Matrix Screen Saver
Whether you're a newbie or senior software engineer, you want your screen savers to look cool, and this one fits the bill. It emulates the green Matrix code you see in the movie, with characters running vertically down the black background. You can set the resolution, the speed of the falling glyphs, and other options.
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SumoDance Screen Saver
Whose life can't be uplifted by the site of rows of dancing sumo wrestlers? Life's not so bad once you get to know these guys, as rows of them dance, bounce, and stomp to a goofy tune.
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UFO Screen Saver
Watch flying saucers zoom across a virtual cityscape. To preview the screen saver, unzip both files and put them in your c:windowssystem directory. Then go to the Control Panel, click the Display icon, and select the Screen Saver tab.
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Turkey Screen Saver
Adorn your desktop with some turkeys strutting across a simple black background. As the turkeys amble across the screen, they show a little knowledge of what will become of them Thanksgiving day--making for a poignant scene of innocence the moment before all is corrupted. You can choose from one to ten turkeys; the program also offers password protection.
Note that the screen saver shows the vendor's name on your desktop, and although this brash self-promotion can seem a bit annoying, it is tolerable--especially since the program is free, and because it's seasonal, you'll probably want it on your desktop for only a short time.
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Sea Life Screen Saver
Display a variety of sea life, including jellyfish, dolphins, sand sharks, and other underwater denizens. This screen saver works best at a resolution of 800 by 600 pixels, although 640 by 480 is also supported.
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Hubble Images Screen Saver
Take your mind to the heavens every time your computer is left idle. The Hubble Images Screen Saver displays images of nebulae and celestial bodies, captured by the world-famous telescope.
There's no other information concerning the images than the names, so if you wish to learn more about spacey sights with names like "Eta Carinae" or "NGC-3603," you'll have to look elsewhere. But the full-screen NASA photographs will jettison you to places far removed from this mudane, terrestrial existence.
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3D Dissolve Screen Saver
Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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Halloween Witch Screen Saver
This screen saver shows a witch flying across the night sky, dropping pumpkins. A Halloween banner also slides down the screen.
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Flying Christmas Screen Saver
Watch Santa as he flies across your screen while Christmas music plays in the background. You specify the number of Santas to display and how fast they fly. You can also choose how long the included photos display before they fade out. The registered version contains ten photos.
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3D Santa Screen Saver
This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Rainy Night Screen Saver
Lull yourself to sleep with this screen saver, which adds rain and the delicate sound of distant thunder to your desktop.
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Models Celebrity screen saver
Angelica Bridges, Cindy Crawford, Meg Ryan Katherine Heigl, Pamela Anderson, Stacy Keibler are just a few of the Hot Models and Celebrities included in this Babe-Packed screensaver. You can also easily configure your favorite image from this screen saver as your desktop background.
(FREE - Win 95+ / 1.31 MB Easy install/uninstall)
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Vista Aero Battery Saver
I get a bit irked when I see stuff that can be solved but people just complain about it.
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8.5.2007 New Vista Screen Shots Hit the Web
ActiveWin has posted some
new Windows Vista screen shots of Build 5268, which is the "Interim OEM build," according to the site. We are still hearing that
5270 is what will be designated as the December Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) build, however.
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19.12.2005 How to Change Windows Vista Boot Screen
Some of you remember how it was possible to change the boot logo screen of Windows 95/98. I'm not sure why anyone would go into the trouble of actually doing it, but it seems that it is possible to do the same for Windows Vista.
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19.11.2007 High quality image Vista boot screen
Some people found a way to change that black boot screen of Windows Vista RTM to a high quality one, the one that was supposed to be in before it was cut from the final version.
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19.11.2006 Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "blue screen of death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now -- a black screen of darkness.
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12.9.2007 Enable New Boot screen in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in current Vista builds? There is a new trick that will allow you to see what may be the new boot screen for Windows Vista.
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12.5.2006 Black Screen of Death for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Upgrades
Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot.
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9.8.2008 Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator
Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background.
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8.6.2009 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death
Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot.
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17.7.2008 Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action.
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4.12.2008 New improved Win 7 Logon screen chenger
This app will auto resize you image to fit you current screen resolution. Must be run as admin. Works great.
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19.3.2009 Microsoft Researching Split-Screen Desktop Software
New technology from Microsoft Research India in Bangalore could end the waiting game in offices with limited computers. Researchers are developing software that splits a computer screen in two halves, each side with its own operating system, desktop, applications, cursor and keyboard.
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6.5.2007 Trojan poses as Windows screen to collect data
Symantec has warned of a Trojan that has posed as a Windows activation program and duped users into entering credit card information.
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7.5.2007 Microsoft: Vista's 'Black Screen of Death' Is a Hoax
Many other news sites have just picked up the original article believing that it's legit. We have already updated our original post from last night and are posting the following to correct any disinformation out there.
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12.9.2007 TurnOffLCD - How To Manually Turn Off Notebook or Laptop LCD Screen
Whenever I stop using my laptop but I decide to leave it turned on, I’ll make sure that I turn off the LCD screen.
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22.7.2008 Capture and Edit Screen Shots with All-in-one Design Tool – PicPick
Previously we have mentioned FireShot that works as Firefox and IE extension to let you capture and edit screenshots from web pages easily.
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15.6.2009 Windows 7 RTM Black Screen of Death after Forced Shutdown Actions
Microsoft has informed users of an issue that prevents Windows 7 from starting after the computer the OS is installed on has been forced shut down.
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7.10.2009Last chance to win: Vista Ultimate Boxed (RED) Edition
The competition closes in 1hr 30mins so this is your last chance. Good luck Vista (RED) is enhanced with (PRODUCT) RED wallpapers, gadgets, and a
unique screen saver and DreamScene. For more information on Windows Vista and Vista (RED) please head to Microsoft's Website. In order to enter
the competition you simply have to reply to this thread, we will select a winner at random and multiple posts will not count so no need to go crazy
folks. The competition opens NOW and ends on Wednesday 25th February at 23:59 GMT. The competition is open to all members worldwide.
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26.02.2009Neowin Giveaway: Windows Vista Ultimate Boxed (RED) Edition
As usual we have something to give away to all our members worldwide, Windows Vista Ultimate (RED) Edition. Vista (RED) is enhanced with (PRODUCT)
RED wallpapers, gadgets, and a unique screen saver and DreamScene. For more information on Windows Vista and Vista (RED) please head to
Microsoft's Website. In order to enter the competition you simply have to reply to this post, we will select a winner at random and multiple
posts will not count so no need to go crazy folks. The competition opens NOW and ends on Wednesday 25th February at 23:59 GMT. The competition is
open to all members worldwide.
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23.02.2009Enable New Boot screen in
Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot
screen in current Vista
builds? There is a new trick
that will allow you to see
what may be the new boot
screen for Windows Vista.
This new boot screen
is still not what we have been
expecting but is a move in the
right direction compared to
the white progress bar screen
currently used.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the
start orb and type in
"MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the
System Configuration tool
loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot
Options check "No GUI
Boot".
4. Hit
OK and reboot to see the new
screen
More
tweaks at source!
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12.05.2006European Vista and XP to get browser ballot screen too
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be distributing a ballot screen software update to users, in Europe, of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Last week
Neowin reported that Microsoft has proposed the idea of a ballot screen to the EU. European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer
set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen' from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from
the Web. If this proposal is ultimately accepted, Microsoft will ship Windows in Europe with the full functionality available in the rest of the
world.
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28.07.2009Windows Vista Backup - questions answered
James Senior: There were a lot of comments in
my post about
Windows Vista backup I made in the summer and I wanted to follow up to some of the questions that I'd received having spoken to the guys who
developed the features over in Redmond.
Here are some of their responses:
- 0x8007001B: Please check the
firmware of the the DVD Drive is up-to-date
- 0x8007001B: The software knows how to swap DVDs
- My recovery drive: don't touch
it, it is perfect the way it is. Do NOT delete files - this thing is a life saver
- 0X8007045D: please get the etls files from under
c:WindowsLogsWindowsBackup and c:WindowsLogsCompletePC and we will take a look
- My recovery drive is almost full: exactly the
same thing: Do NOT delete files, do not put files, this thing is a life saver.
- 160GB: depends on the source drive. Backing up 500GB on
160GB usually doesn't work. I recommend 2.5 times the size of the source disk.
Hope this helps with some of your queries.
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22.10.2007Medical Technology: The undercover life saver
As the technology around us grows at a steadfast rate, we tend to only relate these advancements to the hot consumer gadgets. However, instead of
writing up about the latest cell-phones and general tech news, I decided to hit the road and delve into the world of medical technology. My main
focus was to check out some of the devices used in emergency situations, and see how it can increase the potential of saving a life. From talking
with my local Paramedics, I was informed about a neat device that can be found in arenas, libraries, community buildings, restaurants, and other
public buildings mainly in the United States, and also in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
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21.11.2008Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action. The latest
sign of changes for Windows 7 signals a departure from the Vista boot up screen. Microsoft kept the boot screen simple with Vista after asking BIOS
makers, PC makers, and video card makers to remove product advertisement screens at system boot. Microsoft created a simple boot method which it
claimed took 6 seconds off initial boot compared to the more graphical boot that it had originally planned with the Longhorn betas.
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04.12.2008A toast to the Neowin community!
On behalf of myself, Steve, Marcel, Daniel and the entire Neowin team, Merry Christmas!
And a toast to the entire Neowin.net community! You
are the guys (and gals) that, when someone absolutely positively needs help with a technology question, has problems with their PC, or just wants to
know what laptop they should buy, people turn to!
So this week, when you are visiting family and friends and getting peppered with
questions ranging from "Is Windows Vista a good upgrade?" to "Should I get Blu-Ray or HD DVD" to the inevitable "Do you think you could come over
after the holidays to take a look at my 6 year old Windows ME PC? It seems to be running Greeting Spam Card Maker slower after we installed this
screen saver that came with an email..." just know that we'll be thinking of you!
Merry Christmas!
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25.12.2007Apple releases iTunes 8 update to fix Vista blue screen of death
UPDATED Apple has released an updated version of iTunes 8 to correct the blue screen of death problems some users have been experiencing after
installing the software. The issue relates to a driver that conflicts with Windows Vista...
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13.09.2008Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "Blue Screen of Death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared
with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now - a black screen of darkness.
In an e-mail to a large
Windows Vista OEM distributor titled "Pirated Vista - A darkness descends!", a local Microsoft representative made it quite clear what Vista pirates
can expect to happen to their unlicenced installations.
A copy of this e-mail was obtained by Computerworld:
Good Afternoon, As of this week, Microsoft have
activated a function in Vista called 'Reduced Functionality'. This is a specific
function in Vista which effectively disables non genuine copies of Windows. Therefore, anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will
experience...
winbeta.org - 11.09.2007
Vista's Purple Screen of Death
We've all heard of (and, quite unfortunately, experienced) the infamous Blue Screen of Death. Some of us who tested the earlier Windows Vista beta builds had the unique experience of trying out the Red of Screen Death, which occurred when the bootloader
experienced an un-handled exception (we experienced more than our fair share of these during the early days of EasyBCD development!). And then
there's Vista's Purple Screen of
Death, which few have seen.
winbeta.org - 04.12.2007
Windows Vista Beta 2 Screen
Shots
You Can See Windows Vista Beta
2 Screen Shots On Our
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windowsvistax.com - 07.06.2006
New version of the compatibility, reliability, and stability update for Windows Vista
This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements:
- It extends the battery life for mobile devices.
- It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that
use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
- It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a startup application.
- It improves the stability of wireless network services.
- It shortens the startup time of Windows Vista by using a better timing
structure.
- It shortens the recovery time after Windows Vista experiences a period of inactivity.
- It shortens the recovery time when
you try to exit the Photos screen saver.
- It improves the stability of Windows PowerShell.
This update also resolves the following issues
in Windows Vista:
- A compatibility issue that affects some third-party antivirus software applications.
- A reliability issue that
occurs when a Windows Vista-based computer uses certain network driver configurations.
winbeta.org - 24.10.2007
Lenovo to launch dual-screen Workstation at CES
Lenovo is all geared up to launch its Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Workstation at the CES Expo this January. The most interesting thing about this
workstation is that it features a dual screen display, hence the 'ds' in its product name(short for 'dual screen'). The workstation
comes with a dual screen display - The main screen is 17 inches and the secondary screen is 10.6 inches. Lenovo is also offering users the option of
selecting the less expensive Intel Core 2 Quad Processor (2.66GHz built on the newer 45-nanometer manufacturing process) instead of the Intel Core 2
Extreme along with the dual screen display.
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neowin.net - 21.12.2008
The compatibility constraints of your side effects: Beeping
Raymond Chen: Why does the Welcome screen beep if you hit the space bar after the computer has finished starting up?
For
compatibility with a side effect of the Windows XP Welcome screen.
A beta tester asked us why we removed the beeps that were
generated if you started typing at the Welcome screen after the computer finished starting up. Well, we didn't remove the beeps consciously. That the
old Welcome screen beeped was just a side effect of the way the old Welcome screen positioned focus at startup and how it handled unexpected input.
When the Welcome screen was rewritten for Windows Vista, focus and input were handled differently, and it so happened that the new way didn't beep
under the initial conditions.
The tester in this case was blind and relied upon the beeping to know when the system was ready.
The Welcome screen folks had to go back and take extra care to ensure that if you start the computer and wait for the Welcome screen, then hit the
space bar, you get a beep.
winbeta.org - 17.12.2007
Windows Vista X Update New
We Have Now Updateds Are
Download And Drivers Plus
Microsoft Logo Pack And
Windows Vista Screen Shots Are
Now Up To
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Win X
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windowsvistax.com - 29.10.2006
Notebooks: battery hype getting ridiculous
Toshiba's advertising campaign for the Portege R500 claims "weighs nothing, does everything". Everything, that is, except for delivering the
advertised battery life.
Users of Toshibas much-hyped Portege R500 and many other
big name notebooks are getting a lot less than they bargain for when it comes to the notebooks battery life.
Instead of the huge
12.5 hours advertised by Toshiba, our testing shows that youll get less than half that figure with the R500. With DVD playback, you can expect 3 hours
or less.
Whats surprising is how Toshiba told us they came up with the 12.5 hour figure “ by turning off the LCD backlight and
WiFi (amongst other power saver settings). In other words, you cant actually see the screen unless perhaps youre sitting in a park in direct
sunlight.
winbeta.org - 08.11.2007
Trojan attack targets top executives
Top-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cybercriminals using malware-infected RTF documents disguised as recruitment
letters.
Security company MessageLabs reported that 1,100 e-mails containing malware-infected RTF (rich text file) attachments
were recorded over a 16-hour period this month. Four separate waves appeared between September 13 and 14, the company said.
"All
(the e-mails) were going after (top-level) management. The e-mails included the company name in the subject field, purporting to be a recruitment
company. What it had in the attachment is an executable RTF file," a MessageLabs representative said.
Similar e-mails were
noticed in June, the representative said.
The e-mail, which contains no body text, includes a .scr screen-saver dummy file within
an executable RTF file, the representative said. When recipients attempt to open the file, a message is displayed stating: "Microsoft has encountered
an error and had to close." The recipient is then advised: "To view this, double click on the message."..
winbeta.org - 25.09.2007
Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, too
Microsoft posted on its Web site on July 24 the details
of its proposal to the European Commision (EC) designed to settle its browser-bundling antitrust case in Europe.
<...> There
are some interesting tidbits in the fine print of Microsoft’s propsal. For one, the “ballot screen,” which Microsoft has said it
will provide to allow European users a choice of browsers on their Windows PCs, isn’t for Windows 7 users only. Microsoft is proposing that it
be allowed to provide the ballot screen to European users running Windows XP, Vista and/or Windows 7...
winbeta.org - 28.07.2009
Windows 7 695x Boot Screen Video
Chris Holmes: So last week, winfuture posted about Windows 7 build 6954 having a new boot screen. Ever since then, people have been wanting to see
exactly what this new boot screen looks like. I can tell you it looks pretty nifty. It is basically 4 animating balls that come together and form a
glowing windows flag, making for a pretty cool effect.
I recently had a chance to film this boot screen in action, so without
further ado, watch the video of the new Windows 7 boot screen...
winbeta.org - 04.12.2008
