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Guest Arachnyd
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I think it was a Win98 screensaver, but I'm hoping to find the screensaver

that allowed a "glass marble" or hurricane swirl over your desktop. I

haven't been able to find it through regular searches on the internet. Does

anyone know where I can find that file?

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Guest thanatoid
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Re: Looking for old screensaver

 

=?Utf-8?B?QXJhY2hueWQ=?= <Arachnyd@discussions.microsoft.com>

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news:6119B8A7-26E7-4618-8DD9-DB009C6AD585@microsoft.com:

> I think it was a Win98 screensaver, but I'm hoping to find

> the screensaver that allowed a "glass marble" or hurricane

> swirl over your desktop. I haven't been able to find it

> through regular searches on the internet. Does anyone know

> where I can find that file?

>

 

Might find it at places like:

ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/

 

or by Googling for "Windows 3.1 screensaver" (or 95 98). There

are many old shareware sites that have these things, and also

major repositories like garbo.

 

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Guest Roger Fink
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Re: Looking for old screensaver

 

That screensaver is called "Science" (file: science.scr). Microsoft.com

shows it in Win98_63.cab, but I'm not sure if that is version FE or SE. It

worked nicer in the days of slower processors like PII, but is still a great

piece of work, IMO.

 

Arachnyd wrote:

> I think it was a Win98 screensaver, but I'm hoping to find the

> screensaver that allowed a "glass marble" or hurricane swirl over

> your desktop. I haven't been able to find it through regular

> searches on the internet. Does anyone know where I can find that

> file?

Guest Roger Fink
Posted

Re: Looking for old screensaver

 

_63.cab = FE

_69.cab = SE

 

Roger Fink wrote:

> That screensaver is called "Science" (file: science.scr).

> Microsoft.com shows it in Win98_63.cab, but I'm not sure if that is

> version FE or SE. It worked nicer in the days of slower processors

> like PII, but is still a great piece of work, IMO.

>

> Arachnyd wrote:

>> I think it was a Win98 screensaver, but I'm hoping to find the

>> screensaver that allowed a "glass marble" or hurricane swirl over

>> your desktop. I haven't been able to find it through regular

>> searches on the internet. Does anyone know where I can find that

>> file?

Posted

Re: Looking for old screensaver

 

Roger Fink wrote:

| _63.cab = FE

| _69.cab = SE

|

| Roger Fink wrote:

|> That screensaver is called "Science" (file: science.scr).

|> Microsoft.com shows it in Win98_63.cab, but I'm not sure if that is

|> version FE or SE. It worked nicer in the days of slower processors

|> like PII, but is still a great piece of work, IMO.

 

I confirm, in 98SE, it is in...

 

Cabinet WIN98_69.CAB

04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 101,888 science.scr

 

Wow! That's a weird one! It is one of the Desktop Themes...

 

To install Desktop Themes, if they are not already in the Control Panel

or in the START menu...

 

1. START, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup

tab.

2. Check "Desktop Themes"; click "Details"; check the themes you want;

"OK" twice.

3. Perhaps, re-boot.

 

Some themes require "high color". To get "high color"...

 

1. Right click the Desktop & select Properties

2. Click the "Settings" tab

3. Use the "Colors" dropdown menu to select "high color"

4. Be prepared. It may ask your permission to restart the computer.

 

|> Arachnyd wrote:

|>> I think it was a Win98 screensaver, but I'm hoping to find the

|>> screensaver that allowed a "glass marble" or hurricane swirl over

|>> your desktop. I haven't been able to find it through regular

|>> searches on the internet. Does anyone know where I can find that

|>> file?

 

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