Haunted House Screen Saver

Hi Shane, never tried that route as I don't have the Plus CD, but may be
worth a go for those who do. Not really into SS's since loosing Johnny
Castaway but now - thanks to the magic of computers - I've re-discovered him
again. See my response to Alan, later in the thread.

See (hear) you next year. Have good one.

Mart



"Shane" wrote in message
...
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

No Plus CD needed for ME, Mart. It's in Desktop Themes assuming you install
it (along with Haunted House - only I *only* install the *More Windows*
theme). Look in Program Files/Plus and that's where the files are.

SS's - I use RAF ones, eg Lightning (made in Preston originally?), Hubble ST
(old ZDNet one, but the HST site provides them) or good ol' ScreenSmelter!
Still makes people think the monitor's knacked! ROFL!

Yeah, have a fab 2007 yourself!


Shane



Mart wrote:
Hi Shane, never tried that route as I don't have the Plus CD, but may
be worth a go for those who do. Not really into SS's since loosing
Johnny Castaway but now - thanks to the magic of computers - I've
re-discovered him again. See my response to Alan, later in the thread.

See (hear) you next year. Have good one.

Mart



"Shane" wrote in message
...
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

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

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

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

The file Haunted House.exe comes bundled with malware!

George Gee


"webster72n" wrote


How about this one:

8 ----- Snipped ---- 8

Harry.

i wouldn't mind installing it, but is the mystery.scr the same in BOTH
windows me and windows 98 ?


Alan Edwards wrote:
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

Noticed that one right away. I just wanted to see what it looked like,
but when I saw what all you had to accept, I closed it. At least they
tell you (in so many words) that you have to accept malware and
advertising.

Harry........did you download some of those *girly ones*???
Fie.......for shame!! At your age.......etc.

HF 8-))

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
The file Haunted House.exe comes bundled with malware!

George Gee


"webster72n" wrote


How about this one:

8 ----- Snipped ---- 8

Harry.

I don't use any of the "extras".
Simply found it by "googling" for this "suggested" item, proving once again,
that googling isn't always the best way to go.
Sorry about the "mislead".
Now I'll have to look for the "real McCoy"?

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Noticed that one right away. I just wanted to see what it looked like,
but when I saw what all you had to accept, I closed it. At least they
tell you (in so many words) that you have to accept malware and
advertising.

Harry........did you download some of those *girly ones*???
Fie.......for shame!! At your age.......etc.

HF 8-))

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
The file Haunted House.exe comes bundled with malware!

George Gee


"webster72n" wrote


How about this one:

8 ----- Snipped ---- 8

Harry.

Should have examined the file first, George (webster73n).
The particular file the OP is looking for is in my systems folder as
"Mystery" file. How can I add it to my "Desktop Themes"?

Harry.


"George Gee" wrote in message
...
The file Haunted House.exe comes bundled with malware!

George Gee


"webster72n" wrote


How about this one:

8 ----- Snipped ---- 8

Harry.