Re: auto screen saver

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Not quite. I have a display which is always on. Sometimes that display
does not change, thus, I am afraid that it will burn the TV display. I will
like so0mething like a screensaver to popup for a minute or 2 every 5-10
minutes and close withing a minute or so.

"Brains,None" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oh, so what you want is a rewinding video player? is that more what you
need for this application? or picture shower? I have Perl code that I've
hacked to make pictures be the BACKGROUND, but the icons show thru..

Raul Rego wrote:
the problem is, I have a display monitor - 42" tv - I want the screen
saver to start and end on its own every 5min.


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The main purpose of using a screen saver today is to stop any curious
passers-by who may want to see what you've been doing.
My main reason for a Screen Saver, Ken, is to have my Railroad Pictures
slide show, (My Pictures Slideshow). I do not have to do anything to
start it. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:O9NFM0EeGHA.1276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Raul Rego wrote:

In order to save screen - can I activate a screen saver for 1 min -
every 15-20 min and than have it close automatically?

Something like activateing a task and than auto closing it.

"Saving" the screen isn't really needed on modern monitors. In the old
days of black-and-white monitors, burn-in was a serious poblem, but
today
it's much less of a problem, and the name "screen saver" is an
anachronism.

The main purpose of using a screen saver today is to stop any curious
passers-by who may want to see what you've been doing.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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