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In Windows 7, the Bubbles screen saver created bubbles that moved over the top of whatever was on my screen at the time.
In Windows 8, if I go to the screen saver settings and preview the Bubbles screensaver, it shows the same behavior – bubbles moving over the top of my existing desktop.
But when the Bubbles screensaver actually activates in Windows 8, the bubbles only appear over a background color which I selected.
Is there something wrong with my settings or video drivers?
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There is nothing wrong with your screensaver settings, or your video drivers and system. .
A design change was made in Windows 8 that prevents screensavers from drawing over an image of the desktop. Any screensaver that previously drew over the desktop, such as Bubbles, will instead draw over a black background. The screensaver preview is incorrectly showing Windows 7 behavior.
That was already answered above by a Microsoft Forum Moderator
"A design change was made in Windows 8 that prevents screensavers from drawing over an image of the desktop. Any screensaver that previously drew over the desktop, such as Bubbles, will instead draw over a black background. The screensaver preview is incorrectly showing Windows 7 behavior."
I'm going to write my own program :)
Microsoft wont tell you this but the setting to make bubbles and other screensavers are still very available within your registry or group policy editor. look up this sentence "how to tweak windows screensavers. and look through the links that come up. I promise you wont be disappointed. it is much like the windows 7 start menu not being here in win8. but again there is a solve to this issue. as well as stopping OneDrive permanently without uninstalling it. as well there are ways to turn desktop gadgets back on as well the sidebar. all these settings are within registry editor and group policy editor, YOUTUBE is a perfect place to look up how to turn these back on as well the issue with bubbles is fixed and you can change the bubbles to a solid color and much more. there are no limits to a computer its all possible and a lot is hidden from the user. I hope this helped. Microsoft needs to stop being so greedy and selfish. show us the hidden stuff, as long as we are not hacking this should be no issues. THERE I had my rant.
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