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09-20-2003, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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Will not save as default screensaver.
Installed screensaver but will not save as the default screensaver.
Example..I change the activation time to 1 minute and click apply, come back 10 minutes later and no screensaver. I click on the settings/ screensaver tab and it shows that no screensaver is selected. I am not stupid when it comes to these sorts of things but this is just not working. Any suggestions? Have tried uninstalling and re-installing several times to no avail. |
09-20-2003, 05:41 PM | #2 |
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P4 2.8 Radeon 9800 Pro 512Mb Corsair XMS Windows XP Pro |
09-20-2003, 06:03 PM | #3 |
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Yep just tried again....re-installed and clicked "Apply" after changing the settings.
Re-booted comp and went to the screensaver tab and it says "No screensaver selected." All other screensavers still work fine and appear in the screensavers tab after I click apply / exit and then go back into the screensavers tab. Just the Marine one does not show again. |
09-20-2003, 07:22 PM | #4 |
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Open C:\Windows\System32
Rename Marine Aquarium 2.scr to MarineAquarium2.scr (removing the spaces) I hope this will be fixed in a future version of the Aquarium.
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09-20-2003, 07:39 PM | #5 |
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My friend you are a legend..
Thank you this fixed the problem. Now im off to find Nemo. THANKYOU |
09-20-2003, 08:22 PM | #6 | ||
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That only happens to selective people? How come mine is Marine Aquarium 2.scr (with spaces) and works.
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09-20-2003, 08:36 PM | #7 |
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You're running XP?
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09-20-2003, 08:41 PM | #8 | ||
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Yes-
Windows XP Home Ed. 2.66Ghz 512 MB DDR Ram 150 GIG HD NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
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09-20-2003, 08:46 PM | #9 | ||
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I just noticed a funny thing. It is still written to the registry in good old DOS (8.3) notation: C:\WINDOWS\System32\MARINE~2.SCR. That is using Windows XP home.
When I change the registry key to C:\WINDOWS\System32\Marine Aquarium 2.scr it won't select the MA2 and it reverts to none. Clue maybe... ? btw Windows9x does not write this setting to the registry but to system.ini (or maybe win.ini, I forget).
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09-20-2003, 08:54 PM | #10 | ||
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Mine is in C:\WINNT\system32
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09-20-2003, 08:59 PM | #11 | ||
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Originally posted by Panthera Well, that would depend on the preference of the person who installed your OS. What I mean is the "MARINE~2.SCR" part. Windows XP still supports DOS notation of course, but maybe those experiencing this problem have somehow disabled that.
Mine is in C:\WINNT\system32
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09-20-2003, 09:01 PM | #12 | ||
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Oh yea hmm.. I don't know about that
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09-21-2003, 11:40 AM | #13 |
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"C:\WINDOWS\System32\Marine Aquarium 2.scr" (with the quotes)
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09-21-2003, 05:00 PM | #14 | ||
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Morgan,
When I set that registry value including quotes it does not work either. Anyway, display properties configuration does not use quotes but still uses DOS names. Silly Micro$oft! By the way, this is the registry key that contains your current screensaver: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE And I also found that you can indeed tweak Windows to disable 8.3 filenames. See screenshot made from <a href="http://www.xteq.com/">Xteq X-setup</a>. Now if someone who experiences this problem could download X-setup and check the shown setting to test my theory...
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