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Latest release (What's new?):
Download SaverNow 2.4 (Windows, 88K)
What is SaverNow?
SaverNow is a screen saver utility that lets you easily control your screen savers with a simple click of the mouse!
SaverNow's features include:
- Running as an icon in the system tray, it is designed to be simple to use through a popup menu interface for quick screen saver control.
- It is extremely convenient for instantly firing up a password-protected screen saver, so that your computer remains protected from prying eyes every time you leave your seat.
- SaverNow runs on all Windows platforms (95/98/ME/2K/XP), and is reported to handle some (older?) screen savers that some versions of Windows itself doesn't let you use!
- Instant access to all standard screen saver settings (enable/disable, password, timeout, etc.).
- You can manage and organize your installed screen savers with greater ease by installing them in separate folders. Unlike Windows itself, SaverNow lets you choose screen savers from any folder you want, in addition to the default Windows system folders.
- You can select a screen saver manually, or have a random screen saver activated every time you leave your computer.
- Simply click the SaverNow icon on the system tray (near the clock on the task bar) to activate the current screen saver, double-click it to enable/disable the saver, or click the right mouse button on the icon for an options menu. (Note: these are the default click actions, and can be changed through the Settings menu.)
- You can have this random selection done immediately, every time the SaverNow icon is double-clicked, every time SaverNow is loaded, or you can even have a random saver activated by Windows each time you leave your computer. Enable these features in the Settings menu.
- You can change the screen saver settings for the Windows logon screen, known in Windows XP as the 'Welcome screen'. This screen is shown on some Windows versions when Windows first starts up, or when a screen saver is activated with password protection enabled.
- You can disable the screen saver for a given time period, thus preventing it from interfering with other running applications (such as CD burning software, presentations, etc.)
- Screen saver actions (activate, enable/disable, etc.) can be configured to run instantly when the tray icon is clicked, or when the mouse cursor is moved into one of the screen corners.
- Screen saver can be activated at any time using a configurable hotkey.
- Monitor power modes can be activated as well - You can instantly bring your monitor into standby/suspend/off mode to save power.
- The SaverNow icon ToolTip shows the current screen saver. Rest your mouse on the icon for a second to see it.
- Screen saver functionality can be controlled from the command line (command prompt) as well.
- It's totally free!
Enjoy!
How does it look?
Installation notes
To install SaverNow, Double-Click the setup file. This will start a Setup Wizard that will guide you through the simple installation process.
To uninstall SaverNow, select the Uninstall option from the Settings menu. You can also select Uninstall from the SaverNow Start Menu group, if you selected this option during installation.
in version 2.4:
- Disable timeout time left appears in tooltip
- Disable timeout shows little clock on icon
- New quick nested menu (right-click on saver) with unified saver list and default action setting
- Added saver properties to see a saver's location etc. in nested menu
- Monitor Power menu - for immediate power management mode setting
- Ability to set Windows default (logon) saver configuration
- Online Updates check
- Improved default folders handling
- Improved logging
- Misc. improvements and fixes
in version 2.3:
- Added ability to split long saver lists so all savers are visible
- Added ability to just launch (but not set) saver, just set (not launch), or both
- Corrected screen saver title inconsistencies which occurred on some Windows versions
- Removable media can be included in saver path list
- Windows and System (default) folders can now be excluded from saver path list
- Abort disable timeout shows time left
- Aborting disable timeout re-enables screen saver
- Current screen saver path is automatically added to path list
- Added toggling options to command line
- Added saver enable/disable command line option
- Added password enable/disable command line option
- Command line 'kill' option bypasses 'SaverNow already running' notice
Legal info
This Software is Freeware. You may make as many copies of it as you like (unmodified), and pass it on freely (and I do mean FREE-ly). For non-commercial use only.
A lot of hard work and effort are put in to providing and maintaining this product for free.
If you use it regularly or just wish to show your appreciation, please go ahead and
to continue supporting it.
This software is provided "as-is". The user alone will be held responsible for any consequences of use or misuse of this software.
Contact
you can contact the author via e-mail at:
support@savernow.com
Please write in to report bugs, problems, suggestions, ideas, questions, answers, source code queries and especially just to let me know you've found SaverNow useful. Getting feedback will encourage me to continue development and add some advanced features I have in mind...
For updates and additional information, you can always visit the website at
http://www.savernow.com