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Re: Reinstall screen saver program

From VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Reinstall screen saver program
Date 2025-02-01 21:07 -0600
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Message-ID <tiy2kaahcian.dlg@v.nguard.lh> (permalink)
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T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> I know how to operate the screen save and I know how to download 
> addition screen saver.  That is not what I am after.
> 
> Tiny 11 comes with the screen saver program broken or incomplete.
> 
> I want to know how to install / reinstall the screen saver program.
> 
> Is there a cab file on the ISO I can extract it from?

Screen saver files (.scr extension) are executable, and why they are
dangerous to obtain from unknown or iffy sources.  You end up
downloading executables onto your host.  Just like .exe, and other
executable files, .scr files can be infected, too, or simply defective
in their coding.  Screensaver files are .exe files renamed to .scr.

https://wizardcyber.com/weaponizing-screen-savers-a-deep-dive-into-scr-file-exploitation/

Screensavers are coded using a programming language (e.g., C++) which
call the ScreenSaverProc() function.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/scrnsave/nf-scrnsave-screensaverproc
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Programming_Screensavers

Hunt for .scr files, like using Everything to find them.  Double-click
on an .scr file to execute it.  For example, after double-clicking on
the bubbles.scr file in C:\Windows\System32, you'll see bubbles floating
across the screen until you click the mouse, or hit a key.  If the .scr
file doesn't work (as expected), and it's one of those supplied by
Microsoft, get the .scr file from another distro of Windows.

If it is not the actual screensaver program you need, but the manager to
define parameters, like which screensaver (.scr) to use, timeout,
password enabled, etc, you might want to use the God Mode for Control
Panel.  See:

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-enable-god-mode-in-windows/

Then double-click the God Mode folder, and scroll to the bottom to get
to the Power Options section where you see "Change screen saver".  When
you double-click that, you'll see the Screen Saver Settings dialog.
This is probably a call to a function in a system library, like
shell32.dll, to paint the dialog.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/screen-saver-library

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Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-01 17:46 -0800
  Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-01 21:07 -0600
    Re: Reinstall screen saver program Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-01 23:44 -0500
      Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 05:36 -0600
        Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-02 04:33 -0800
          Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 06:49 -0600
            Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-02 05:53 -0800
              Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 07:57 -0600
                Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-02 06:30 -0800
                Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 11:02 -0600
                Re: Reinstall screen saver program ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-02 11:17 -0700
                Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 17:08 -0600
                Re: Reinstall screen saver program ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-03 11:10 -0700
    Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-01 21:59 -0800
      Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 05:47 -0600
  Re: Reinstall screen saver program Lenovo Support <noreply@lenovo.com> - 2025-02-02 05:30 +0000
  Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-02 01:30 -0800
    Re: Reinstall screen saver program Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-02 09:23 -0500
    Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 11:23 -0600
      Re: Reinstall screen saver program Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-02 17:28 +0000
        Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 16:40 -0600
      Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-02 12:56 -0800
        Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-02 17:16 -0600
          Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-03 14:31 -0800
          Re: Reinstall screen saver program T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-03 14:31 -0800
        Re: Reinstall screen saver program Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-02 23:09 -0500
          Re: Reinstall screen saver program VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-03 08:32 -0600

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