Free Windows 95 screensaver maker

January 5, 2006 8:34 AM

Looking for a free screensaver maker that will play nice with Win 95.

i want to use an old Gateway computer with Win 95 on it to play a screensaver slideshow of my wife's artwork to use as a window display at her gallery. I know there are tons of free trial software programs, but the new stuff makes no mention of compliance with Win 95, and many free trials force some sort of advertising on the screensaver itself. All I want is a simple one trick pony that will play the screensaver pics with no promotions...any ideas?

or better still...will a screensaver I make with Win XP work on said machine?
Thanks

posted by lobstah to computers & internet (4 answers total)

If the computer is old and slow, you may be better off going with Linux, especially if it's so single-purposed that it's only displaying artwork - there's certainly tons of screensavers (i.e. probably one in xscreensaver) on that side.

That said, XP does have a My Pictures screensaver that will show all the pictures in said folder with options for stretching small pictures, using X% of the screen, etc.
posted by kcm at 8:47 AM on January 5, 2006

I should have mentioned that my tech skills are nil...just trying to use rubberbands and paper clips to put something together. :)
posted by lobstah at 8:50 AM on January 5, 2006

You might just be better off paying $20 or so for the shareware you've found if the machine is just fine as is, rather than paying for a new copy of XP just for the screensaver. Or, if you meant copying the screensaver to the 95 machine, I don't think that will work. $20 is probably worth your time here to just be done with it and have a working solution.
posted by kcm at 8:52 AM on January 5, 2006

The Slideshow Screensaver here says it works on Windows 95. I remember using it in 2000 on a 98 machine, so it probably works on 95 as well. If I remember correctly, it didn't have any promotions or anything.
posted by komilnefopa at 11:08 AM on January 5, 2006