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02-15-2009
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| | Vista screen saver is transparent Help! When any screensaver kicks in, it is transparent, meaning that I see through it to the desktop, which is still up. How do I make the desktop disappear when the screensaver turns on? As an example, when I turn on the Bubbles screensaver, bubbles bounce around on the screen OVER the desktop, not in place of it. -- Tim O'Bannon |
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02-15-2009
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| | Re: Vista screen saver is transparent Are you sure it's any screen saver? On my machine the screen savers hide the desktop, but the bubbles screen saver is designed as a transparent screen saver. Tyro "Tim O'Bannon" <Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx Quote: > > Help! When any screensaver kicks in, it is transparent, meaning that I > see through it to the desktop, which is still up. How do I make the > desktop disappear when the screensaver turns on? As an example, when I > turn on the Bubbles screensaver, bubbles bounce around on the screen > OVER the desktop, not in place of it. > > > > > -- > Tim O'Bannon |
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02-15-2009
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| | Re: Vista screen saver is transparent Yup, the Bubbles screen saver does that. "Tim O'Bannon" <Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx Quote: > > Help! When any screensaver kicks in, it is transparent, meaning that I > see through it to the desktop, which is still up. How do I make the > desktop disappear when the screensaver turns on? As an example, when I > turn on the Bubbles screensaver, bubbles bounce around on the screen > OVER the desktop, not in place of it. |
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02-15-2009
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| | Re: Vista screen saver is transparent Tyro - Jeez, you're right. I didn't realize that the sample was also transparent. I tried two others and it works fine. I was having a problem with the blank screen not turning on, but it seems to be working now. Thanks much for your help!! Tim 'Tyro[_2_ Wrote: Quote: > ;791192']Are you sure it's any screen saver? On my machine the screen > savers hide the > desktop, but the bubbles screen saver is designed as a transparent > screen > saver. > > Tyro > > "Tim O'Bannon" Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx wrote in message > news:Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx- > > Help! When any screensaver kicks in, it is transparent, meaning that > I > see through it to the desktop, which is still up. How do I make the > desktop disappear when the screensaver turns on? As an example, when > I > turn on the Bubbles screensaver, bubbles bounce around on the screen > OVER the desktop, not in place of it. > > > > > -- > Tim O'Bannon - -- Tim O'Bannon |
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02-15-2009
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| | Re: Vista screen saver is transparent "Tim O'Bannon" <Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Tim.OBannon.3de4acd@xxxxxx Quote: > > Help! When any screensaver kicks in, it is transparent, meaning that I > see through it to the desktop, which is still up. How do I make the > desktop disappear when the screensaver turns on? As an example, when I > turn on the Bubbles screensaver, bubbles bounce around on the screen > OVER the desktop, not in place of it. > > > > > -- > Tim O'Bannon Select a different screensaver. Right-click on an empty area of the Desktop > select "Personalize" > click on "Screen Saver" > use the drop-down list to select a different screen saver > you can use the "Preview" button to see how it works (don't move the mouse while doing so or you turn off the preview!) > when done selecting click any OKs Saucy |
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