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Windows 7 popup that looks like windows 7 restart????
I wish I took a screenshot. But, I received a weird popup that look eerily similar to a Win7 restart. Reminds me of the fake Windows Virus Alert pops that would appear. It was quite weird that it appeared after I stopped my screensaver, and no matter how many times I keep pressing the 'esc'...- Dangaioh
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- desktop malware ms essentials popup screensaver troubleshooting update history user experience virus alert windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 7 I need some free screensavers.
Hi, Where could I get some free screensavers? I need it to be animated, and VIRUS FREE. Thanks.- SnowMan
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- animated customization download free software screensaver virus free windows
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 W& 64bit Screesaver won't initiate
Hey folks, New to the site and I need some help here. I have an Asus G53 with W7 Hoem Premium 64bit. The problem is my screensaver won't initiate. I tried to uninstall the logitech mouse but it didn't help. I wnet through msconfig and did a diagnostic boot and it worked but I still can't figure...- cubanmsl
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- asus diagnostics home premium mouse process screensaver system restore troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Screensaver issue after video card installation.
Before I got my video card which is a HIS RadeonHD 4670 IceQ, I used a screensaver pack called Really Slick Screensavers (pretty epic 3D Really Slick - Indie game dev and classic 3D screensavers). They worked fine on my mobo's integrated graphics (which it claims is a radeon hd 4200), but they...- Enforcer574
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- black screen drivers graphics graphics card installation integrated graphics lag radeon screensaver windows update
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 BSOD while downloading!?
I was letting my computer download steam games, CSS and L4d2. And it unexpectedly crashed !!! And recently I downloaded a screensaver found here: Link Removed - Invalid URL I'm thinking it could be from screensaver but I ran the file for viruses by AVAST and that didn't detect anything. So i'm...- Adhit
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- avast bsod crash dump files error games screensaver steam virus windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Screen saver picture file refs
Having just come to Win7 from XP I am very impressed at how easily things work. One minor thing missing that I liked on XP - when I set up the picture show screen saver on XP it can be set to show file reference for the pictures, which doesn't appear in Win7. I like to see where I have put these...- KMJones
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- customization file reference picture show screensaver windows 7
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Frequent PC Restarts: Possible Driver or Hardware Issues
Hello everyone, Yesterday I experienced 3 restarts in a short space of time. I took the minidump files onto a memory stick before reverting to a manually created restore point (created on 30th May). I also have a restore point just before a windows update was installed on 24th and 25th May...- Whiteonblonde
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- amd dmp analysis fault analysis gpu memory minidump nvidia pc specs performance psu restart restore point screensaver sleep mode system issues system restore tech support troubleshooting windows update
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Do screensavers in "*.scr" files still work under Win7?
From good old WinXP I have a couple of screensavers which are packed into a *.scr file. Do they still work under (64bit) Win7? Where (in which folder) should I copy them? Peter- pstein
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- 64-bit compatibility customization desktop effects installation old software scr files screensaver win7 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Sad day for SETI
SETI: The search for signs of alien intelligence has had to shut down- Reference I remember running this app as a screensaver back in the day and really hope they find the 5 million or so dollars they need.- kemical
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- alien computing crisis experiment funding intelligence radio screensaver seti signal
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Windows 7 bluescreens when screensaver stops?
hello there has been a few different occasions where my computer blue screens when i try to bring it back from a screen saver I have a Custom Built computer Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 with about 4gigs of video ram with over 4gigs of video graphics available. this is the details i got from the...- proxikal
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- bccode blue screen custom build gtx 470 nvidia os version screensaver troubleshooting video memory windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Constant BSOD, help need ><"
[SOLVED]Constant BSOD, help need ><" I've only just recently built my computer, i installed all the latest drivers(excluding msi motherboard, just used the cd for that), but i seem to get BSOD on alot of programs/functions, some including: -When Previewing screensaver -Playing chess -When...- xrandomdmx
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- blue screen bsod computer crash drivers error gigabyte hardware help home premium i5 2400 minidump msi performance screensaver specs system troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 ScreenSaver at Login Screen
I have been trying to get any screensavers to work on Windows 7 Pro at the login screen. I can get any screensaver to work inside Windows 7, but haven't had any luck getting it to work at the login screen like we did in Windows XP. We tried setting it up the same way as we did with Windows XP...- AnotherHickey
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- cursor customization desktop login pro screensaver settings troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Disable Screensaver on Photo Import for Photobooth Setup
Hi, I have a camera triggered with a remote that us connected to my PC via USB (I'm making a photobooth type thing). The photos import into a folder and are auto imported into lightroom and display a full screen preview. I have a custom screen savor set to appear after a few minutes of...- jor133d
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- automation computer setup graphics customization import process lightroom photo booth photography screensaver usb user interaction
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Screensaver
Hello, Often I find that my screensaver will not work because there is a program running in the background. I have traced this to a program I think is called 'countdown timer'. Sometimes it runs sometimes it doesn't. Any idea what this is or how I can get the screensaver to work properly? Nevica- nevica
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- background functionality issues programs screensaver settings timer troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Screensaver? What screensaver?
On my new Win7 computer the screensaver is set to come on after 10 minutes, and Power Management is set to turn off the display after 15 minutes. I go away, come back in 2 hours, the desktop is still happily glowing. Gimme a break, how can something as basic as this not work? But then I also...- serutan
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- desktop display file copy file transfer power management screensaver system issues troubleshooting user experience windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How do I stop Win 7 from logging me out to the PW screen automatically
I have a new Desktop with Windows 7. After I start the computer and leave it running for a while, (10 to 15min), it will automatically revert to the password screen. Also it won't go to screen saver. I have the screensaver set to not require password after waking. Also I have my power...- ddmannion
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- desktop logout nic card password screen performance power settings screensaver system issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Blank screen on resume
I've seen lots of similar problems people are having with Windows 7 (and Vista) when they try to wake up their computer after sleep or hibernation, but none of them seem to match my problem. I have a Dell Latitude E6500 with a new, very recent, clean install of Windows 7 Professional. All the...- theMucker
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- blank screen computer dell drivers e6500 fans hibernation login power management reboot resume issues screensaver sleep mode windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't install screen saver, having Flash Player problems
Today I downloaded a screensaver, and when I tried to install it, a message popped up saying something like "this screensaver cannot function with the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player" and then it will close in about 3 seconds. Does anyone have a solution for this?:confused:- Link01000
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- compatibility flash player installation macromedia screensaver solutions windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Every time I open media centre, it freezes,
On opening windows media centre, it now freezes and I lose the mouse operation. The screensaver still works anmd I can reboot via ctr alt del. This has just started happening. I have tried system restor, removing and re-installing media centre and have now re-installed Win 7 in upgrade mode, all...- twotails
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- freezes media center mouse issues reinstall screensaver system restore troubleshooting upgrade mode windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Screensave Photos with file names
Unlike Windows XP I can't find a way to display the file name of the jpg being displayed when using Photos as my screen saver. Can any one let me know how its done?- MArchrisilyn
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- customization display issues file names image display photos screensaver settings windows xp
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- Forum: Desktop Customization