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A screensaver is a visual program that runs after a period of inactivity.

A screensaver is a visual program that runs after a period of inactivity. It's purpose is to prevent damage to a visual output device by a static image being "burned" into it.

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How can I create a screensaver with a password from a Flash/projector file?

I have an projector file/Flash application that I need to turn into an interactive screen saver. I cannot make an actual screen saver of course because screen savers cannot be interacted with. I need this to be password protected and I need to keep…
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Windows XP Registry: I am looking for Screensaver.slideshow but it seems to be missing

I am attempting to programatically change the path that my screensaver slideshow looks for pictures. It is supposed to be in the registry path HKCU\Control Panel\Screensaver.slideshow. The Screensaver.slideshow folder is not there though. I have…
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Set SystemParametersInfo for Screensaver not functioning as expected

So I have a bit of code I'm working with that's supposed to disable the screensaver timeout [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] private static extern bool SystemParametersInfo( int uAction, int uParam, ref int…
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How do you install a screensaver programatically with NSIS in Windows XP, 2000, Vista and 7?

Solutions I've already tried that have not worked are: 1) Add ini key to $WINDIR\system.ini [boot] SCRNSAVE.EXE $SYSDIR\savername.scr 2) Call user32.dll::SystemParametersInfo(17, 1, 0, 2) The above works in XP but not in 2000 rundll32.exe…
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Animated Screen Saver

I have a requirement to create an animated screen saver for windows. Screen saver contains some images and some text. I want to update the screensaver contents from a a webpage (upload images and edit texts) etc. is possible to do this using c#?
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How to do a Ipad screensaver application

I Want to do a application like screensaver in ipad. when user clicks the app i want to display my custom folder images to screen saver animation. Instead of photo frame I want to all those in code. Is it Possible when user clicks my app Its Should…
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Making a screensaver

No, I'm not talking about making a slideshow of pictures. How can I make the actual file that windows (at least windows 7) uses for screensavers? It is a .scr format, and when I opened it in Notepad, I got a bunch of symbols, with a few words…
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C#: How would you organize a screen saver in the file system?

I am planning to create a screen saver. Thinking of trying out some WPF as well. Anyways, I am not quite sure how I would organize the screen saver on disk in the file system. I have mainly two related issues that I am very uncertain on how to…
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pushing screen saver as wallpaper

var ScreenSaver:String; var handle:HWND; begin Handle := FindWindow('Progman', 'Program Manager'); Handle := FindWindowEx(Handle, 0, 'SHELLDLL_DefView', 0); Handle := FindWindowEx(Handle, 0,'SysListView32', 'FolderView'); ScreenSaver :=…
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Is it possible to make a Windows screensaver without Scrnsave.lib?

I coded a Windows screensaver using C++/WinAPIs some time ago but now when I try it on Windows 8 at a logon screen (when no users are yet logged in) it doesn't seem to work. It is clearly a bug in Windows 8, because when I reboot the system my…
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Reduce/compress screensaver file size

I have to produce a screensaver for a client who wants to install it across branches. Due to bandwidth limitations the screensaver needs to be below 500KB filesize. Actual screensaver content is about 200KB. Most of the screensaver utilities I tried…
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Changing actual flake colors in fuzzyflakes screensaver

I have been trying to hack the fuzzyflakes screensaver so that it'll change the color of the flakes to white when a specific color (the color #A9D691) is chosen. I can't seem to figure out exactly how to do that (I'm a bit of a noob to this…
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Screen saver crashes if UAC is enabled

Does screen saver require any manifest file? I'm renaming the .exe to .scr file. Right now i am not using any manifest file for the screen saver. But if if UAC is enabled, my screen saver crashes. How to by pass this UAC thing ?
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How to disable screensaver, sleep, lock, hibernate on windows 7 or using vb.net 2010

I don't have any idea if it is possible and how can I code it. I have created an application that needs to run on a non-administrator account on windows 7. It won't run if the PC goes sleep/ locked/ hibernate/ on-screensaver. So, I want to disable…
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How to create a simple screensaver in Android?

I want to create a simple screensaver in android: I have one simple question: How to detect the time user last touched the screen. In order to display the screensaver after a user defined length of time.Please help I am new to this?
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