I dunno if this is true in older versions of Windows, but in XP you can choose your "My Pictures" folder as a screensaver option. Within that, you can set it to expand pix to fill the screen. (Blurry unless you are across the room.) You choose how long images will linger. There is also the option of using the sideways-pointing arrow keys on the keyboard, to go back to the image you just saw, to see it again. And an option to run an unobtrusive strip at the top of the photo showing the filename, so you can easily find something you want to send to a friend or recall what the heck the shot IS.

Me, I clean some of them out of the folder each month so the screensaver draws from new material before I get too bored. And I keep the contents of the month's folder down to a number that cycles "often enough."

So now my new hobby is finding and saving lovely photographs. Just for personal use. And the occasional email.

Old sheet music covers.

Cycling photos.

Friends. Especially Mudcat friends.

Travel and tourism site photos, postcards, posters.

Comic book covers, Life magazine covers....

Dover postcards.

'Net comix.

Animal photos and fish catalog photos. Poultry.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.....


A particular favorite source at the moment is HERE. Discover the slideshow features allowing a short relaxation break, themselves!

And a VERY nice break from reality can be had (instead of TV or more-Mudcatting-than-you-know-is-good-for-you) by listening to FREE DOWNLOADS from the OLD TIME RADIO CATALOG while the screensaver runs. Lapcat, lap robe, and cuppa, optional.

Enjoy!

~S~