How to Add a Screen Saver to Windows XP
A screen saver is an animation file displayed on a computer screen while it's idle and activated after a set period of inactivity. Windows XP comes with preinstalled screen saver files, but you can also download screen savers from the web (files usually come in a ZIP format). Some of those have small installer programs that add a screen saver automatically, but most have to be added manually.
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Instructions
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Double-click the downloaded ZIP file to automatically launch either WinRAR or WinZIP, which will automatically decompress the file.
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Right-click the screen saver file (with SCR file extension) and select "Copy."
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Click the "Start" menu, select "My Computer," double-click the "Windows" folder and then the "System32" folder. Right-click anywhere in a blank space and select "Paste." The screen saver is now added to the existing XP screen savers.
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