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I have a W7 PC and when the bubbles screensaver starts, the bubbles fly all over the screen at a dizzy rate instead of neatly sliding and bouncing round. Any ideas a) why and b) how to sort it?
gav
Posted 2015-04-28T11:30:34.590
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Windows 7 Desktop Screensaver (bubbles) going very fast
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This is a problem with this screensaver. Aparently the faster your computer is, the faster these bubbles will move. I compared the bubbles from a windows 7 in a VM and the native one on my desktop, and the speed changes are dramatically. In the VM it is slightly slower than I expect, but on my Windows 7 host, its pretty fast. Not dizzling fast, but definitely faster than a soothing set of bubbles.
This also happens with the other screensavers that do not have any settings.
EDIT: It seems you can edit these screensavers through the registry, and there's a program from sysinternals that allow you to edit the settings using a nice interface. See here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15088/customize-the-default-screensavers-in-windows-7-and-vista/
LPChip
Posted 2015-04-28T11:30:34.590
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Judging by the speed these one go, you'd think it was a super computer (which its not).... They are really really fast, quite out of control – gav – 2015-04-28T11:44:10.577
My computer is 6 years old (still able to play most games) but they move pretty fast here too. – LPChip – 2015-04-28T11:45:01.193
also: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15088/customize-the-default-screensavers-in-windows-7-and-vista/
– LPChip – 2015-04-28T11:46:17.407It's not related to computer speed cause they start to moveVERY fast after some time. – Nikolai – 2015-04-28T11:48:40.010
@Nikolai that doesn't happen on my end. They start moving pretty fast from the start already. But then again, I never have used this screensaver, so perhaps it will indeed go even faster after a while, which would still mean this is a problem with the screensaver. – LPChip – 2015-04-28T12:07:31.247
@LPChip thanks for the link: [link] (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15088/customize-the-default-screensavers-in-windows-7-and-vista/) - that's really interesting (good ol' HTG)
– gav – 2015-04-28T12:31:23.487@Nikolai - sounds like you have the same issue. HTG article is a workaround, but we need a solution ... – gav – 2015-04-28T12:31:42.070
@gav Yes I do. but its not bothering me at all. – Nikolai – 2015-04-28T12:33:25.367
Which behavior were you think of? I'm nut sure that Windows allows any adjustment to the bubbles screensaver? – gav – 2015-04-28T11:37:34.223
@Ramhound if you click settings, a message pops up saying: This screen saver has no options that you can set. – LPChip – 2015-04-28T11:40:22.053
Yes, its say "This screen saver has no options that you can set" – gav – 2015-04-28T11:41:17.717