A Windows XP+ screensaver that randomly shows icons floating across the screen.
For example, you may see a Windows 10 logo float across your screen:
This was created specifically with use on Windows XP in mind (WinForms API, not WPF).
It was inspired by a visual gag in MJD's YouTube videos where logos of software fly across the screen very quickly.
The code is based on How to develop a screen saver in C# by Rakesh Rajan (2004).
Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11 (may require installing .NET 3.5).
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
Download the latest release (.src file), then right click in Explorer and choose Install.
If you get a 0xc0000135 error when starting the screensaver, it means you need to install .NET Framework 2.0 (provided with v1.0.0).
Visual Studio 2017 is the last version to support building for Windows XP.
Follow these instructions from Microsoft to configure your Visual Studio.
Then clone this repo and open ScreenSaver.sln.
The source code & project files are licensed under the MIT License.
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