"Olórin" <incanus@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message news:...
> "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.
>

Sorry, just re-read past your first sentence, so ignore my first line. But
the rest stands!