Screen Saver Resolutions

[JOHN HABS]

Bought a CD disc sometime ago containing a number of Screen savers, recently installed one on my Windows 7 64bit Desktop.....all is well and it works fine, although on set up instructions

it gives the option of enabling it with 16 bit or 32 bit and with a screen resolution of 800x600

it fits my Windows 7 64 bit perfectly ( full frame ) and that has a 1920 x 1080 resolution.

 

Today installed the same screen saver on my laptop: Windows 8.1 64 bit - went in ok and working but the screen resolution was only 800x600 ........why hasn't it gone into full frame like it did on my Windows 7 desktop ?

 

If the screen saver is designed to work on 16 bit or 32 bit, how come its working on 64 bit ?

[JOHN HABS]

Its an HP compaq CQ58 Laptop.

How do I get to keep the screen saver on in order to change the resolution, and in doing so it will affect all the other screens and windows ?

 

JOHN HABS

[ccit]

Do you have a flat panel computer monitor? If so, you don't need a screen saver. Link

[swarfendor437]

On some of the newer monitors, they have an option to auto shut off after a given amount of time - saving power and money at the same time. On GNU/Linux it is now called 'Brightness and Lock' - basically the screen is set to go blank after 10 minutes and password protected 'Lock'.

 

To go back to the original question of Windows 8.1 this could be a compatibility issue - so if the screensaver program is installed, run 'Compatibility Troubleshooter and choose the OS it was originally desinged for and check any settings inside of the compatibility options. No guarantees!

[dosxuk]

It's almost certainly a graphics card option rather than anything to do with versions of windows. Many monitors, especially laptops, have an option hidden to instead of stretching signals of a lower resolution than their native one to fill the screen, just to show it, postage stamp style, in the middle of the screen. Whether or not that option is accessible is another issue, and you might not be able to do anything about it.

 

16-bit / 32-bit in this case refers to colour depth, not the version of Windows / processor support.

[swarfendor437]

It's almost certainly a graphics card option rather than anything to do with versions of windows. Many monitors, especially laptops, have an option hidden to instead of stretching signals of a lower resolution than their native one to fill the screen, just to show it, postage stamp style, in the middle of the screen. Whether or not that option is accessible is another issue, and you might not be able to do anything about it.

 

16-bit / 32-bit in this case refers to colour depth, not the version of Windows / processor support.

 

Correct! D'oh! I was looking at the application side of things and forgot about that!