On Windows, screensavers once defined a small but memorable part of the experience. They served a clear purpose in the era of CRT monitors in the 1980s and 1990s, preventing burn-in while adding a ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Are screensavers art? If they are, one of the most iconic Windows screensavers, 3D Pipes, only existed because of an internal Windows contest to show off OpenGL support to Windows NT. Chen’s latest ...

I have updated my custom Windows screensaver, "WiredFrame," to v0.2.0.This app turns photos from your image folder into 3D ...

Do you know Windows still has screen savers? Find out more about that and other obscure Windows features in our latest piece! Windows has been around for several decades, which means that it has gone ...

Way back when: People used screensavers to prevent "burn-in" on CRT monitors, where static images could permanently damage the screen. Screensavers like 3D Pipes animated the display during inactivity ...

Wrapping up building an installer with NSIS, figuring out which registry keys to set, finding a small residual probem, and discovering an OS X version of VNC. But a Windows screen saver is essentially ...