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page lists any information which users have brought to our attention or
that we think may be of relevance to users or potential users of our Mosaic
screensaver.
System
requirements
PC
running Windows 95 or greater.
It
uses minimal memory and should be compatible with all future versions of
Windows provided Microsoft maintain backward compatibility.
It
does nothing more than draw on the screen so it doesn't affect the registry
and there are no additional files (dlls and the like) required.
Installation
and un-installation
Screensavers
are executable files with a .scr extension. There are one or two
issues that they have to take into account like they have to automatically
close down if a key is pressed or the mouse is moved and they really should
allow significant background processing. For the un-technical or
less familiar users I will explain what to do to install and uninstall
this screensaver. By default Windows looks in the folder called Windows
for screensavers. They can also be placed in the Windows system folder
I believe. I do not run WindowsNT so your best bet would be to search
for other .scr files to find where they are. So the only thing to
do on Windows 95 is to copy the file Mosaic.scr into the Windows folder.
When you want to uninstall it just delete the file or copy it off your
system if you want to keep it for another rainy day. There is nothing
more to this screensaver than that. In order to get it to run (on
Windows 95 - it will be similar on later versions but I can’t give you
definitive info) select Start from your system bar, select Settings/Control
Panel and then select Display. Select the Screen Saver tab on the
form that pops up and select the drop down arrow in the edit box.
This lists the titles of all the screen savers that Windows finds in its
folder (that’s why you have to copy it there). You should now find
one called Mosaic. Select it and set up the wait time as required,
press the Apply button and its installed.
Known
limitations
None
- many thousands have been downloaded from our web site and the program
has been around for many years. It behaves very well and I know it
has been installed and run on many different systems. We have had
one or two claims of bugs which have all turned out to be something else
on the users system. I have had virus checkers running in the background
and asynchronous port communications running succesfully with this screen
saver active.
Bugs
(eek)
None
Credits
Thanks
to all the users who email us with comments and suggestions. |