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December 25th 06, 02:43 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
HI:
I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB 
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December 25th 06, 07:40 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
Rename it to mystery.scr and try it.
....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 26th 06, 04:26 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
Hi Alan:
Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 26th 06, 05:10 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
Try mystery.dll
If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 26th 06, 07:07 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
it is to me as well; my dad was asking about that screensaver and the
others as well. as well. Alan Edwards wrote: Try mystery.dll If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 26th 06, 07:41 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
OK. Let me know if mystery.scr and mystery.dll are not the whole
answer and I will install the theme and track what it does and try the files on XP. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On 25 Dec 2006 23:07:52 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "*ProteanThread*" wrote: it is to me as well; my dad was asking about that screensaver and the others as well. as well. Alan Edwards wrote: Try mystery.dll If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 28th 06, 12:50 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
Hi Alan:
As stated previoisly, I upgraded from WIndows ME to XP Home Ed. In the ME directory C:\Windows\System there is no mystery.dll file. In the XP Home Edition directory C:\Windows\System32 , there is the file Mystery.dll If I put the old Haunted House screen saver file (mystery.scr.disabled) into the directory C:\Windows\System32 and change the file name to mystery.scr , I get an icon of a man with a hat above a missing head kinda like Peter Sellers in poster of the movie "Being There", but double-clicking on it yields a black/blank screen. In the old Windows ME directory (C:\Windows\System) there is no mystery.dll file, but the file does exist in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. I ma still not getting any Haunted House scrreb saver displayed. Please help... Thank you.. DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Try mystery.dll If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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#8
December 28th 06, 02:06 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
Mystery.dll appears in cab files, (Win_13.cab) but as I have never
installed Haunted House, I don't know what its use is or where it should be. If you read through all the other threads here, particularly those of Mart, you may come to the same conclusion that I did, i.e. Haunted House will not work in XP. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:50:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: As stated previoisly, I upgraded from WIndows ME to XP Home Ed. In the ME directory C:\Windows\System there is no mystery.dll file. In the XP Home Edition directory C:\Windows\System32 , there is the file Mystery.dll If I put the old Haunted House screen saver file (mystery.scr.disabled) into the directory C:\Windows\System32 and change the file name to mystery.scr , I get an icon of a man with a hat above a missing head kinda like Peter Sellers in poster of the movie "Being There", but double-clicking on it yields a black/blank screen. In the old Windows ME directory (C:\Windows\System) there is no mystery.dll file, but the file does exist in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. I ma still not getting any Haunted House scrreb saver displayed. Please help... Thank you.. DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Try mystery.dll If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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December 28th 06, 03:43 AM
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Haunted House Screen Saver
How about this one:
http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/...een_Saver.html Harry. "Dale" wrote in message ... Hi Alan: As stated previoisly, I upgraded from WIndows ME to XP Home Ed. In the ME directory C:\Windows\System there is no mystery.dll file. In the XP Home Edition directory C:\Windows\System32 , there is the file Mystery.dll If I put the old Haunted House screen saver file (mystery.scr.disabled) into the directory C:\Windows\System32 and change the file name to mystery.scr , I get an icon of a man with a hat above a missing head kinda like Peter Sellers in poster of the movie "Being There", but double-clicking on it yields a black/blank screen. In the old Windows ME directory (C:\Windows\System) there is no mystery.dll file, but the file does exist in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. I ma still not getting any Haunted House scrreb saver displayed. Please help... Thank you.. DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Try mystery.dll If that doesn't do it, then get back to me. I have never bothered with adding such things in Win ME but I can experiment a bit in XP if it is really important to you. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:26:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: Hi Alan: Thanx for your reply. I tried as you suggested. I copied the Mystery.scr.disabled file from the C:\Windows\System folder to the C:\Windows\System32 folder and renamed it Mystery.scr The icon changed to that with a pictue of a man with a hat but no face... something like the Peter Seller's movie "Being There". If I select or double-click the icon, the screen turns black but does not activate any screen saver. Is there a related file that must also be moved, such as a dll ? Thank you... DaleB "Alan Edwards" wrote: Rename it to mystery.scr and try it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:43:01 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Dale wrote: HI: I just upgraded my folks PC from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Ed. XP home does not have the Haunted House screen saver in its list. I think that the screen saver file is called mystery.scr (but am not sure). This file is in my C:\Windows\System folder but is disabled and titled mystery.scr.disabled. How do I go about enabling this file and getting my Haunted House screen saver back ? OR, what else do I nned to do ? Thank you DaleB
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