Screen Saver Control 1.50

Description

This is a small utility that allows deactivate or activate both screen saver and monitor power off with a simple click. It can launch the screen saver or power off the monitor immediately (with option of assigning global hot keys for it), and have the option of preserving screen saver and power off configuration even if it's changed by other programs. All the program commands are accessible from the taskbar icon menu.

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What's new

Version 1.50

• Improved interface: the command buttons are now organized in a toolbar, added a menu bar.
• No delay for launching the screen saver and powering off the monitor by default (continuous mode is now optional).
• Added options for taskbar icon single mouse click actions.
• The program configuration is now automatically saved.
• If the program is already active and it's launched again, the active copy is activated instead of showing a warning message.
• Added command-line options for launching the screen saver and powering off the monitor.
• Added a help file.
• Fix: the option for updating the Windows configuration option now works properly.
• Some other minor changes and fixes.

Version 1.30

• Full support of Windows XP Desktop Themes (using Windows XP Theme Manager by Mike Lischke).
• Added the option of toggle screen saver activation/deactivation with a double-click in the taskbar icon.
• The program now displays a warning if it's already active, instead of launching a new copy.
• Some other minor changes and fixes.

Version 1.21

• Added two taskbar bar icons for showing when only screen saver or power off are active.
• Added basic support for Windows XP Themes.
• Fixed a bug that allowed activate the instant mode more that one time.

Version 1.20

• Added option of activating screen saver and power off with a hotkey.
• New taskbar icon image for when only screen saver or power off is active.
• The double-click action of the taskbar icon is now configurable.
• Fixed some bugs in the behaviour of the option for preserving configuration.
• Some other minor changes.

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