Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hide what's open when screensaver activates

"screen saver hide running programs"
"screensaver hide running programs
"xp password screen saver"
"xp password screensaver"

So you've chosen a screensaver off the internet or wherever but it shows your program windows rather than hiding them. Well there's a one step fix

1. Right click on the desktop and choose properties
2. At the top of the window that appears choose the "Screen Saver" tab
3. Near the middle check the box that says "On resume, password protect"


This will make your desktop wallpaper appear rather than your icons or open windows. However, when you awaken the computer it will ask for a password, which most likely is blank if you didn't set one, so just hit enter. If you do have a user password make sure you remember it.

i. Good free screen savers
Here are some clean running and well done screen savers that are completely free. Also feel free to look around their websites for other software they have made.

http://www.laconicsoftware.com/fire-screensavers.php

http://www.meticulous-software.co.uk/