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Advances in displays and the advent of energy-saver monitors have virtually eliminated the need for screensavers. Article shows how they really work. By, Jeff Tyson Senior Analyst for HowStuffWorks.
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Howstuffworks How Screensavers Work It may simply be a blank screen, a specialized program such as SETI@Home, or it could be something as outrageous as dancing macaroni. The SETI@Home screensaver is a popular screensaver that actually does something useful. But what is a screensaver...Making your own wav files.
http://www.slonet.org/~rloomis/makewavs.html
Tutorial covers the basic design tricks, creating the skin, and assembling the skin.
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ICQ Plus Skinning Tutorial ...Coding Windows screen savers with Delphi.
http://delphi.about.com/cs/screensavers/
A primer on themes, visual styles, skins, icons and other alternative desktop shell environments, by Bradley Wardell.
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Windows customization: A primer on themes, visual styles, skins, icons and more. Guide to how to customize Windows! Don't be a drone. Don't let your desktop look like this! by Brad Wardell Note: I work at Stardock. I'm a guy who is so into messing around with the OS that I made...Examples and guidance on programming or creating screensavers for Windows.
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Screensaver Developer Resource This site collects together all of the information you might need to build you own screensaver. It is not a guide on graphics programming or a tutorial for any particular programming language. What is a Windows screensaver? The screensaver is...A collection of hints and tips for designing and creating good skins, with a focus on usability.
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Making Great Skins The tips here probably won't get you a higher download count (at least, not directly that's based mostly on three factors: Your reputation as a skinner The skin's name How cool your preview screenshot looks They probably will help your...Information on making an icon file, and which editor or converter should be used. Explains what the ICON (.ICO) format is.
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Make an icon ico) file This page answers the following questions: How can I make an icon file and which editor or converter should I use? What is the ICON ICO) format? How can I make an icon file and which editor or converter should...Step by step instructions on how to make themes in Windows 95/98/2000/NT using Plus! or an alternative themes program.
http://www.themearchives.com/make_themes.html