I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also be
used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
(http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to mess
up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and I know
I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions

These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:

Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora

- NumLayers [DWORD] int
Self explanatory

- Brightness [DWORD] int
Self explanatory

- Speed [DWORD] int
Self explanatory

- SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
(one set of configuration data)

- Amplitude [DWORD] int
Self explanatory

- AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
monitors

I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?

Thanks

You wanna know what I really think?

1- Stay away from things you don't understand. The Windows registry is
no place for proverbial 'dummies'.

2- Downloaded screen savers often contain additional software that you
don't want.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Susan wrote:
> I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also be
> used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
> adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
> have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to mess
> up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and I know
> I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>
> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>
> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>
> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - Brightness [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - Speed [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
> (one set of configuration data)
>
> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
> monitors
>
> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
> are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
>

"Susan" <donnatroy1965@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OTY3yhSHJHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also be
>used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
>adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>(http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
>have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to
>mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and I
>know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>
> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>
> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>
> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - Brightness [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - Speed [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
> (one set of configuration data)
>
> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
> Self explanatory
>
> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
> monitors
>
> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
> are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
This site has helpful info on the use of regedit.
http://www.computerhope.com/registry.htm

You are right, I'll leave the settings alone in the screensavers. But the
screensavers themselves are from Microsoft and so far I haven't seen or
detected anything additional beyond program itself.

Thank you for your help.


"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23e3IP6SHJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You wanna know what I really think?
>
> 1- Stay away from things you don't understand. The Windows registry is no
> place for proverbial 'dummies'.
>
> 2- Downloaded screen savers often contain additional software that you
> don't want.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Susan wrote:
>> I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also
>> be used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
>> adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
>> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
>> have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to
>> mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and
>> I know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>>
>> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>>
>> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>>
>> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - Brightness [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - Speed [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
>> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
>> (one set of configuration data)
>>
>> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
>> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
>> monitors
>>
>> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
>> are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks

Thank you for the link, I looked at it, but I'm a bit too nervous to mess
around with it, so I'm just going to leave the screensavers as is. I will
keep checking online though, maybe Microsoft will fix it to where the ones I
mentioned will be changed so Windows XP users can change the settings.

Thanks again,

"OldKenGoat" <wswenson@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
news:NpSdnVo_vMz-70XVnZ2dnUVZ_v_inZ2d@cablespeedmi.com...
>
> "Susan" <donnatroy1965@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OTY3yhSHJHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also be
>>used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
>>adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>>(http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
>> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
>>have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to
>>mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and I
>>know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>>
>> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>>
>> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>>
>> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - Brightness [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - Speed [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
>> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
>> (one set of configuration data)
>>
>> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
>> Self explanatory
>>
>> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
>> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
>> monitors
>>
>> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
>> are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> This site has helpful info on the use of regedit.
> http://www.computerhope.com/registry.htm
>

The screensavers themselves are /not/ from Microsoft.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

Susan wrote:
> You are right, I'll leave the settings alone in the screensavers. But the
> screensavers themselves are from Microsoft and so far I haven't seen or
> detected anything additional beyond program itself.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23e3IP6SHJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You wanna know what I really think?
>>
>> 1- Stay away from things you don't understand. The Windows registry is no
>> place for proverbial 'dummies'.
>>
>> 2- Downloaded screen savers often contain additional software that you
>> don't want.
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Susan wrote:
>>> I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also
>>> be used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any options
>>> adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>>> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
>>> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but I
>>> have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want to
>>> mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit and
>>> I know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>>>
>>> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>>>
>>> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>>> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>>>
>>> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
>>> Self explanatory
>>>
>>> - Brightness [DWORD] int
>>> Self explanatory
>>>
>>> - Speed [DWORD] int
>>> Self explanatory
>>>
>>> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
>>> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
>>> (one set of configuration data)
>>>
>>> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
>>> Self explanatory
>>>
>>> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
>>> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
>>> monitors
>>>
>>> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as they
>>> are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
>

I'm not arguing the point, but I think these 4 screensavers, Aurora,
Bubbles, Mystify and Ribbons are indeed from Microsoft. I right clicked on
Aurora and it gave Microsoft Corporation as the copyrighted owner. That is
just what the program property says.


"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23CZ1o74HJHA.4408@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> The screensavers themselves are /not/ from Microsoft.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp
>
> Susan wrote:
>> You are right, I'll leave the settings alone in the screensavers. But
>> the screensavers themselves are from Microsoft and so far I haven't seen
>> or detected anything additional beyond program itself.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23e3IP6SHJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> You wanna know what I really think?
>>>
>>> 1- Stay away from things you don't understand. The Windows registry is
>>> no place for proverbial 'dummies'.
>>>
>>> 2- Downloaded screen savers often contain additional software that you
>>> don't want.
>>> ---
>>> Leonard Grey
>>> Errare humanum est
>>>
>>> Susan wrote:
>>>> I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can also
>>>> be used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any
>>>> options adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>>>> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
>>>> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit, but
>>>> I have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't want
>>>> to mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with regedit
>>>> and I know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of instructions
>>>>
>>>> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>>>>
>>>> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>>>> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>>>>
>>>> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>
>>>> - Brightness [DWORD] int
>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>
>>>> - Speed [DWORD] int
>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>
>>>> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
>>>> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
>>>> (one set of configuration data)
>>>>
>>>> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>
>>>> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
>>>> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
>>>> monitors
>>>>
>>>> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as
>>>> they are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>

"Susan" <donnatroy1965@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23XivdwDIJHA.508@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I'm not arguing the point, but I think these 4 screensavers, Aurora,
> Bubbles, Mystify and Ribbons are indeed from Microsoft. I right clicked
> on Aurora and it gave Microsoft Corporation as the copyrighted owner. That
> is just what the program property says.
>
>
> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23CZ1o74HJHA.4408@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> The screensavers themselves are /not/ from Microsoft.
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp
>>
>> Susan wrote:
>>> You are right, I'll leave the settings alone in the screensavers. But
>>> the screensavers themselves are from Microsoft and so far I haven't seen
>>> or detected anything additional beyond program itself.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leonard Grey" <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:%23e3IP6SHJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> You wanna know what I really think?
>>>>
>>>> 1- Stay away from things you don't understand. The Windows registry is
>>>> no place for proverbial 'dummies'.
>>>>
>>>> 2- Downloaded screen savers often contain additional software that you
>>>> don't want.
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> Susan wrote:
>>>>> I recently downloaded 4 of the windows vista screensavers that can
>>>>> also be used for windows xp. They work just fine but I can't make any
>>>>> options adjustments. I downloaded the screensavers
>>>>> (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-44716.html
>>>>> ) along with some setting adjustments that can be made in regedit,
>>>>> but I have no idea exactly how to make the adjustments. Plus I don't
>>>>> want to mess up what is in there already. I'm not too familiar with
>>>>> regedit and I know I'd pretty much need a "Dummies for ..." set of
>>>>> instructions
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the instructions that came along with the screensaver:
>>>>>
>>>>> Path: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>>>>> CurrentVersion\Screensavers\Aurora
>>>>>
>>>>> - NumLayers [DWORD] int
>>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>>
>>>>> - Brightness [DWORD] int
>>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>>
>>>>> - Speed [DWORD] int
>>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>>
>>>>> - SpanMultiMon [DWORD] 0/1
>>>>> Enable/Disable spanning across multiple monitors
>>>>> (one set of configuration data)
>>>>>
>>>>> - Amplitude [DWORD] int
>>>>> Self explanatory
>>>>>
>>>>> - AllScreensSame [DWORD] 0/1
>>>>> Enable/Disable the matching of ribbon displays on all
>>>>> monitors
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have to have the options, the screensavers work just fine as
>>>>> they are but I would like to tweak them if I can. Can anyone help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>
>

What do you base that belief on?

Maybe the original *for-Vista* screen savers are from Microsoft, but these
are ports to XP. There's no mention of MS on that page. Indeed, if you click
on "read more" you get to
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop...ed-to-XP.shtml
where it states, under "Developer", the names "joejoe & Rafael". I didn't
get any further than that in finding out any more info about them as you end
up in a "softpedia" loop of pages. But no mention of these screensavers
being from Microsoft.