windows-screensaver

How to Programatically Tweak Windows Screensaver Registry Settings

I'm working on code that's supposed to start the screensaver defined by the user preferences. (The code is in Java, but will only be run under Windows.) My current approach is to set the ScreenSaveTimeOut value in the registry to 1; in theory, that should kick the screensaver on after a delay of merely one second. But in practice, it ...

How can I add the Assembly* values back to my executable?

As part of the solution to another question I asked I have added a resource file to my project. I was able to set the icon for the application in the resource file but I'm not sure how the other attributes (ie: File Version, Description, Copyright, etc.) should be set. I imagine I need to put them in the resource file but I'm not clear o...

Screensaver Hides Desktop

Hi, we would like to build a screensaver that shows the desktop and the running applications but prevents user input by showing the login screen. The idea was to build a windows app with no window or a transparent window. However, as soon as the screensaver gets activated the desktop and all applications are hidden from the screen. Is ...

Make screensaver fire whenever computer locks?

Is it possible to force the screensaver to appear whenever a computer becomes locked? Specifically on XP, 7 if possible. ...

Firefox shows blank page when computer wakes up from screensaver.

I have a computer running Windows Vista setup as a kiosk. It runs Firefox and RKiosk addon and in it, there's splash page made of html with a bunch of images acting as links leading to pages with contents (PDFs, videos and images). When a user browses and leaves the kiosk at any content page, upon idling for a period, a Javascript functi...