Vista Screensaver

The screensaver, apart from its decorative aspect, has a more important purpose: to protect your screen.

It was first created for CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors. These were susceptible to “record” shadows or images on the screen due to the projection of the same image (like the taskbar or the background of a 24/7 on computer) for a long period of time. This happens because of its image creation technology. Today’s CRTs have improved a lot regarding this problem but there is still a chance to get a problem.

The LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors don’t have this problem but can also suffer from some kind of ghosting which fades away in time if the source is removed.

The screensaver is designed to save your screen by keeping the monitor busy with ever changing images to avoid the burn-in.

To add new vista screensavers you have to follow the next steps:

1. Download new vista screensavers

here are some sites where you can download beautiful and free ones to add besides the usual from Microsoft.

- screensaver.com
- freesaver.com
- screensavers.com
- screensavershot.com

All these sites are well structured on different categories: 3d, animals, art, celebrities, fantasy, games, movies, tv, music, sports and lots more. You have hundres to choose from.

Download them in one folder to have them organized.

Now there are two ways:

- There is a big probability they are .exe. This means it will come with a self installer and it will copy itself to the right place. If this is the case go directly to step 3.

- If they have .scr extension read step 2.

2. Copy the vista screensavers (.scr files) to C:\Windows\System32

3. Right click on your desktop