The Screen Saver feature was invented to stop burn-ins in the Cathode Ray Tube monitors. The CRT monitors, once very popular, have been replaced by superior LCD and LED monitors that are less prone to burn-ins. What is a screen saver? A screen saver is a slow animation displayed when your computer is idle. One […]
How To Enable Screen Saver In Windows 11
With default settings, the screen saver is turned off in Windows 11 as screen savers are not required on modern PCs. Screen savers were initially introduced to avoid screen burn-in (in Cathode Ray Tube displays) due to cumulative non-uniform use of display pixels. Since screen savers are technically not required for modern displays, Microsoft has […]
Location Of Screensaver Files In Windows 11/10
Like its predecessors, Windows 11 and Windows 10 also ship with a bunch of screensavers. 3D Text, Blank, Bubbles, Mystify, Photos, and Ribbons are the screensavers offered with Windows 10. All screensavers offered with Windows 10/10 were part of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 as well. That is, Windows 11/10 doesn’t come with new screensavers. […]
How To Change Screen Saver In Windows 10
Maybe because modern PC displays are not prone to burn-ins, screen savers are not enabled by default in Windows 10. It’s true that computer screens no longer need screen savers to prevent them from phosphor burn-ins, but there are users who prefer to use screen savers to hide the actual content on the screen when […]
How To Change Screen Saver Settings In Windows 10
Enabling screen saver or accessing screen saver settings is not a straight-forward job in Windows 10, especially for users who have just upgraded to the latest version of Windows operating system. The classic Personalization window (from where we could access screen saver settings dialog) has been removed from Windows 10, and the new Settings app […]
How To Set Photos As Screen Saver In Windows 10/11
The original purpose of the screen saver feature was to prevent burn-in in CRT displays. These days, users need not worry about burn-ins thanks to LCD and LED technologies. This could be the reason why Microsoft is no longer adding new screen savers. Today, most users use the screen saver feature to improve privacy when […]
Get New Apple TV Aerial Screen Saver In Windows 10/8.1/7
Last month, Apple announced its fourth generation new Apple TV and pre-orders for the new Apple TV had begun a couple of hours ago. The latest set-top box from Apple comes with a faster processor, a redesigned remote with touchpad, and support for voice commands via Siri. In addition to a better user interface and […]
How To Enable Screen Saver In Windows 10
As you likely know, screen savers were introduced to save Cathode Ray Tube (popularly known as CRT) monitors from burn-in effect, and now that most PCs are using LCD or LED screens, screen savers are no longer as relevant and popular as they were a decade ago. Screen savers are turned off by default in […]
How To Open Screen Saver Settings In Windows 10
Long-time Windows users will know how simple it was to access Screen Saver Settings dialog in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. We just had to right-click on the desktop, click Personalize option to open the Personalization window, and then click the Screen Saver link to open Screen Saver Settings. In Windows 10, […]
How To Automatically Rotate Screen Savers In Windows
Screen savers that were designed to prevent phosphor burn-in on monitors have come a long way. Today, Windows users have options to download thousands of free screen savers from the web and also tweak the default set of screen savers that ship with Windows 10/8.1/7. All recent versions of Windows include a bunch of good […]