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Old April 20th 10, 09:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Tim Meddick
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Default Pause screensaver etc.


There are TWO really good ways of temporarily pausing the screensaver (that I use).

1). Copy and paste the following into a simple text file then re-name it with a .VBS
extension.

------------------- copy between lines -------------------

Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive", "0"

------------------- copy between lines -------------------

The resulting .VBS script file, when double-clicked, will stop the screensaver from
executing, so call this file something like "Saver_Off.vbs"

Then copy it to a file and re-name it "Saver_On.vbs" and edit the file, changing the
"0" to a "1", then this file when double-clicked on will turn the screensaver
function back on again.


OR....

2). Download the very smart SAVER.EXE by David L Bahnsack from the link below.
It sits nicely in your taskbar and will turn off the screensaver with a single
click - and you can see whether the saver is currently operative or not, at-a-glance.
It's also very small at 16k

http://www.4shared.com/file/WpSsOBd2/SAVER.html

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


P.S. You can also download the ready-made [.vbs] script files as well......
http://www.4shared.com/file/12567301..._Activate.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12567302...eactivate.html


"DD" wrote in message
...
I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the screensaver and stop
the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes! I want to make it possible to
watch a video file without having to keep manually deactivating these functions.
Can anyone help?

Dennis


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