I just upgraded from Windows XP. There's a few features that I miss and I'm not sure if there's anyway to get them. In XP, you could have the file name appear in the corner of the picture when the screensaver was running. Really helpful for finding pics that you want to send or ID'ing the picture. Any way of getting this feature in Win7? The <arrow down> key would freeze the current picture. In Win7, it now wakes up the computer. Anyway to freeze the pics in screensaver mode? Not sure how much this is related to the screensaver, but the monitor and the computer are both set to go to sleep after 1 hour. Neither happens. Even a day or two later it's still running. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I don't have XP on my computer anymore. I don't have any access to it. So I can't copy it. How else can I do it?

This is a problem for me too. I upgraded from XP to 7 and miss the file names of photos. I used them to cull lousy photos (I take too many) and to identify the location of the good ones. Really miss this. Help Microsoft!!

Great, glad I could help, for all others, see "Best" + "Screen Saver Stuff" here: http://lastborns.surf.to

Hi selvan7777, Many thanks for your excellent advice. I (together with my more technically gifted son) followed your directions and lo and behold I am now so pleased to have my old XP style Screesaver back which randomly shows my pictures together with the so important "file name". This fix really does work and so many thanks for pointing us in the rigt direction. Kind regards, Challenged Wrinkly Abacus

Windows 7 - Live Photo Gallery Screen Saver - file name option, freezing the pic, and won't sleep

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I just upgraded from Windows XP. There's a few features that I miss and I'm not sure if there's anyway to get them.

In XP, you could have the file name appear in the corner of the picture when the screensaver was running. Really helpful for finding pics that you want to send or ID'ing the picture. Any way of getting this feature in Win7?
The <arrow down> key would freeze the current picture. In Win7, it now wakes up the computer. Anyway to freeze the pics in screensaver mode?
Not sure how much this is related to the screensaver, but the monitor and the computer are both set to go to sleep after 1 hour. Neither happens. Even a day or two later it's still running.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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Here's the solution. Copy ssmypics.scr from your old XP machine to the Window 7 machine c:windows:system32 directory. then the old screensaver is available in settings. worked for me!

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2012-04-02T17:07:33+00:00

I don't have XP on my computer anymore. I don't have any access to it. So I can't copy it.

How else can I do it?
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2012-03-19T15:57:57+00:00

This is a problem for me too. I upgraded from XP to 7 and miss the file names of photos. I used them to cull lousy photos (I take too many) and to identify the location of the good ones. Really miss this. Help Microsoft!!
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2012-01-29T17:55:57+00:00

Great, glad I could help, for all others, see "Best" + "Screen Saver Stuff" here: http://lastborns.surf.to
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2012-01-29T17:39:46+00:00

Hi selvan7777,

Many thanks for your excellent advice. I (together with my more technically gifted son) followed your directions and lo and behold I am now so pleased to have my old XP style Screesaver back which randomly shows my pictures together with the so important "file name". This fix really does work and so many thanks for pointing us in the rigt direction.

Kind regards,

Challenged Wrinkly Abacus
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