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A screensaver is a computer program that blanks the screen or fills it with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use.

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Does Windows Kill Communication on Some Ports When Screensaver Kicks In?

I have some trading software and noticed that signals weren't being sent to the broker whenever the screensaver was on. Does Windows kill certain ports from communicating when the screensaver comes on?
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Screensaver in /p preview mode keeps running after desk.cpl is closed

Context: I'm developing a screensaver in C# with VS2010 .NET 4.0 on Windows 8.1. It's quite "busy", accessing a database on initial load and doing some image processing before displaying to multi-monitors. Issue: In most cases the process shuts…
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Creating a Windows Screensaver with Three.JS

I recently made a cool Three.JS program, and I was wondering if there is a way to convert it into a windows screensaver. You can see the application here. Naturally, I'd plan on removing things like the input fields if it were to become an actual…
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How to reliably obtain "On resume, display logon screen" for a Windows screensaver?

Am I missing something? I run the following code on my Vista laptop from a user-mode process: BOOL bSecure = -100; if(::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSCREENSAVESECURE, NULL, &bSecure, 0)) { int success = 1; } The purpose is to obtain the "On…
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Use an app made by Unity 3D as Windows XP screen saver

I made a small application on Windows 7, using Unity 3D, by the way. The application consists of an executable and a data folder. When the data folder is in the same directory as the executable, double clicking the executable will run the app…
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screen saver application when deployed in C:\Windows\System32 throws exception

I wrote a wpf application to create a screensaver, i rename the exe to scr. i am able to run it from bin directory or if i copy it to d directory. but when copy it to C:\Windows\System32 and try to run it from cmd prompt or I launch it from Control…
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Catching screen saver event with foreground application

I'm trying to catch the event when screen saver is turned off. Actually, for now, I'm not getting any event of the screen saver (also not when it is launched). I'm testing it when the application is in focus (foreground). This is my…
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How to Programatically Tweak Windows Screensaver Registry Settings

I'm working on code that's supposed to start the screensaver defined by the user preferences. (The code is in Java, but will only be run under Windows.) My current approach is to set the ScreenSaveTimeOut value in the registry to 1; in theory,…
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Why SCRNSAVE.EXE value is not updating by code

I want to update "SCRNSAVE.EXE" value using my c# sample code.. But its doesnt allowing me to do so..!! Can any one help me on this, below is the function that i am using to update value. private void setAsDefaultScreenSaver(string valuePath) { …
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how to create setup project to install scr file

I want to implement (exe or msi) to install screen saver (scr) file on any machine. Please guide how to implement ?
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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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ASP.Net application to enable screensaver

I am working on a security component of an asp.net application. Part of the security process is to activate the screensaver after 10 minutes of idle time. Is there a way to activate screensaver using a web app? I have searched SO & GOOD but no…
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Lock PC and show the screen

I have a PC running windows 7 with 2 screens connected, and I want to put the PC in lock mode so nobody can access and modify anything from it. But when it is in lock mode only the login screen appears and I want to see at least on one screen what…
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How to interrupt Screen-saver under windows 8

I would like know how to interrupt Screen-saver under the Windows 8(Embedded version) or Windows 10, Because a window(C#) of my project only run under the normal status, otherwise it will be error if run under Screen-saver. so I want to interrupt…
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Can't Uninstall Screensaver from Windows 10

Two screensaver apps I downloaded and installed for my PC did not impress me after I tested them out as my new screensavers. I can't uninstall these two screensavers. I searched online but couldn't find the answer. Do you have any suggestions for…
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