How To Change The Screensaver In Windows Vista

Follow these steps to change your Windows Vista screen saver:

1. Right click on your desk top
2. Choose "personalize"
3. Click on screen saver
4. A dialog box "screen saver settings" pops up.
5. Click on that arrow to see a list of screen savers: 3D, Aurora, Blank, Bubbles, Mystify, Photos (our favorite), Ribbons, Windows Energy and Windows Logo.
6. Next to the pull down arrow is a box called "settings." Not all screen savers can be set. Say you like Aurora. If you click on settings, Windows will say, "this screen saver has no options that you can set." Only a few screen savers can be set like 3D text.
7. If you choose 3D text and click on settings, another dialog box appears with a slew of options: resolution, size, rotation speed, rotation type (none, spin, sea saw, wobble, tumble). You also get to choose surface style (texture, reflection or custom).
8. When you click on any of these options, Windows gives you the chance to preview it.

Note: If you downloaded a Vista screensaver from the internet then follow the instructions that accompany the screensaver to install it. Or you can save the .scr file in the C:WindowsSystem32 directory. Once you save the Vista screensaver to that directory it will be available from the standard list of screensavers.

To use your own photo or picture as screen saver:

1. Go to desk top and right click
2. Select "personalize" and then click on "screen saver"
3. Dialog box "screen saver settings" appears
4. Click on pull down arrow and select "photos"
5. If you saved your pictures in "My Pictures", click on "settings" and there will be a section in the box where it says "browse"
6. When you've chosen the photo, click save, and then click OK.

To create your own slideshow for a screensaver:

1. Go to Windows Photo Gallery
2. Click the pictures you want to display in the slide show. If you have more than one picture, hold down the CRTL key and click on those photos you want to include
3. Click the "slide show" button located at the bottom of the photo gallery.
4. If you don't choose any picture, Windows Vista will play all the photos filed in the picture gallery once you click on "slide show."
5. Remember that you can control the speed of your slide show.

Now that you've change your screensaver feel free to walk away from your computer and show your unique screensaver to everybody.

The author of this article is the webmaster of My Vista Themes. The site features Windows Vista themes, wallpapers, icons, screensavers, articles and more on it's website MyVistaThemes.com.