Never mind that screensavers aren't really needed to use with newer OS, let's just look at their functionality and beauty. I can only compare this screensaver with Astro Gemini, of which I have several (just because I enjoy looking at them from time to time.)

This screensaver is attractive, but somewhat boring because it lacks sound and movement options. Astro Gemini allows sound (or not), gives you control over snowfall and wind speed, and has the option for a clock (or not.)

The animation in the Astro Gemini screensavers I have are a bit choppy, where the only thing moving in this screensaver are the snowflakes.

Caution: This screensaver has an option to Play at startup enabled by default, so if you don't want the screensaver taking over your screen I'd suggest turning that off (settings.) Going to uninstall this one.

Thanks anyway.

Powder_Skier  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+2)

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¿Why are you talking about screensavers? This is a Wallpaper.

¿Why are you talking about screensavers? This is a Wallpaper.
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The Watcher  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+45)

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downloaded and installed very easy on my Dell N5050 windows 8 laptop, very pretty BUT does use allot of resources and slows down my laptop way to much to make it enjoyable, uninstalled within a couple of minute's Thanks Anyways, HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!!

Alan  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+39)

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This one doesn’t come as a surprise at this time of the year. Those who like that sort of things but didn’t have the patience – or the free space on their PC - to keep it all year round since last year when it was first offered… too late for Christmas Eve 2013, will appreciate.

In settings (right click the icon in the systray), set “Execution priority” to “High” if you want to enjoy your wallpaper with optimal fluidity; set it to “Low” to spare your processor if you want to work on your pc with the wallpaper playing. Don’t worry if your icons stop working properly, everything will return to normal when you close the wallpaper.

Uncheck “Autorun on windows startup” if you want to keep it installed for the forthcoming winter holidays without using it in the meantime. But it is not always enough. You might have to use “msconfig” and uncheck “Animated Wallpaper” in the 2nd tab from the right. To launch it next Christmas, just click its icon in the list of programs. (Sorry for these rather vague explanations, but I cannot be more precise, as my Windows is not in English.)
Merry Christmas to you all.

ouialaraison  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+39)

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Christmas being a time for the grandkids, I quite like to have a seasonal wallpaper running on our desktop PCs. Obviously, the need for screensavers went with the passing of the CRT but it's still fun to have an animated desktop as and when. Specialist developer and GOTD regular Astro Gemini has more or less singlehandedly kept the old screensaver alive; today's developer, animatedwallpaper7 isn't one I've ever heard of and seems in any event to be a single individual rather than a company.

It's perhaps for that reason that, to judge from this and the offerings on its website, the software really is pretty basic stuff. This is especially true of this promotional offer, an almost static picture of a twee cottage in a sub-Disneyesque landscape. Absence of sound is a real no-no -- a silent creek ain't no creek at all; absence of dynamism, almost as bad, seeing as how Astro Gemini (with whom I have no connection) now regularly features animated wallpaper with 3D renderings, stereo sound, and pseudo sky-track camera views. Thanks, GOTD, and thanks, animatedwallpaper7, but no thanks: though the image is timeless, this barely animated wallpaper is waaay out of date. Uninstalled.

* Re the link given in post #2: Malwarebytes Premium identifies wallpapers.com as a malicious website.

MikeR  –  10 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+27)

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