When Will I Ever Learn!!!
10-12-2009, 09:42 AM
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Always wanting something different I downloaded a Halloween screensaver today. When it was finished, I saw about 8 new icons on my desktop. No Thanks!! It took twice as long to get rid of them.
10-12-2009, 09:47 AM
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I'm always paranoid to download certain things off the internet. You always hear horror stories about viruses and Trojan Horses. I probably miss out on a lot of fun stuff but I'd rather miss than have to pay to have my puter fixed.
Sorry you didn't get your fun screen saver. :( :( :(
Sorry you didn't get your fun screen saver. :( :( :(
10-12-2009, 11:55 AM
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Some websites are more reputable than others, and some do have little checkboxes for add-ons that you can uncheck to opt out of (and some just slide them in).
Don't feel bad. I've downloaded and uninstalled more times than I can count.
Loretta, yeah, you can even get little portable flash drives that are the shape of a Bic cigarette lighter but about half the size, and they're several gigabytes of space - for $10 - $25!
Don't feel bad. I've downloaded and uninstalled more times than I can count.
Loretta, yeah, you can even get little portable flash drives that are the shape of a Bic cigarette lighter but about half the size, and they're several gigabytes of space - for $10 - $25!
10-12-2009, 04:17 PM
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So here's how you do it!! You go down and buy a halloween card, scan it to your computer (hopefully you have a scanner!) and then choose THAT for your screensaver.....not as much fun as the animated ones, but still. I use pictures I take as screensavers. In fact, with VISTA, you can set up a file folder of your favorite pictures and it does a slide show.
10-13-2009, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by littlehud
That is what I use for a screen saver and I love looking at all the pics.
PS if you wanted a Hallowe'en one you could snag those pumpkins pics off the thread that's on here at the moment... :wink:
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