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Windows 7 screen savers: The lost settings
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Thursday March 11, 2010
Pimp my PC
Thursday March 11, 2010
Windows 7 comes with some decent screen savers pre-installed. However, it seems you can only use these screen savers the way the Microsofties want you to. Clicking on the Settings button to tweak these screen savers is a recipe for disappointment. Our buddy Vishal of Tweaking with Vishal fame steps up with a quick fix that'll let you turn your lackadaisical Bubbles screen saver into big rolling balls or doom or your Mystique screen saver into something truly mystifying.
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Show Notes
- Right click on the desktop and select Personalize.
- Choose Screen Saver in the bottom right.
- Select one of the pre-installed
- Click on Settings to... well, actually, don't bother clicking on Settings.
To change settings in Windows 7 screen savers
- Hit up Tweaking with Vishal.
- Grab the Windows 7 Screen Saver Tweaker.
- Tweak!
- Choose Screen Saver in the bottom right.
- Select one of the pre-installed
Windows 7 screen savers
.- Click on Settings to... well, actually, don't bother clicking on Settings.
To change settings in Windows 7 screen savers
- Hit up Tweaking with Vishal.
- Grab the Windows 7 Screen Saver Tweaker.
- Tweak!
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By ted_g about three years ago
(2010-03-21 13:30:12)
(2010-03-21 13:30:12)
Glad you enjoy watching Pimp my PC. Please consider as much as we would like to help you, what you are suggesting is against the EULA from Microsoft.
Having said that you will need to strongly consider saving your pennies to purchase the upgrade edition of either Windows 7 Home Premium Edition, Pro Edition, Ultimate Edition, or Enterprise Edition in order to get the Fast User Switching.
By aaa about three years ago
(2010-03-19 16:30:51)
(2010-03-19 16:30:51)
Yo, Lucas! My netbook's been cursed with Win 7 Starter edition. One of the thgings MS has stripped out of the OS to force you to upgrade ($$$) is Fast User Switching. This is the feature that allows you to login to one user; then switch over to another user, while still logged in to the first one. This especially comes in handy when you're doing sysadmin type work setting up alternate users on your machine.
But no can do Starter.
Do you have a hack for this in your bag of tricks?
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