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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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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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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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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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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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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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'Scuse buttinski Alan, but FWIW, I've just tried installing the 'mystery'
theme on my WinMe box and it *requires* Desktop Themes Support to be also installed with it. (Won't install without) I have not attempted a detailed inventory - but it installed a whole host of files, not least a stack of fonts! I'm not saying that it can't be installed/modified for XP but it looks like it would require quite some work - which may explain why it wasn't carried over to XP g All the best (and good luck if you venture to get it to work in XP) Mart "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... 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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Haunted House Screen Saver
Hi Mart, you ol', you,
Just looking here before getting out. A fwiw: I finally got XP to look reasonably 9x-like by copying the ME Plus files for the 'More Windows' theme, after which it appears in the Themes options. Rather than a similar look to 9x when using the Classic view, you get identical to 9x - you can even use PC Mag's Display Set and add the two-tone window and 3D Object etc edges that seem hitherto no longer possible (which actually goes to show that still Microsoft enable that degree of customisation but don't tell their customers about it! I begin to suspect because it's not supposed to be accessed gratis?). Right. Me gone. You plenty good New Year! Shane Mart wrote: 'Scuse buttinski Alan, but FWIW, I've just tried installing the 'mystery' theme on my WinMe box and it *requires* Desktop Themes Support to be also installed with it. (Won't install without) I have not attempted a detailed inventory - but it installed a whole host of files, not least a stack of fonts! I'm not saying that it can't be installed/modified for XP but it looks like it would require quite some work - which may explain why it wasn't carried over to XP g All the best (and good luck if you venture to get it to work in XP) Mart "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... 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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Hi Mart
Butt in any time with that sort of information. I thought there had to be a reason why it was disabled when upgrading to XP. I think I will pass on installing it. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:42:45 -0000, in microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Mart" wrote: 'Scuse buttinski Alan, but FWIW, I've just tried installing the 'mystery' theme on my WinMe box and it *requires* Desktop Themes Support to be also installed with it. (Won't install without) I have not attempted a detailed inventory - but it installed a whole host of files, not least a stack of fonts! I'm not saying that it can't be installed/modified for XP but it looks like it would require quite some work - which may explain why it wasn't carried over to XP g All the best (and good luck if you venture to get it to work in XP) Mart "Alan Edwards" wrote in message .. . 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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Thanks for the follow-up Alan. This thread re-kindled my memories for what I
believe was a classic (if not the best) in Screen Savers (albeit 640 x 480 in the Win3.x days) and far more entertaining than Mystery, you may remember Johnny Castaway. I just did a search and came up with :- http://web.onetel.com/~gnudawn/johnny/links.html which offers (for free) a 'modified' version suitable for XP to show as Full Screen. Did the recommended AV and AS checks and it installed and works a treat on my XP box. Having read the pages on the web site I hadn't realised there was still such an interest or following. So although we couldn't help Dale or PT with their Haunted House SS, maybe this will put a smile back on their faces g Mart "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... Hi Mart Butt in any time with that sort of information. I thought there had to be a reason why it was disabled when upgrading to XP. I think I will pass on installing it. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm snipped |
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