French Sketches Free Screensaver

Sometimes, leaving your monitor on for a long time can cause dead or stuck pixels, which are hard, if not impossible to get rid of. This can be annoying, especially if you're one to obsess about little things such as a bunch of dead pixels.

However, you can do something to protect your screen from misbehaving like that. Either you power it off every time you go away, or you set a screensaver, which might not cut your power bill, but can still do good.

Like most screensavers out there, French Sketches Free Screensaver comes with a simple, intuitive installation process that doesn't require any advanced PC skills to complete.

You just need to accept the End Users License Agreement's terms, set a destination path and follow the on-screen instructions. Note that during the installation, you might be prompted to change your current homepage to a different one.

As stated before, this tool can protect your screen from dead or stuck pixels, hence its name. However, apart from its practical role, it also decorates your screen with various pictures or animations, depending on the app.

This program displays a series of landmarks from France, such as monasteries, castles, cathedrals, towers, rural scenery or urban photography from Paris, Marseilles, Nice, Annecy and Strasbourg.

If you're a tinkerer and like to change default program settings, you're in luck. This app integrates a configuration window that can be accessed by clicking the "Settings" button from Windows' native Screensaver feature.

Here you can change the video mode, toggle a bunch of features such as desktop settings, vertical sync, decrease processor load, FPS counter and time, and adjust for how long an image should be displayed and how long should the transition be.

If you're looking for a screensaver to protect your screen from dead or stuck pixels, or simply want to decorate your idle workspace, French Sketches Free Screensaver might be what you want. It can be easily installed, has a friendly "Settings" window and displays various landmarks from France.