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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 7/10/2004, 6:32 pm Post subject: ArizonaHikers Screensaver! |
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Have you ever thought it'd be cool to have screensaver featuring the photos from our Gallery? Well now you can have one! This will only work on Windows (it's been tested on XP and NT, but should work on 98, 2000 and ME, as well). It's probably not well suited for PC's using a dialup connection, but try it if you want. The instructions for setting it up follow:
1. Click the following link, when the file download message appears, click the "Save" button. In the "Save as" window, browse to your WINDOWS/system32 directory (it will most likely be on your C drive) and save the file there.
http://www.arizonahikers.com/screensaver/Web%20Gallery.scr
2. You may need the following file, most likely though you won't. Browse to your WINDOWS/system32 directory and look for a file named 'msvcrt.dll'. If it isn't there, click the following link and do the same as you did with the previous file, save it to WINDOWS/system32.
http://www.arizonahikers.com/screensaver/msvcrt.dll
3. Right-click on your desktop and select "Properties" (or, open your control panel and double-click on "Display Properties". Click on the "Screen Saver" tab. In the dropdown list of screen savers, select "Web Gallery". Click the "Settings" button. In the box labled, "Your Gallery URL", type in the following address: http://www.arizonahikers.com/forum/modules/gallery Click the "Read" button, in a few seconds a list of albums will display. Check the box next to any albums you want to add to the screensaver (only whole albums can be selected, not individual photos). Note that albums which contain sub-albums will have a "+" sign, click that to display the sub-albums. Choose any of the sub-albums you want to add, do not choose the parent album unless it contains photos. Set the number of seconds you want each picture to display in the box at the top. (Don't set the "Double Screen" property, it doesn't seem to work.) Click Ok on the screensaver settings, then on the Display Properties settings, and you're done.
Enjoy! _________________ [/size] |
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AZBrad123
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 196
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 9:41 am Post subject: Screen Saver |
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Hey, i am getting and error. I checked and i do have the 'msvcrt.dll'.
The error happens when i enter the URL, and hit READ. The error states
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Error reading files on your server.
Please check for files screen_saver.php and screeen_saver_temp.php in gallery directory
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Any clue?
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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Make sure you enter the url exactly as I indicated. It's case-sensative, so make sure to enter it all lower-case. It should be: http://www.arizonahikers.com/forum/modules/gallery If you still have problems, change to a different screensaver, click ok, then reopen the display properties and try it again. _________________ [/size] |
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AZBrad123
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 196
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Hey thanks Mike, i figured it out actually. My virus protection was blocking the products access to the internet. |
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Davis2001R6
Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 11:53 am Post subject: |
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I'm loving it already. I just may never leave my computer chair. Thanks Mike! |
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Tom Treks Gear Addict
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty kewl Mike. Good job.
FYI, if you get an error reading the location when hitting the 'read' button at first, try it again. My PC picked up on the location the second time. |
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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 7/12/2004, 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty kewl Mike. Good job.
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Can't take credit for it. One of the guys who writes the gallery software we use wrote it. It seems to work pretty well, just don't check that "Double Screen" option. _________________ [/size] |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 7/15/2004, 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Just put it on my laptop....works great! _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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chihiggs
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 565 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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Posted: 7/15/2004, 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Got her fired up on mine too!!! _________________ All our dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them...Walt Disney |
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jmzblond J Me
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 1114 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Posted: 7/16/2004, 8:26 am Post subject: |
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I have to wait until we get the computer up and running at home... _________________ Blond, James Blond... double "O", uh oh!!
"The romantic lifestyle of goats leaves a lot of time for digesting books" Charlotte La Chevre, (taken from "Conversations With A Goat" by Robert Shekter) |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 7/20/2004, 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Finally go tmine set up and I love it! Only problem being, I don't want to touch the mouse and stop the pictures but if I don't I don't get anything done!!!! _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
I want to shine! |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 7/8/2005, 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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I've lost my AZH screensaver. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 7/8/2005, 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I've lost my AZH screensaver.
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Lost it, or it's not working? _________________ [/size] |
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 7/8/2005, 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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It's not working; all I get is a dark screen. _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 7/8/2005, 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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That's probably due to the server problems we've been having. The screensaver pulls photos over the internet from AZH's server. The script that fetches the photos, which lives on the server, may be exceeding the time limit allowed in the server's php settings. Hopefully, once we move the site to the new machine, this will no longer be an issue. _________________ [/size] |
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