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Morphet

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May 27, 2001, 3:00:12 AM5/27/01
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I got one of those fancy keyboards with shortcut buttons for mail/www
etc....and it also has a button for the screen saver.

Does anybody know if there is shortcut to run the screen saver,
because I really feel sorry for this little button that at the moment
is usless.

I'm using Windows98


Observer

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May 27, 2001, 4:10:48 AM5/27/01
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Are you talking about the sleep button in a Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard?
If the device drivers for it are properly installed the button should work to
put the monitor into Screen Saver mode.
Mine does!

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Morphet

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May 27, 2001, 6:12:33 AM5/27/01
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On Sun, 27 May 2001 01:10:48 -0700, "Observer" <12...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Are you talking about the sleep button in a Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard?
>If the device drivers for it are properly installed the button should work to
>put the monitor into Screen Saver mode.
>Mine does!
>

No, I got a cheap keyboard from a swapmeet and the buttons has to be
configed manually. All the others worked once I put the EXE file in,
but screensaver is a mystry

Jens Kaufmann

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May 27, 2001, 6:36:43 AM5/27/01
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> Does anybody know if there is shortcut to run the screen saver,
> because I really feel sorry for this little button that at the moment
> is usless.

There are two ways, though I'm not sure if the first one will work.

1. The screensavers are usually located in c:\windows. They have the Suffix
".scr" Try to copy the one you want in the folder for the Keyboard (I don't know
how to do this because I don't have one - uhm... one with extra keys I meant
;-))
If that doesn't work do this:

Copy the .scr in a folder of your choice. Rename it to .exe. Rightclick on on it
and pull it just a little bit down. In the menu you choice "Create Shortcut" or
so. (I have the German version...) Then you do a rightclick on the Shortcut,
Properties. Then in the first Testline, where the .exe is located in write
">c:\programs\keyboard\saver.exe< /s" where the text in >< is, what there
already stood.

This Shortcut now starts your Screensaver.

Jens


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May 27, 2001, 9:46:49 AM5/27/01
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try putting a shortcut to the actual .scr screen saver wherever it is.


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Jonathyn Bet'nct

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May 30, 2001, 6:25:10 PM5/30/01
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> Does anybody know if there is shortcut to run the screen saver,
> because I really feel sorry for this little button that at the moment
> is usless.

If you have Microsoft Office installed, you can just do this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\office\osa9.exe" /s

The actual name and location of the OSA9 file may be different from version
to version. This is what it's called under Office 2000 Professional. Under
Office 97, it's just called OSA (no 9) and I think it's in the same place.


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