The original screensaver, executed in the form of an image of the Moon in its real phase at the moment. In addition, the screensaver contains additional data such as the length of the day and the time of sunrise and sunset of celestial bodies.
Screenshot gallery
Installing screensaver
Let's try to install this screensaver. Download the archive with the program and unpack it to a convenient place. We launch the file with the exe extension and apparently this is the window:
Click "Install" and then "Ok". Ready!
Screensaver setting
The screen saver settings window should appear:
In this window, you can set the time after which the screen saver will turn on. If 15 minutes by default suits you, click the "Options" button:
Here you can choose your city or set arbitrary coordinates for which the position of the moon in the screensaver will be calculated. You can also uncheck the boxes for showing stars and text information. We confirm our choice with the "Ok" button.
To see how the splash screen will look like, in the Screen Saver Options window, click View and see the splash screen itself:
In addition to the Moon itself in the current phase, in different corners of the screen you can see:
- Current coordinates,
- Date and time,
- Link to the developer's site,
- Astronomical data for the Sun and Moon (sunrise-sunset, day length, etc.)
With any movement of the mouse, the splash screen will disappear from the screen as expected.
In general, this is all that can be said about this screensaver. Now, after the time specified by you, it will appear on the screen of your computer.
If you get bored with the screensaver, in the same "Screen saver settings" select another screensaver or a line (no), if you don't want any screensavers at all.
Advantages and disadvantages of the program
- simple installer;
- nice screensaver plus useful information;
- easy to set up;
- nothing extra.
- requires installation;
- not everyone likes to see the moon on the screen all the time.
conclusions
A beautiful and sometimes even informative screen saver for astronomy lovers.
P.S. It is allowed to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Bogdanov is preserved.
A screen saver is a moving image or pattern that appears on a computer screen when a mouse or keyboard has not been used for a specified period of time. This tip will show you how to change the splash screen in Windows 7 to another or disable it altogether.
The standard splash screens are located in C: \ Windows \ System32 \ and have the following names:
- Bubbles.scr
- Mystify.scr
- PhotoScreensaver.scr (Photo)
- Ribbons.scr
- scrnsave.scr (Form)
- ssText3d.scr (3D text)
If the screensaver doesn't work, check the following:
- Screen saver settings.
- If you are using photos (pictures), delete all videos from the selected folder.
- You have downloaded a corrupted file.
- The screensaver file (.scr) was not installed in the C: \ Windows \ System32 \ folder.
To expand your choice, you can download additional screensavers. Download only from trusted resources.
How to change the screensaver in Windows 7 Start and Basic Home
1. Open the "Control Panel" find and click on the "Display" option.
Changing the screen saver in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Maximum, Enterprise
1. Click "Start" in the search bar, enter "personalization" (as in the picture, without quotes) and click from the found list on the entry being entered.
2. A window with numerous settings will open in front of you. We are interested in the lower block, where 4 personalization settings are located. Here you can, the sound scheme, and of course the splash screen.
3. After that the window “ screen saver options". In the "splash" block, select from the suggested splash screens, then click on the "view" button and you will see how it will be displayed in full screen.
Note: Just press the keyboard key or move the mouse to stop the preview.
Some of the preinstalled Windows 7 screensavers have their own settings, which you can open by clicking on the "options" button. Some screensavers may not have configurable options.
For example, if you want make a splash from your photos (pictures), then select "photos" from the list of screensavers provided. Then click the "Options" button, where you can adjust the speed of the slide show and select a folder with photos (pictures) by clicking the "Browse" button. Specify the folder with the files and click OK. If you want your slideshow to be scattered, then check the box that says "random order of images" and click save. if there is a desire to improve the appearance of the OS.
5. After you have selected and configured the screensaver, press the button "apply" and "ok".
6. In order to disable the screensaver on Windows 7, select “no” from the list, click “apply” and “ok”, as shown in the screenshot below.
How to change the screensaver through the Windows 7 registry
In addition to the above methods, there is a manual method for changing the splash screen through the registry.
1. Press Windows key + R, type regedit and press Enter.
2. In the registry window, find the section located along the path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
3. In the Desktop section, find the SCRNSAVE.EXE element, double-click on it and in the opened window for changing the string parameter in the “value” field, enter the full path to the splash screen and click “ok”.
For example C: \ Windows \ system32 \ Ribbons.scr
Important! The splash screen name must not contain spaces. If there are any, then be sure to remove them.
If you suddenly did not find the SCRNSAVE.EXE parameter, then create it. Click on the right side of the registry window on an empty space and in the "create" menu click "string value". Name it SCRNSAVE.EXE and press Enter. Then follow the steps described above (see point 3).
4. To set the time after which the splash screen appears in Windows 7, find the ScreenSaveTimeOut parameter. Open it and set a numerical value in seconds and press "ok". For example, 600 equals 10 minutes.
If you did not find the ScreenSaveTimeOut parameter, then make it according to the principle of creating the SCRNSAVE.EXE parameter described above.
5. After the done actions, close the registry, wait a while and check the result.
In these ways you can change screensaver in Windows 7... All the methods described above use the standard features of the OS without third-party programs, and differ from the process that I recommend to familiarize yourself with.
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