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I tried to leave a BSOD screensaver for my replacement at my old job. I found dozens of candidates but none of them would run in Windows 10. Windows 10 built-

I tried to leave a BSOD screensaver for my replacement at my old job. I found dozens of candidates but none of them would run in Windows 10. Windows 10 built-in screen savers don't properly work with multiple monitors. I know the demand for screensavers is extremely low, but I was surprised that the OS with the best reputation for legacy support couldn't keep screensaver libraries working.

jones1618 5y ago
The modern replacement for screensavers is on Steam: Wallpaper Engine https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/ These run on your Windows background, can include 3D and you can edit your own "live" images w/ particle effects, animated layers, warping, waves and more. Of course, the community has created hundreds of wallpapers you can download.
a-dub 5y ago
the best one on windows was made by the sysinternals people. it would identify the exact version of windows and do full version-faithful bootloops (bios, startup, crash, everything) and even had the option to generate fake disk activity for extra believability. i think they had to give it up after they got acquired by the mothership though. (not totally surprising, or unreasonable really)
- stavros 5y ago
  Oh man, that damn screensaver. I tried to use it many times back in the day, but it always had some problem that would crash my OS and I had to reboot it. I was surprised that a screensaver even can crash an OS. Then, one day, I realized what it was supposed to do..