Mukesh Kumar asked:


After reading this good article you will know some important information about screensavers and their history. You will find out how screensavers are different from other applications and what advantages you’ll have if you use them. If you have a laptop or a notebook you can also find useful things.

I wonder if you have ever asked about what screensavers are in fact. Because I did I made a little research and I am willing to share with you what I learned. If you split the word “screensavers” in to separate words it will result the words “screen” and “savers”. So screensavers are some kind of applications that “saves your computer”. So a screensaver can only mean something good for your computer. But the real question is what does exactly means? You must ask yourself if it will harm your screen or it will help it. You can find all this just by knowing the definition of the screensavers.

If you are curious and you search the net you will find a many definitions. But I will try to list the best of them in this article.

1. So a screensaver is some kind of a moving picture that appears on your screen if you haven’t moved your mouse or didn’t press any key for a period of time that you can set. Screensavers prevent screen damage that is caused when the same areas of light and dark are displayed for long periods of time.

2. A screensaver is a program that activates after a certain amount of time has passed with no keyboard or mouse activity and blanks the screen or display moving various objects across the screen; these are used to prevent your screen from getting “burn in”. So I think that you are begriming to understand.

3. You can also call it an animated picture that you can program trough the display control panel. It will appear on the screen of your computer after a time that you can program has elapsed. The most important task of the screen saver is to reduce wear and the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) that can receive damage if the same window is left for a long period of time.

So in conclusion after understanding the definitions of the screensavers you should understand the benefits and try to use one on your computer. You can find some tips about using screensavers in the second part of this article.

For More Free Resources visit www.greateducationonline.com



BURT

Matthew Wright asked:


To understand how one goes about preventing spyware and adware for free from entering your system and also spyware and adware removal, one must understand where spyware and adware comes from. There are two main entry points for spyware and adware.

Click Here – Spyware and Adware Prevention

There’s more detailed information about spyware and adware prevention and removal, you can even try out some new free tools that will help you stay spyware free.

To summarize here though, the first point of entry for spyware and adware is free programs that people download from the internet from questionable sources. These programs almost always have spyware and adware, or worse, even trojans bundled with them. To avoid downloading spyware and adware, before you download anything from the web you must ask yourself a few simple questions. Do you trust this website? Do you really need this program? What’s in it for them to offer this free software? For example, suppose you want to download Mozilla. Do you trust www.mozilla.org? Yes. Do you need this program? Yes. What’s in it for them? Fame, glory, opposing the evil Microsoft monopoly. Could it contain spyware and adware? Unlikely. Now suppose you want to download a free screensaver program at some shady website. Do you trust the website? Questionable. Do you need this program? Not really if you think about it. What is in it for them? Theres no fame or glory, it’s not an open source project. Could it contain spyware and adware? Hmmm.. In most cases it comes down to money and by bundling spyware and adware in with their programs they can generate revenue to pay for the screensavers.

Other common programs that bundle spyware and adware include file sharing programs, browser toolbars, etc. All potentially can contain spyware and adware.

The second point of entry is through your browser. A lot sites out there try to get you to say yes to spyware and adware. When you go to a site and it asks you to install a program you’ve never heard of before in order to view the website, that is a major red flag for spyware and adware. Yes, it’s true that there are legitimate browser extensions that you should install when it asks you like Macromedia Flash, for example. But if you don’t think you need it, just click no. Some sites are a bit trickier though. They will keep on asking you over and over again until you say yes, and it’s difficult to avoid. Here is another top tip to get you out of that mess….

Click no and quickly press the Alt-F4 key combination to close your browser before it asks you again.

Search for spyware and adware removers on google or another reputable srearch engine and you should get good spyware and adware links. (tip)



ALLISON

Cdmohatta asked:


Halloween is the time to send Ecards to friends. Halloween is the time to send Ecards to family. How to get Free Halloween Ecards? One must share the fun of Halloween but how to get very good quality Ecards that look different and don’t cost? Let me tell you.

Free Halloween Ecards – tips on selection

Internet offers paid and free, both kinds of Ecards. How to get the best at no cost? Let me give you few tips.



Search for Free Halloween Ecards. It is not necessary that the best Ecards will be always on the first page of search results. That may be even in the third or fourth page. Search engine searches with different criteria and the first result need not be best for you. Therefore look at few websites. The very first page – home of the website should give you idea about the quality of the content. Ask these questions- is the homepage well laid out? Are the fonts and colors pleasing? Does the design look professional? Does the website offer small content or large content? Once you are sure that you have located a good website, click the Halloween Ecards.



View few Free Halloween Ecards. Look at the colors. Is the size right? Or the Ecard is very small? Is the Ecard designed in flash or plain JPG? If they are JPG, move to another website.



What about the Ecards text? Does it evoke the spirit of Halloween? Listen to the music. Is the music matching the mood of the Ecards? If not, select another.



Does the Free Halloween Ecard open and begin playing immediately? Or you have to click the Ecard to play? The later is good because it gives you the opportunity to view the Ecard carefully and enjoy it. The Ecards that begin playing immediately as they open give no opportunity to the recipient to watch it and enjoy. He/she will have to replay it again to view it. Why trouble the recipient? Send an Ecard that has to be played. That will give enough time to watch the Ecard. Look at some of these Free Halloween Ecards .



5.Write whatever message you want below the Ecard. The message should be personal- between you and the recipient. Make it sound funny and nostalgic. The final test of a good message is simple- will it make the recipient feel good? If yes, go ahead. Send as many free Ecards as you wish.

Related links :-

1- Funny Halloween Ecards

2- Free Halloween Screensavers



KELLEY

Sergey Korovin asked:


For immediate release

May 23, 2007

Contact: Dmitry Baranov

Company: ExtraLabs Software

Title: CEO

E-mail: dmitry@extralabs.net

News Screensaver: relax and read news!

News Screensaver allows you to always have the most recent news, weather forecasts and stock quotes on your computer screen. The screensaver supports all RSS, RDF and Atom formats. The program is shipped with the set of more than 100 links to variously themed news feeds, such as Top News, Business, Science, Sport, Regional, Technology, Industries, Health. Moreover, you can always add the necessary news feed yourself. If you have a permanent internet connection, News Screensaver will automatically check the feeds for updates.

The primary advantages of the program are: configurable interface, low system requirements, simplicity and convenience of usage. News Screensaver is a real must have for those who want to keep the track of events or just profitably spend a little break during the long work hours.

Read more about News Screensaver at http://www.extralabs.net/news-screensaver.htm

Download an free version at http://www.extralabs.net/NewsScreensaverSetup.exe

About ExtraLabs Software

ExtraLabs Software specializes in the development of RSS and image-processing software. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of Russian software engineers. ExtraLabs Software is the author of such products as “Feed Mix”, an RSS reader with the editing ability; “Feed Editor”, a fully-fledged RSS and podcast editor; “RSS Wizard”, an HTML to RSS converter, “RSS Publisher”, a free tool for publishing RSS Feeds, and “Image Assistant”, a tool for batch-mode image processing. For more information, please visit http://www.extralabs.net.

NOTE TO EDITORS: IT reviewers are encouraged to use this press release and any other related materials. Please let us know if you have any questions or would like any additional information about News Screensaver. Contact Dmitry Baranov at dmitry@extralabs.net. A jewel case with our software and a free registration key is available upon request to all editors considering a review.

# # #

News Screensaver is available for review purposes.

Contact Dmitry Baranov at dmitry@extralabs.net for more information.

Product page link: http://www.extralabs.net/ .

Download link: http://www.extralabs.net/NewsScreensaverSetup.exe (4.5MB)

E-mail: support@extralabs.net

Company’s website: http://www.extralabs.net/



MARGRET

Halim asked:


Is your computer running slower than usual? Are you worried that someone can access your computer and steal your personal information and use it against you? Therefore, this is what I have experienced in the past.

Some time back, my 3 years old computer is running slow, so I have to buy a new computer. Or at least I think I need a new computer. In a week surfing the Internet on my new computer, it also started to run so slowly. In addition, some programs will not run properly on my computer, and I can not recognize some of the programs running on my computer. I fear that the most. How did those program or computer program be there when I do not remember installing them? I know I have to find answers and solutions quickly.

The truth, we can leave it that way, but very few of us want others to have access to information in our computer. However, this can happen when spyware or malware is loaded on our computers without our knowledge.

Quoted from spyware Nuker website, “Spyware applications are programs and files that hide on your PC’s hard drive without your direct knowledge. These programs allow hackers and advertising companies to track your every move, both online and even when you work offline. They can track the websites you visit, the items that you buy online, the emails you send and receive, your Instant Message dialog, and worst of all they can even record your credit card number, personal identification numbers, and all of your passwords. If you use dial-up to connect to the Internet then spyware can be used to bill 900 numbers to your phone bill. This is just a short list of the harm that spyware can cause.”

The Website also provides statistics show that spyware is a major problem effecting many people. “27.3 million United States have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.91 million people or 4.6% of the population in the last year alone.”

In addition, it is very easy for your computer to become infected with spyware as a “majority of all the download games, music, screensavers, and more, you can infect your computer with spyware or adware. Most people do not know that just click on a random” pop up “ads, their computer may be infected with spyware or adware.”

No matter how we get spyware, here are 10 reasons why you do not want spyware on your computer.

1. Your computer may start running slower

2. Some of the programs on your computer will not run properly

3. You can not identify the programs on your computer now, because they may have been installed there by a web site associated with spyware, or programs that load on your computer.

In addition, you may be concerned that:

4. Someone may be able to read your e-mail

5. Someone can access your e-mail list

6. One can see that type of monitor you KEYSTROKES

7. Someone can access your credit card information on the pc

8. One can access the password list in your computer

9. Someone may be able to steal your social security number

10. A person can be tracked all the web sites you visit

As I mentioned, most of these programs can get on your computer without you knowing it, but the other part is frustrating I know some of these programs because I remember the installing and uninstalling them! So now I know that when we install some simple little tool to track passwords online or programs to help e-mail or track the weather, although we uninstall them, they should be missing from the computer. However, they are still in our computer, waiting to spy on us, at least.

A great way to find and remove spyware is to run a spyware detector and remover. Most spyware detection and removal at this time offer a free software to scan or to ensure that no spyware on your computer.

All these problems has been resolved after I visited http://www.computer-viruses.co.cc. There is no need to buy spyware software. The website will teach you how to get totally free spyware removal tools.



DANNY

Alden Jerry asked:


Apart from games, ring tones and other software, screensavers are also getting a huge demand. This article focuses more on the changing trend and its impact.

Mobile phones are the optimum fashion statement for people all over the world. Users want their mobile handsets to be decorated with good looking pictures and wallpapers. Looking at the current trends in the industry, all the mobile manufacturers are putting in efforts to give the handsets a more beautiful look. There are a number of screensavers, wallpapers and themes available to the users in order to give the handset a better look.

Mobile screensaver is the most popular choice to give a new look to your mobile screen. It can be of any type, such as animations, text or any photo.

You can use some inspiring text or a funny scene or a still photo as the screensaver. The concept of screensavers is getting a huge popularity and has forced the manufacturers to feature it in their handsets. If you want to have some of the latest mobile screensavers, you can download it from the internet. There are many online specific portals and websites available on the internet that provides the latest mobile fun products. You can also find many schemes and offers there providing the option of free download. One just has to get registered on the site and the world of mobile entertainment is awaiting for you.

The mobile content market is growing at a rapid speed. Mobile makers are presenting new ideas and concepts in order to take advantage of this boom.

The screensavers not only add spice to the handset but also give an opportunity to get rid of the boring plain screens. Many times, it reflects the personality of the owner too. The kind of screensavers you are using for your handset represents your overall attitude to others. In fact, they also give you the power of customisation from which you can redefine your mobile device in a distinct and innovative way.

Screensavers for mobile can be found in many designs and varieties. The theme of heart, love messages and the natural scenes can inspire you to download and experience the power of the mobile fun. It should match the mood of the users at a particular time. Choosing the latest mobile screensaver depends on the taste, environment and style of the users. If it is a romantic day, he or she would choose a similar screensaver for that day. Similarly, you can use a broken heart for showing your sorrow for a bad day in your romantic life. In fact, you have many choices to express yourself through these on any particular moment. So now express your personality in words and set it as the screensaver on your mobile.

The latest mobile screensavers are providing a lot of choices to the mobile buffs to select entertaining items on different occasions. You can find the specific screensavers for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Friendship Day, etc. It makes you the delighted customers when you see these customized products.

With the rising popularity, the manufacturers are also bringing many innovative features in the handset. For example, the Sony Ericsson S500 handset offers changeable screensavers which automatically change in a pre determined way. So, you can find the beautiful scene of a sunrise in the morning, twinkling starts at night and lovely sunset in the evening changing automatically. The concepts of interactive screensavers are also getting popularity these days in which you can write the texts and read it with the help of it.

Hence, screensavers are the part and parcel of today’s mobile industry. It gives a more elegant look to the beautiful handsets that are coming these days. It also prevents your mobile device from any external threat of virus or hackers. Moreover, it gives a longer life to the battery of the mobile phone since the power consumption becomes very less when it is on the mobile screen. Overall, it is having many benefits when it is used and gives you an opportunity to explore new things on your mobile.



KENDRA

Cdmohatta asked:


Thanksgiving is the time to feel gratitude for everything that we have. It is not only the celebration, but also the spirit of thanks that makes this holiday so special. If we think about our life, and ourselves we should thank the clouds for giving us rain, the trees because they give us fruit, the earth because it gives us a place to live. Our parents for giving birth to us, our friends, for sharing our thoughts and being with God and us for giving all these. Thanksgiving Screensavers can help us remember all these and fill us with an attitude of gratitude. Let me tell you how to choose and download the Thanksgiving Screensavers.

Message and Impact- When you view a screensaver, it should make you feel good. It should make you feel truly grateful. The colors should be very pleasing to the eyes. The font sizes and the effect of text should be very readable and artistic. The images used should merge to create a great effect. The screensaver should be like a movie where everything fits well to create a great impact.

Take These Precautions – Download from a reliable website. Most of the well-known websites also add adware to free content downloads. Refuse doing that. You need not pay for getting adware free content. There are very good websites that will give you screensavers without any adware and all at no cost. Look for one of them and stick to that. Do not risk with many websites. The download process should be simple and installation should be ideally one click away.

Share Thanksgiving Screensavers- I have noticed that most of the people avoid sharing screensavers and wallpapers with friends and family. This habit should be cultivated and any good content should be shared to express joy and share the feelings.

Related link :-

1- Thanksgiving Wallpapers

2- Thanksgiving Ecards



JAVIER

Julio Silva – SportsCelebrities3D asked:


It is almost certain that you know someone like me.

The guy that hated all school physical activities, the guy that always finished last every race.

Maybe you are a bit like me also.

Because of this, I grew up disliking everything about soccer and football.

Unlike my friends who knew all about the famous players, the coaches and all the football tactics.

In spite of everything, my childhood was a very happy one. After all, the activities related to sports were a small part of my daily living, fortunately.

On the other hand, I was born with the gift of pencil drawing very nicely. My friends, the sports fans, came to me for help at the art lessons.

So a few years a go I came across Blender3d a free open source software that assists you in drawing 3D pictures and making 3D animations. There are lots of Blender3d movies out there on the net for you to watch.

After mastering the basics in 3D drawing and 3D animation a BRILLIANT IDEA occurred to me:

Now I have the perfect tool to MAKE PEACE with sports

I began to draw the most famous soccer and football teams logos in 3D. Then I started to make simple animations of these 3D logos with different camera movements and with different scenarios.

Also, transforming 2D pictures of sports celebrities like players and coaches, created a challenge to me, but it come out not so bad.

The next step was to publish my work on Youtube, witch I did.

Without realizing it, I had become a SPORTS FAN in my own way.

Two years ago I learned how to turn my 3D animations into Sports and Celebrities  screensavers, wallpapers and desktop calendars in 3D.

I started my own website and it became my hobby.

So this was my short story to you.

Remember that

Sometimes our weakest points can lead us to positive outcomes.

Bye now.

Make a visit to my site pages3d.net and maybe you will find something you like.

Julio Silva

SportsCelebrities3D

http://www.pages3d.net



JULIAN

Boger Gray asked:


What is a screensaver?

A screensaver is a pop up simple program within operating systems that appears whenever you leave the keyboard or mouse unattended for a couple of minutes. To find out whether it can start the screensaver or not, Windows sends a message to the foreground application. This command is asking the application, “Can I start the screensaver?” A non- Windows program will not understand the command, and therefore will not answer it. A CBT application will understand it, but will respond with a command that means “No, I’m providing training right now.” All other applications should respond positively to the command.

The screensavers were originally designed to protect the computer monitor from phosphor burn-in. The phosphors, used to make the pixels in the display, would glow at a constant rate for such a long period of time that they would actually discolor the glass surface of the CRT. This discoloration would then be visible as a faint image overlaying whatever else was displayed on the monitor.

Now you can use screensavers for: ? Entertainment – most people use screensavers for the fun of watching them. There are several screensaver categories like: natural environments (e.g. animated waterfalls, aquariums, fireplaces etc.), favorite actor/actress screensavers, cars screensavers etc. ? Advertisement – many companies have developed their own themed screensavers (e.g. a black background with the name of the company scrolling up and down) ? Security – this might be one of the most important uses .You can simply set a password so when your computer exits the screensaver will actually require a password to go back to its desktop. Many people use this option to prevent others from invading their privacy.

Screensaver Development

A screensaver is really just an executable file, with the extension changed from .exe to .scr. By putting a screensaver file into the Windows or System directory and giving it a .scr extension, Windows knows that it should treat this file as a screensaver and makes it available as an option in the Display properties window.

The bulk of the screen saver is written in C++ and uses OpenGL for rendering. It is shared between both Windows and Macintosh versions. The Windows version also is in C++ and talks directly to the Win32 API (no MSVC classes). The development environment is Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express, but a VC++ 6.0 project is also included. The Macintosh version is in a mix of C++ and ObjectiveC, and is built with Xcode. The screensaver interfaces indirectly with the operating system to cause the physical display screen to be overlayed with one or more graphic ’scenes’. The screensaver typically terminates after receiving a message from the operating system that the mouse has been moved or a key has been pressed.

The screensaver file can be programmed in several different ways. It can: ? Simply present a black screen ? Load and display a particular image or group of images ? Display a particular line of text ? Display an animation or series of animations ? Display information from another program or a Web site

To suit the user needs companies designed several types of screensavers based on: ? Shockwave Flash ? Image slide shows ? Play movies and music different formats (avi,mpg,asf/mp3,aac,midi,wav) ? 3D rendering objects ? Open GL support screensavers

Most screensavers offer some combination of these features. Except for the slideshow screensavers that display a sequence of images, screensavers generally move an image, piece of text or animation around the screen. The screensavers that have a custom interface, and do not use the Display properties window at all, are less common. Usually, these screensavers do not have the .scr extension. They require that you install them using a setup program in order to configure them properly.

There are several available software over the internet that lets you make your own screensavers based on Shockwave Flash, Image Slide Show (display your favorite photos) and Movie .The software offers you the possibility to let your imagination get loose and use all kind of multimedia support like Background music support, transition effect support, masking effect support, customizable screensaver Dialog box etc.

Installing and removing screensavers under Microsoft Windows

There are two types of screensavers: ? compressed self installing Screensaver setup files(.EXE) ? stand-alone screensaver file(.SCR)

The easiest way to install a screensaver under MS Windows platform is to download it from the internet and simply follow the install w izard’s further instructions. All you have to do during the wizard is to: read and agree the terms and conditions choose the install destination path and choose either if you want or not to create a shortcut icon on the menu folder. Another method is to copy the screensaver w ith his original ‘.scr’ extension on W indow s’s root directory c:windows.

To remove a screensaver from your computer simply erase it from c:windows folder where you have initially copied it or access ‘add/rem ove program s’ within Control Panel ,locate the screensaver from the installed program s list and hit the ‘add/rem ove button’.

Configuring your screensaver

1. Click Start, then click Settings and go to Control Panel. 2. When the Control Panel window opens, double-click on the Display icon. This brings up the Display Properties window. 3. Select the Screensaver tab, and select the screensaver you want to use from the drop-down menu. 4. Determine how many minutes you want the system to be idle before Windows launches the screensaver, and enter that amount of time in the box provided. 5. You can click on Preview to see what it will look like in full-screen use. If you want to change the settings, click Settings. Depending on the screensaver, this window can have one or more options that you can modify. 6. Once you have finished changing the settings, click OK. You can also use the screensaver for security by checking the “Password protected” box. Click OK again and your screensaver is set to go!

© 2006 Mastermen Pty Ltd

You are welcome to post this document on your own website provided it is unchanged and all acknowledgements are retained



NUMBERS

Isabel asked:


Are you looking for some free desktop freebies?

The Internet is hampered with free things and desktop freebies are no exception to it. Today one can find number of sites through which you can get free desktop freebies for your computer. All these freebies are easily downloadable on your computer. A proper search can help you download freebies that are totally safe and virus free. All you need to do is relax and select the best of desktop freebies for your PC.

Some of desktop freebies that can be downloaded free are:

a) Free Desktop Screensavers: Get a mixture of freebie screensavers that can be easily downloaded on your PC. You can find a list of screensavers including 3-D style screensavers, cartoons, sports, movies, fantasy, nature, cars, and the list goes on. All these screensavers can give a new realistic look to your computer. At the time of downloading any screensaver you will be notified about the time the screensaver will take to load. Find a site which is easy to navigate and ensures good quality screensavers.

b) Free Desktop Wallpapers: Today one can download different varieties of wallpapers for their computer. You can find a list of wallpapers including digital wallpaper, free terminator 3 wallpaper and freeloader wallpapers. You can also download digital wallpapers which include 3D and abstract wallpapers, animal’s wallpapers, people wallpapers, theme wallpapers, nature wallpapers and many more. Get digital car wallpapers in two screen resolution sizes including 1024×768 and 800×600. You can also download free cool wallpapers, which include images of celebrities, models, animations and so on.

c) Free Desktop themes: Today one can find different varieties of desktop themes for your computer. You can download desktop themes like actors, actresses, models, TV shows, TV personalities and so on.

d) Free Fun Buddy Icon: Desktop freebies also include fun buddy icons. You can choose from thousands of custom icons and use them in your AOL, Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger chat programs. Once you download fun buddy icons in your computer you will notice an addition to your Internet explorer toolbar.

e) Free Smiley: Looking for some cool smiley to express your feelings while chatting. Today one can find number of sites that provide free smiley of different emotions and style. All you have to do is just choose from a wide list of smiley. You can find animated smiley, cute smiley, fixed smiley, fixed non smiley, picture smiley, animated non smiley, board smiley, Unclassified funny smiley and lots more.

f) Free Cursor: Are you bored using the same cursors installed in your computers. Get free cursors for your computer through different desktop freebies sites. You can download autumn cursors, Christmas cursors, 3D Cursors, Angels Cursors, Beach Cursors, Cars Cursors, Funny Cursors, Cute Cursors, Golf Cursors, Food Cursors and lots more.



MERLIN