XP
http://www.resellerratings.com/forum/t81182.html
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This is for Windows XP:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\Organic Art\Plus]
"ResourceDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Plus!\\Themes\\Falling
Leaves;C:\\Program Files\\Plus!\\Themes\\Science Fiction"
Change the path to the location of the scene definition files you
have. Double-click the file after saving it to import the settings to
the registry. The screensavers will work again. When you upgraded
Windows 98, Windows XP imported the Win98 registry, including these
keys. When you did the clean install, the keys were gone. Be advised,
many of the Plus! screensavers from the Windows 98 install disc will
never work under Windows XP; Baseball and a few others being among
them.
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Similar problem, (same list of Screensavers) no fix posted though.
http://www.winbeta.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5671&view=new
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If you find the solutions posted work for you, then please let me know
and we can close the question.
Best regards,
tlspiegel
