# screensaver software **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698 "2005-08-12T06:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/1 "2005-08-12T06:20:39Z")
i’m looking for some software that could use the pictures in the “my documents” folder as the screensavers images, automatically re-sizing them to proportionately fill the screen. anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/2 "2005-08-12T06:47:42Z")
Windows has a standard screensaver all ready installed that gives you a slide show of all your pictures in the “My Pictures” folder. Have you tried that? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/3 "2005-08-12T07:00:50Z")
I’ve just had a look at it, you can specify which folders you want the slideshow to come from, you can tell it to resize small photos, and to use a specific amount of screen space for each picture (e.g., 100%) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/4 "2005-08-12T07:30:00Z")
Using a screen saver supplied with Windows (as **1920s Style “Death Ray”** suggests), where possible, is hugely preferrable to installing a third party screensaver; a good number of free screensavers on offer out there are actually trojans or other malware in disguise and the ones that aren’t actually malicious will often make the system unstable. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/5 "2005-08-12T10:14:55Z")
I have “create a saver” by Howie’s Funware. T’was free many, many moons ago and does exactly what you’re looking for. If you cannot find with google, email me @ [rsschen@aol.com](mailto:rsschen@aol.com) and I will upload the install file for you. ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/6 "2005-08-12T13:52:07Z")
gah! forgot to specify windows 2000 ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screensaver-software/316698/7 "2005-08-12T19:12:59Z")
> [@pope\_hentai](#): > > gah! forgot to specify windows 2000 Well, this program has worked well for me since Win95 up to WinXP. Perhaps if you checked out Howie’s site they may have a different (newer) program there. Mine copy is, like I said, really old. It’s a great program and allows me to use all of the digital pix of my kids as my screensaver. You can change the frames, add words, whatever. Geez, sounds like I work for them! I don’t, but have really enjoyed this freeware program and distributed it to all of my friends.