Is there a way to customize the Vista slide show screen saver, to make it act

more like the old one in XP? Specifically, I would like the option to turn

off having them all at full-screen size, as many of them become quite blurry

when blown up so big. In XP, you had a choice, and I really liked it that

way. Any help will be much appreciated!

Hi,

 

No, that is not configurable.

 

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"Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Is there a way to customize the Vista slide show screen saver, to make it

> act

> more like the old one in XP? Specifically, I would like the option to

> turn

> off having them all at full-screen size, as many of them become quite

> blurry

> when blown up so big. In XP, you had a choice, and I really liked it that

> way. Any help will be much appreciated!

I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this

topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show

pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For

instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200

screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is

not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their

original resolution.

 

Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.

 

 

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I've been having the same problem. Is there really no way to display the

pictures in their original resolution? my slideshow looks awful.

 

"BillyR" wrote:

>

> I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this

> topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show

> pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For

> instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200

> screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is

> not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their

> original resolution.

>

> Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.

>

>

> --

> BillyR

> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

>

>

Is there a way to alter the properties of the images themselves in order to

keep the computer from ever stretching them, whether on the background or in

a slideshow/screensaver?

 

"Susannah.D" wrote:

> I've been having the same problem. Is there really no way to display the

> pictures in their original resolution? my slideshow looks awful.

>

> "BillyR" wrote:

>

> >

> > I realize this is an old thread, but I found it during a search on this

> > topic. If it is impossible to configure Vista to display slide show

> > pictures at their original sizes that is a defect in the program. For

> > instance, pictures that are 700 x 500 look terrible on my 1600 x 1200

> > screen, and basically renders that feature of Vista unusable. That is

> > not the case with the Preview feature, which displays pictures at their

> > original resolution.

> >

> > Perhaps Microsoft ought to address this deficiency.

> >

> >

> > --

> > BillyR

> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

> >

> >

Susannah.D1000547 Wrote:

> Is there a way to alter the properties of the images themselves in order

> to

> keep the computer from ever stretching them, whether on the background

> or in

> a slideshow/screensaver?There doesn't appear to be a way. It makes one wonder what the geniuses

at Microsoft were thinking when they designed it this way. Or was it an

oversight and they don't want to admit it?

 

The only way I know of to use that feature without severely impacting

the quality of your images is to resize them to your screen size if you

have the pixels available i.e., resize a 2000 x 1500 to 1600 x 1200, or

whatever your screen size is. For smaller images like 700 x 500 the

other alternative is to use a program like Photoshop or Genuine Fractals

to upsample your images to your screen size. This kind of hassle

wouldn't be necessary if Microsoft had properly designed this feature.

 

It is unfortunate that Microsoft designed it so shoddily, and more

unfortunate that they haven't corrected it in one of those massive

updates they periodically issue.

 

 

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