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I'm building a rather specialized screen saver application for some kiosks running Windows XP. Users tend to leave the kiosks without returning the browser to the homepage, so the screen saver does the following:
Launches via the standard screen saver...
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When the screen saver exits, the virtual question (about using SendMessage....
Any process you start from there would inherit the virtual desktop as its own, unless you specify otherwise .
The screen saver on its own virtual desktop.
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I have an application than disables the screen saver temporarily in order to run a slide show. I use this to turn it on or off:
i = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, active, Nothing, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE)
This works fine in XP. In Windows...
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You can, of course, use any other key to keep the screen saver from activating.
The shift to end.
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Just would like to put a shortcut on my desktop to be able to double click on it and start the screen saver.
Is it possible or you have to call some Windows API functions?
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C:\windows\system32\logon.scr /s
Not sure if you can invoke the current windows screen saver though
EDIT:
To use the blank screen saver, then you can use:
c:\windows\system32\scrnsave.scr /s
EDIT 2:
Also, this method will not....
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I've written a screen saver in C# but whenever I run it on preview mode or let it kick in, it throws an exception. When I double click it in Windows\System32 it runs fine. With the Visual studio debugger I sussed out that it doesn't read the .config...
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My guess to be true then you have to add code to read your config from the directory in which your screen saver sits experience, screen....
Use Process Monitor to see what config files the screen saver is trying to read.
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Under Ubuntu 9.10, I have some screen savers that I like, but I cannot change any option that would otherwise be specific for each screen saver, like for the photo/slideshow, to specify the actual pictures directory. Is there a package I can install that...
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You have to replace....
If you mean screensaver there's the option to set a folder of your choise with pics .
You mean howto create a xml file for a slideshow as wallpaper-changer? see here http://ubuntubond.blogspot.com/2009/12/natgeowall.html
or use wally .
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In Windows a screen saver is just an executable with a .scr extension dumped in the system32, and it is controlled with three switches (/p, /c and /s, I think).
How does screen savers work on Mac OS X and Linux? Do they work similarly in Mac OS X and ...
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I imagine a similar approach is feasible.
For example, here to allow OSX screen savers written in Python.
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I am planning to create a screen saver. Thinking of trying out some WPF as well. Anyways, I am not quite sure how I would organize the screen saver on disk in the file system. I have mainly two related issues that I am very uncertain on how to solve:
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Say,
System.Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData
For a screen saver I'd try to put.
Locations.
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I'm working on a service that needs to detect user states for all user(s) logged on to a single machine. Specifically, I want to check to see whether or not the screen saver is active and whether or not their session is locked.
This code will run under...
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Windows tries pretty hard to keep logon sessions separate -- both between services... .
Each instance of this app could communicate with the main instance of the service .
The most straightforward way would be to have a small app running in each user's session .
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I want to be able to lock the screen quickly, and and the hot-corner thing is slow and tricky.
Any ideas?
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Using Keychain Access's Lock Screen menubar isn't fast enough for you?
Activate.
From my desk).
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I'm running win7 on a desktop. Power scheme is always on. Only the monitor is supposed to turn off.
Sometimes it will turn off, other times it won't.
Usually when it does not, what I have on screen is chrome browser with a flash app.
Any ideas why monitor...
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The workaround is to set your screen saver to 1 minute less than the power off time for the monitor..
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