Screensavers were developed to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors.
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Xubuntu: can't exit screensaver, can't login to console
I was 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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Screen savers don't really save the screen anymore, but
I read recently this HTG article and I agree with the author in general. But I find myself sometimes reading a non-trivial article, or debugging some tricky bug in my code, and in these cases, I ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to start a screensaver?
For example, like I can press Win+L to lock my computer, can I press Win+(something) to start my screensaver? I'd like it to be just like if it starts automatically, where it will show lock screen on ...
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configure gnome-screensaver's start time
I have gentoo linux amd64 with a gnome3 desktop.
I was wondering how can I change the minutes to wait before the screensaver starts.
for now it starts after like 5 minutes which is too soon for me.
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Picasa screensaver won't turn on sometimes
The Google Photo Screensaver, AKA the Picasa screensaver displays a weird behavior on my laptop: sometimes it works just fine, but lots of times it starts for a second or two, and then it stops, as if ...
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Gnome 3 screensaver (not suspend) resume hook?
Since whenever my laptop screen resumes sleeping (i.e. wakes up from screensaving) some settings are reset, such as keyboard backlight, I'd like to run some scripts each time this happens. I'm using ...
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GNOME Screensaver Widgets
Is there a way to add widgets to a Gnome screensaver? I think this can be done with KDE 4, but I've never liked KDE very much. I'm a programmer and comfortable with writing code if needed.
I'd like ...
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How to require password on delay after screen timeout?
I have my machine set to time out after 5 minutes and shut off the display and require password.
The inconvenience comes from the fact that I often work on another machine and reference the first ...
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Synergy Windows 7 Screen Saver issue
I have synergy server running on a Windows 7 laptop, I have another laptop running windows XP as the Client. When synergy is first started the Screen Saver will start after the 5 mins of inactivity ...
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gnome-screensaver disable blank screen
I am using SUSE Linux with gnome-2
My screensaver runs for 5 minutes and the screen goes blank after that. I want to disable the blank screen.
I tried the following commands:
$ setterm -blank 0
$ ...
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Disable Windows 7 screensaver over RDP
How can I turn off the screensaver in RDP sessions and thus keep the session alive and unlocked, even if I am not actively working in it for some time?
Note: the solution should work without ...
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What is the usefulness of a screensaver on a computer using a LCD monitor?
Old computers were using CRT monitors and when an image was continuously displayed on the screen, it became marked. So, screensaver where invented to avoid screen burn-in.
Laptops and modern ...
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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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Is there a way to toggle Aero Peek 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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Switch user from locked screensaver?
I'm having the same problem as this, but the answer from there doesn't work for me.
Neither in my iMac upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion (currently at 10.8), nor from a Mac Mini with Lion Server ...
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Screensaver won't start in windows 8
I had windows 7 on my computer for some times, I decided to install windows 8. Had no problem with windows 7 with the same hardware. But now the screensaver won't start. Even if I set it to start ...
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Location based windows theme
Is there any way to change your Windows theme depending on what network you join?
When i am connected to my home network, I would like to have all of my wallpapers on the slideshow (Windows 7) and my ...
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Is there a real reason to use a screen saver?
Other than entertainment, is there a real reason to use a screen saver? Does it somehow "save your screen"?
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Screensaver that just disables keyboard and mouse
Does anyone know of a way that I can lock my computer without a screensaver being shown?
I run some graphs that I like to check every now and then from a distance. But I don't want other people to ...
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Accessing the registry through the .NET Framework shows 1 thing; Regedit shows another [closed]
I'm posting here because this question has nothing to do with how to program something and everything to do with a screwed up computer.
When I run the following line of VB .Net code in the Visual ...
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Why does my screensaver delay keep resetting, and how do I stop it?
I ran without a screensaver for a long time, but recently I enabled one. I set the delay to 10 minutes, but this setting will not hold. It keeps changing to 1 minute.
I am able to apply the 10 ...
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Best screensaver type for monitor [closed]
To maintain the screen quality of a monitor what is recommended screensaver type ?
I would have though it should be just a blank black screen as its keeping the pixels in the 'off state'. Is this ...
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Windows logon screen not always displayed after screen saver activated
I've set screen saver settings to turn on after 60 minutes and "on resume, display logon screen". When I returned in the morning, I was brought to the desktop without a logon screen. However, I just ...
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MacPro will freeze after first startup and first time screen saver activates
I've run into a bizarre situation every time my MacPro first starts up in the morning when I get to work and the screen saver activates for the first time. When I try to deactivate the screen saver ...
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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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How do I find which program is disabling the screensaver?
I was running a program that disables the Windows screensaver. I'm not sure what program it was, but the screensaver will not work even when all programs are closed. I have to restart Windows to ...
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Screensaver not kicking in
I have a screensaver applied via Group policy. On only one of the machines, it never goes to screensaver. If I look in the display control panel, the timeout is grayed out and set to 8 minutes... so ...
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How do I change the screensaver on FreeNAS 8?
The default screensaver is annoying. I would be happier with a blank screen.
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Windows 7 screensaver intermittently fails to turn on
Context:
Windows 7
Wired mouse and keyboard
The Windows 7 Photos screensaver intermittently fails to kick in after 2 minutes. The computer knows that the time has passed because it will make my ...
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ScreenSaver Group Policy Not Working
UPDATE: In the meantime, I've set Password protect the screen saver to Not configured and Prevent changing screen saver to Enabled. I'm still unable to determine why setting Password protect 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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Where are the images stored that are being shown in my screen saver?
I'm not really familiar with Mac at all, but I have a friend who has this issue (she's a mac person, but not a computer person), so thought I would give it a shot.
The problem is that she has some ...
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Manually start screensaver with password protect
Windows 7
I wish to manually lock the computer so I placed a shortcut to scrnsave.exe on the desktop. (I do not want the user to use Ctrl+Alt+Del --> Lock This Computer for various reasons)
Problem ...
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Can WinXP screensavers be used in Win7
Two part question:
Can WinXP screensavers be used in Win7?
Where can I find a copy of WinXP's Windows logon screensaver?
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Use a terminal command as OS X screensaver [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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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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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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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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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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Slideshow screensaver in Win-7 vs. XP
Since I skipped Vista, this may be an old question, I don't know.
In XP, the built-in SlideShow (Photos) screensaver would randomly rotate among images not just in the directory specified in the ...
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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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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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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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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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2answers
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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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Screensaver with active desktop
I am running XP and im looking for a screensaver that does not change the desktop. I.e when the screensaver is active, i want to be able to see my desktop as it is and any changes on the desktop to be ...
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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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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 ...
