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Photo screensaver with ability to tag/star an image without killing screensaver?
I like Picasa Desktop's ability to star and to tag images, but I can only do this while in browsing mode.
If I discover a nice picture when the screensaver is running, but I don't know exactly where ...
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Use a terminal command as OS X screensaver [closed]
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OSX Run Bash or App as the screensaver
I would like to know if there's a way to use a command (such as top) as the Mac OS X Lion screensaver, it would be so useful! ...
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Run an application with/as screensaver
How do I add a custom application to run as a screensaver. Like calc.exe for example?
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OSX Run Bash or App as the screensaver
Is it possible to use an Application or bash script as the screensaver?
I would to like to run a bash script pmatrix or App (iTerm) as the screensaver?
I'm on 10.6.8.
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Mplayer doesn't prevent screensaver in Ubuntu
I'm trying to watch a movie using mplayer, and despite putting stop-xscreensaver=yes in my /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf file, and also starting mplayer using the -stop-xscreensaver, I still have to sit ...
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How to set the Screen Saver Grace Period for Windows 8?
I manually added the ScreenSaverGracePeriod (REG_DWORD) value in seconds to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon registry key and it didn't enable the screen ...
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How to enable screensaver in windows 7 when in locked screen
How can I make the screensaver start automatically after some time when in the LOCKED screen?
I don't mean the logon dialog screen, but the locked screen.
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How to make a custom screen saver in Windows 7 - with time and calculated text?
I work for 12 hour shifts and I would like to make myself a screen saver that would show
"Going home in $time"
where $time is the current shift finish - current time.
Is something like this ...
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Display User Selection screen (tsdiscon.exe) instead of lock screen after screensaver inactivity
In the screensaver dialog (windows 7) you can check the box that states "on resume, display lock screen." Is it possible to show the User Selection screen (tsdiscon.exe) instead?
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Mac OS X Lion Screensaver on Locked Screen
I have a screensaver set in my system preferences, but when I lock my screen either with Alfred or clicking on the user profile menu and hitting "Login Window...", it runs a different screensaver.
Is ...
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Is there any way to make the screensaver start, while Skype video call is in progress, in Windows 7?
So, my situation is as following, I'm forced to keep a Skype video call open during nights while I sleep, I would like the screensaver to kick in and start after lets say 5 mins of me being idle.
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Allow Administrator to unlock Windows system
Is there a way to allow either the domain administrator or a specific group to unlock screen savers or locked systems in a Windows domain environment?
Here's our usage scenario. We have a mixture of ...
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Any way to detect what is disabling the screensaver?
Is there any Windows application out there that will determine what process is preventing the screen saver from becoming active?
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Require password after screen saver
In the screen saver settings for xp/w7
Our "wait time" and "On resume, display logon screen" are greyed out.
We've been told there is no group policy to cause this. Wait time is set to 15 minutes and ...
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Xubuntu: cant exit screensaver, cant login to console
I'm in the middle of moving my windows partition with gparted and the screensaver kicked in. Now no matter what I press on the keyboard or mouse the screen stays blank. I can get to a console with ...
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Transparent screensaver for Windows?
I am looking for a transparent screensaver. Or a way for there to be no screen saver, but instead of locking, it disables the mouse and most of the keyboard, until I hit an unlock key.
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App / Plugin to flip between active screens
Bit of an odd request, but I'm coming up with nothing after spending a solid hour searching Google.
I am looking for either a browser plugin or separate application that will periodically change the ...
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Rich 3D screensavers and Nvidia Optimus - the windows process which executes screensavers
I need to use nvidia gpu for running a nice screensaver but it doesnt use my nvidia gpu and the screensaver has very low fps. I need to show nvidia settings a program, to use nvidia gpu with it. Which ...
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Does Fedora 15 support screensavers?
I can't seem to find an option in Fedora 15 to enable/disable/configure a screensaver.
Does it even have screensaver support, or is there something I missed?
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Using Ubuntu, how come the screen saver is a black screen when running on the battery?
I have an F-spot screen saver made and selected to run after a time period of inactivity. When the AC is connected, the screen saver runs after the select time, but when running on battery the blank ...
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Force users (on a mac) to log off after inactivity
I'm looking for a way in which I can force accounts left logged on to my Mac to auto logoff after a period of inactivity.
There is a setting built in to the operating system (Lion), that does this, ...
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Disable mac mini screensaver
I am trying to disable the screen saver on a Mac Mini with Mac OS X version 10.6.4.
I have tried to disable it from System Preferences setting it to "never" and I have tried as well using the ...
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MacBook Core 2 Duo: “Require password to wake this computer from sleep” No longer works
After recently updating my MacBook to 10.5.8, I've noticed that the option to require a password to wake the computer from sleep/screensaver no longer works. I put the thing to sleep, and it comes ...
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Reliable way to run a task after specificed time without user input
For a Kiosk solution I'm looking for a completely reliable way to run a batch file on Windows 7 after a specified time without any user input (think screensaver). So far I've been looking at:
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Dynamic Power Management (dpms) re-enables when (un)plugging laptop (How to make xset stick/persistent)
While watching video (vlc) on battery power, my screen had always blanked after 5 minutes.
I have fixed this by executing "xset -dpms s off".
However, unplugging/replugging my laptop always re-enables ...
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Screensaver starting before scheduled time
I am using Windows 7 Professional. I have the screensaver time property set to 8 minutes, but the screensaver starts after only 1 minute of inactivity.
I've tried increasing/decreasing the time but ...
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Transparent screensaver for linux?
I want to have a few console windows running tail -f on logs. Unfortunately this means that anyone with access to the computer can press Ctrl+c and have shell access.
So I want to lock the screen ...
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How to set gnome-screensaver to run on startup for all users?
I disabled the kde screeensaver and installed gnome-screensaver. The gnome-screensaver only works if I start it using gnome-screensaver-command.
Is there a way to set this to run from startup for ...
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Prevent mouse from deactivating screensaver in OSX
In OSX, when the screensaver is activated, I don't want to be able to deactivate it with a mouse, just with a keypress. But I don't want to enter a password. I just want to be able to deactivate the ...
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Windows 7 loses all network connectivity after screensaver is disabled
I have a very strange problem:
My Windows 7 laptop is set to show the default windows screensaver after 10 minutes. No matter how long the screensaver is active, the network connections are fine. I ...
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Stop PowerPoint from disabling Power Save Mode
I have a PowerPoint presentation that I am launching using the command powerpnt /s "filepath". This presentation runs as a screensaver on our workstations and runs just fine. The problem is that as ...
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What's the fastest way to trigger your screensaver? (Windows 7)
Ideally, I'd like to be able to press 1 button on my keyboard and have the screensaver come up, and not just a preview, but the actual screensaver such that when I try to access the computer it shows ...
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How do you change the screensaver without going through the Control Panel (Windows 7)
I figure there's an .exe file somewhere in C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 but I'm unable to locate it. Basically, I'm hoping I can right-click it and Run As Administrator in order to get around the ...
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dim display on idle (Windows 7, NOT a laptop)
This might be a weird request, but my googlefu has been weak. I want my Windows 7 desktop to dim after x minutes/seconds of being idle. I don't care if it's an actual SCR or an app that runs in the ...
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Windows Server 2003: this computer is in use and has been locked - disable it
Windows Server 2003 will lock the screen after ten minutes of idle time. In a production environment of course, this is NOT a problem.
Using Windows in a development environment, I don't need to ...
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When exactly does a Windows program pause running?
I have an app that needs to run for long period unattended on Windows XP and 7. I have it running on a remote machine that has LogMeIn installed so I can look at it from afar. The program has regular ...
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Method to view “Flickr best of the day” images as a screensaver?
Looking for a method to display the "best of the day" images from Flickr or Google Images, as a screensaver.
I've heard that a Media RSS viewer might do the trick - any recommendations?
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What caused my Mac OS X Lion Screen Savers and Desktop Pictures to go missing?
The same issue has been reported here
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1195057
The files exist in the regular system folder, but they are missing from the list in System Preferences.
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Photo Screensaver with Hot Key to Show File in Windows Explorer?
Does anyone know of a photo screensaver with support for locating the file you just saw?
I have 13 years of photos cycling through Windows Live Photo Gallery as my screensaver but when I see one I ...
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How can I prevent a policy-enforced screen lock in Windows 7?
Our corporate BOFH imposes the screen lock setting with a ridiculously short delay. It's frustrating and counterproductive.
Is there a way to prevent the automatic screen lock? I would assume there ...
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Where can I get a “black screen” screensaver for OS X Lion?
Mac OS X Lion doesn't come with a "black screen" screensaver. Where can I get a screensaver that works with Lion and blanks the screen?
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Mac: How to log in as different user when Mac requires password to wake from sleep?
If your Mac is set up to require a password when being awoke from sleep or the screen saver is it possible to log in as a different user? If so how?
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How do I find the current/recent photo in the WinXP “My Pictures” screensaver?
My mother's laptop is using Windows XP's built-in "My Pictures Slideshow" screensaver in Display Properties. It is using the default folder Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\My Documents\My Pictures
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Windows XP password protection lockout
We are working on client-provided VMs. We connect to these VMs using Remote Desktop, and each VM is running Windows XP.
After some time, the machine gets locked and we need to re-enter the password ...
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How can I prevent mouse clicks during Ubuntu screensaver from actually clicking the UI (for a touchscreen terminal)
This might be a dumb question... I've got a touchscreen terminal set up for inventory tracking in my store. I have a screensaver set up on it that appears after 2 minutes with a generic "touch the ...
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Want random picture screensaver, then sleep
When I configure my mac (leopard) to use the "random picture" screensaver after 10 minutes, and to go to sleep after 1 hour of inactivity, it won't ever go to sleep. It seems that it refuses to go to ...
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Disconnecting the LAN when the screensaver kicks in
Are there any utilities that will disable my LAN connection when the screensaver kicks in?
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Windows 7 screensaver options greyed out [closed]
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Disable GPO in windows 7
I'm working on a Win 7 Enterprise x64 box that had its screensaver disabled by sys admins. However, using this technique, I was able to at least ...
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Is there a way to toggle Aero-peak after a certain amount of inactivity (like a screensaver) in Windows 7?
I'm basically looking for Aero-peek style functionality that triggers after a certain period of inactivity. Is there any way of achieving this?
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How long since last keyboard/mouse action?
I imagine an OS must keep track of when the last user input (keyboard or mouse use, for example) was, or of how long it's been since the last user input, in order to know when to run a screensaver.
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