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 too like having the file name and path of the picture when in screensaver mode. I copied ssmypics.scr from an xp computer into C:\windows\system32 on my Windows 7 computer. I then went into screensaver settings but didn't see any options to change that would give me the file path and name. I'm still not getting the file path and name in my screensaver. This may be complicated by the fact that I don't store my pictures in the "My Pictures" file folder. Any ideas what I need to do?

Thanks, yes it works for 64 bit systems. I had the file in System32 but forgot to select My Pictures Slideshow in the Screensaver drop down box.

I got XP's ssmypics from here , followed your instructions for my Win 7 64-bit and, wahla! Thanks Office 2010 on Win7HP64b

I used the ssmypics.scr for the vista slide show screen saver and it worked, but does not work on my 64 bit machine running windows 7.

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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2011-01-22T01:15:40+00:00

I too like having the file name and path of the picture when in screensaver mode. I copied ssmypics.scr from an xp computer into C:\windows\system32 on my Windows 7 computer. I then went into screensaver settings but didn't see any options to change that would give me the file path and name. I'm still not getting the file path and name in my screensaver.

This may be complicated by the fact that I don't store my pictures in the "My Pictures" file folder. Any ideas what I need to do?
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2011-01-03T04:25:58+00:00

Thanks, yes it works for 64 bit systems. I had the file in System32 but forgot to select My Pictures Slideshow in the Screensaver drop down box.
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2011-01-03T04:04:13+00:00

I got XP's ssmypics from here , followed your instructions for my Win 7 64-bit and, wahla!

Thanks

Office 2010 on Win7HP64b
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2011-01-03T03:36:16+00:00

I used the ssmypics.scr for the vista slide show screen saver and it worked, but does not work on my 64 bit machine running windows 7.
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