The Latest Buzz About Screensavers

Creating a Slide Show of Photos as Screensaver

August 18th, 2008 Ceasar


Image source:www.askdavetaylor.com
• Go to Windows Photo Gallery.
• Click the pictures you want to display in the slide show. If you have more than one picture, hold down the CRTL key and click on those photos you want to include.
• click the “slide show” button located at the bottom of the photo gallery.
• If you don’t choose any picture, Windows Vista will play all the photos filed in the picture gallery once you click on “slide show.”
• remember that you can control the speed of your slide show.
Tip # 1: People like to apply several themes to their Windows Vista screen savers so that pictures (and videos) can be displayed in a variety of ways. Some themes cover the entire screen with one picture at a time, while others will show several simultaneously.
Tip # 2: Not all slide show themes work on all computers, says Microsoft. If the screensaver can’t run with a particular theme, your computer’s video card needs to be replaced with a more powerful one.

Posted in Features, General, Information, Related Topics, Screensavers, Screensavers for the Holidays, Security Risks, Windows Vista | No Comments »

Screen Savers for Security

May 29th, 2008 Avatar

settings.jpgMany who work in offices have had the experience of somebody meddling with their computer as they head off to the cafeteria for the occasional bite and today’s identity theft prone world a screensaver might just save you from such activities. Screensavers can usually be set to ask for passwords when they go to work, that as you get back to your desk it asks for a password before again granting access to the computer system. Much similar to the new design that has been built into Windows, any inactivity that sends the computer into stand-by or idle mode asks for such passwords that guards your PC from unauthorized access. You get the nice graphics and the security you need when you forget to lock the terminal you’re working on.

Posted in General, Screensavers, Security Risks | No Comments »