I 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 &quot;Preview&quot;.  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? <p align=left><font face=Arial size=2></font> </p>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:30:34 Z0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9sgk555http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=sgk555I 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 &quot;Preview&quot;.  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? <p align=left><font face=Arial size=2></font> </p>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:14:21 Z2008-05-08T00:01:30Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#163fef46-3a77-47ee-99d4-1222b5808d42http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#163fef46-3a77-47ee-99d4-1222b5808d42nobugzhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=nobugz<div class=codeseg><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=2>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.</font></div>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:55:35 Z2008-05-08T00:01:30Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#954642e9-57b0-400c-a6f9-e1008b804bcehttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#954642e9-57b0-400c-a6f9-e1008b804bcesgk555http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=sgk555<p>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?</p> <p align=left><font face=Arial size=2></font> </p>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:49:38 Z2008-04-30T05:49:38Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#fcad1587-c791-4c16-9665-9cf7723379fehttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/0c889339-8f16-4ee8-b2a0-be8c34ab6fc9#fcad1587-c791-4c16-9665-9cf7723379feMonkey Phathttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Monkey%20Phat<p align=left>Find your screensaver file.  It will end in .scr</p> <p align=left>Create a shortcut to it on your desktop or browse to it with My Computer</p> <p align=left>Right click the file and go to properties</p> <p align=left>Go to the Shortcut tab</p> <p align=left>Click in the shortcut box</p> <p align=left>Click the combination of keys you want to use (I use alt+F10)</p> <p align=left>Click OK</p>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:00:10 Z2008-06-22T16:00:10Z