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Old January 15th 09, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Chip Roberts
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I wish to use a home video of my children as my screen saver, and I
understand I'm supposed to place the video file inside the windows folder
containing the stock screen savers, but I cannot seem to find them nor the
folder in which they are contained. Could someone please tell me where I find
them or even if there is an easier method to making said video my screen
saver? And what file format it has to be, like .avi, or .wmv?
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Old January 15th 09, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Google: How to make a screen saver
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Chip Roberts wrote:
I wish to use a home video of my children as my screen saver, and I
understand I'm supposed to place the video file inside the windows folder
containing the stock screen savers, but I cannot seem to find them nor the
folder in which they are contained. Could someone please tell me where I find
them or even if there is an easier method to making said video my screen
saver? And what file format it has to be, like .avi, or .wmv?

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Old January 15th 09, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default Custom Screensavers?

Google: How to make a screen saver
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Leonard Grey
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Chip Roberts wrote:
I wish to use a home video of my children as my screen saver, and I
understand I'm supposed to place the video file inside the windows folder
containing the stock screen savers, but I cannot seem to find them nor the
folder in which they are contained. Could someone please tell me where I find
them or even if there is an easier method to making said video my screen
saver? And what file format it has to be, like .avi, or .wmv?

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Old January 15th 09, 10:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Big_Al
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Default Custom Screensavers?

Chip Roberts said this on 1/15/2009 1:54 PM:
I wish to use a home video of my children as my screen saver, and I
understand I'm supposed to place the video file inside the windows folder
containing the stock screen savers, but I cannot seem to find them nor the
folder in which they are contained. Could someone please tell me where I find
them or even if there is an easier method to making said video my screen
saver? And what file format it has to be, like .avi, or .wmv?

Search for *.scr and your will find screen savers.

But your videos are not .scr format so you need some application to turn
them into a screen saver.
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Old January 15th 09, 10:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Big_Al
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Default Custom Screensavers?

Chip Roberts said this on 1/15/2009 1:54 PM:
I wish to use a home video of my children as my screen saver, and I
understand I'm supposed to place the video file inside the windows folder
containing the stock screen savers, but I cannot seem to find them nor the
folder in which they are contained. Could someone please tell me where I find
them or even if there is an easier method to making said video my screen
saver? And what file format it has to be, like .avi, or .wmv?

Search for *.scr and your will find screen savers.

But your videos are not .scr format so you need some application to turn
them into a screen saver.
 




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