Vista - Bubbles Screen Saver - Customize Settings

Information

By default the Bubbles screen saver has no options to set in the Screen Saver Settings window. However, you can customize the Bubbles screen saver settings through the registry instead. This will show you how to.

NOTE

The default location of the Aurora screen saver file is at C:\Windows\System32\Bubbles.scr.

Tip

You will just need to play with the settings and adjust the Value Data (step 8) until you get the desired affect from the selected DWORD Value Name (step 5).

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1. Click on the download button below to download the
Restore_Default_Bubbles.reg file.

2. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.

3. Right click on the .reg file (on Desktop) and click on Merge.

4. Click on the Run button in the Security Warning pop-up.

5. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted.

6. When done, you can delete the .reg file (on Desktop).

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

3. Click on Continue in the UAC prompt.

4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Screensavers\Bubbles

5. In the right pane, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)

6. Type in a DWORD Value Name you want in the table below and press Enter.

DWORD Value Name	Value Data	Description
MaterialGlass	0 or 1	Set this value to 0 for solid bubbles, 1 for transparent bubbles.
Radius	1130000000 to 1090000000	For smaller or larger bubbles. Higher value number for larger bubbles.
ShowBubbles	0 or 1	Set this value to 1 for current desktop background, 0 for black desktop background.
ShowShadows	0 or 1	Set this value to 1 to enable, 0 to disable bubble shadows.
SphereDensity	1000000000 to 2100000000	For more or less bubbles on screen. Higher value number for more bubbles.
TurbulenceNumOctaves	1 to 255	For how fast the bubble colors will change. Higher value number for faster color change.

7. Right click on the DWORD Value Name (from step 6) and click on Modify.

8. Dot Decimal, and type in the Value Data you want in the table above and click on OK. (See example screenshot below)

9. Repeat steps 5 to 8 to customize another available DWORD Value Name option.
NOTE: You can add and customize one, a few, or all of the available options if you like (see table below step 6), but only add one instance of each DWORD Value Name in step 5 to prevent problems.

10. Close Regedit when done.