need to start my screensaver on demand
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Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:14 PMI need to start my screensaver on demand. In the old days, there was a keyboard shortcut for this. I thought about building a macro to go to the screensaver settings and doing "Preview". I can't find a way to bulid a macro in an application that will work without starting the application. Any suggestions or am I missing the availability of doing this already built into Vista?
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:55 AM
Odd requirement, do you perhaps really want to call LockWorkstation()? Otherwise, write a program that uses RegisterHotKey(), then calls SystemParametersInfo(), SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE when you get the WM_HOTKEY message.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:55 AM
Odd requirement, do you perhaps really want to call LockWorkstation()? Otherwise, write a program that uses RegisterHotKey(), then calls SystemParametersInfo(), SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE when you get the WM_HOTKEY message. -
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:49 AM
OMG, you're way over my head. I don't want to lock the workstation. I remember, again in the old days, that you could easily assign actions to keyboard shortcuts. Frankly, I don't know how to write a program that would execute in Vista. I've pulled up the info about each of the functions, etc you mentioned. Do you feel up to giving me a quick tutorial on what to do?
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:00 PM
Find your screensaver file. It will end in .scr
Create a shortcut to it on your desktop or browse to it with My Computer
Right click the file and go to properties
Go to the Shortcut tab
Click in the shortcut box
Click the combination of keys you want to use (I use alt+F10)
Click OK

