Please help trying to get a screensaver to work

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Steven B.

HI all,
I've been trying to get this screen saver that I dowloaded from
http://www.geocities.com/smpst46/ekg/ to work under Windows XP
Professional. I know that the site says it was designed for Windows
3.1 & 95, but shouldn't it still also wrok under XP too? Any help will
be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!!!
Regards,
Steve B.
(e-mail address removed)
 
How to Use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301911&Product=winxp

How to Troubleshoot Program Compatibility Issues in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285909&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| HI all,
| I've been trying to get this screen saver that I dowloaded from
| http://www.geocities.com/smpst46/ekg/ to work under Windows XP
| Professional. I know that the site says it was designed for Windows
| 3.1 & 95, but shouldn't it still also wrok under XP too? Any help will
| be appreciated.
| Thanks in advance!!!
| Regards,
| Steve B.
| (e-mail address removed)
 
Carey has posted possible help. To answer your question, no, it shouldn't
still work under XP too. Many screen savers that work or worked with
Windows 9x and earlier will not work with XP. XP is vastly different under
the hood than Windows 9x and even more so than Windows 3.1. Many screen
savers designed for the previous OSs simply don't and won't work in XP.
 
Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) declared:
Carey has posted possible help. To answer your question, no, it shouldn't
still work under XP too. Many screen savers that work or worked with
Windows 9x and earlier will not work with XP. XP is vastly different under
the hood than Windows 9x and even more so than Windows 3.1. Many screen
savers designed for the previous OSs simply don't and won't work in XP.
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Just *copy* the .SCR and DLL to
C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32
Works fine....
 
Nope, not always and not with every screen saver but it's certainly worth a
shot.
 
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