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Thread: How Do I Turn Off The Screen Saver? |
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Former Member
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It's very annoying to have it pop up while I'm watching movies.
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mikaok
Senior Cruncher Finland Joined: Aug 8, 2006 Post Count: 489 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Have you tried VLC media player? It blocks screen saver by default. IMHO one of the best media players you can find. Only video format I haven't been able to use it is the blu-ray.
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Sekerob
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MY windows media player has an option / had an option to allow / disallow the screen-protection to kick in during play, both under Vista as under W7, player section of the options.
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Former Member
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I need to turn it off out right. I watch movies through netflix.
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JmBoullier
Former Community Advisor Normandy - France Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Post Count: 3716 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I need to turn it off out right. I watch movies through netflix. Right click on an empty place in your desktop, select "Properties", then the "Screen Saver" tag, then select "(None)" in the list. If you ever have to re-install WCG/BOINC make sure you don't select the Screen Saver option (you may have to select the Advanced installation mode for that). Cheers. Jean. |
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Former Member
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For some platforms, "none" means a blank screen. The safest way is: "start" > "control panel" > "display" > "screen saver" > "wait" > "9999 minutes." This (theoretically) allows you to watch a film for 166 hours, 39 minutes
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Sekerob
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... or simply set that switch in e.g. Windows Media Player to stop the SS from kicking in whilst WMP is loaded, to include suspending the energy saving function of the display.
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Former Member
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. . . which is even better, as you do not lose the SS in other progs.
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Former Member
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......Much better would be that you could soon fix your computer .many in the Team wonder, .. ask for help if you need it , there are some who live near your place isn´t .,
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