Old screen savers and security for Vista.

[Phillip Pi]

Hello!

Is it safe to use old screen savers that work well in Windows 9x, 2000,
and XP under Vista? Did Vista's screen saver component changes a lot in
terms of security and backward compatible? I have old screen savers like
System 47 (http://www.mewho.com/system47/), 24 (http://w3rd.org/24/),
etc. that I like but wasn't sure if they were good ideas for Vista.

Thank you in advance.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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[dean-dean]

3rd Party screensavers are "allowable" in Vista. Whether they will work or
not is another question. Some screensavers that were programmed before the
advent of Vista will work, and some won't. You pretty much have to test
them and see if they work.

"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
news:O9y22cI2HHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hello!
>
> Is it safe to use old screen savers that work well in Windows 9x, 2000,
> and XP under Vista? Did Vista's screen saver component changes a lot in
> terms of security and backward compatible? I have old screen savers like
> System 47 (http://www.mewho.com/system47/), 24 (http://w3rd.org/24/), etc.
> that I like but wasn't sure if they were good ideas for Vista.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.