Screen Savers Frequently Asked Questions

Unziping .ZIP Files

To unzip a .ZIP file, you will need an archive utility program like WinZip. Please visit WinZip's home page.

Extracting self extracting files

Any files within our pages ends with an extension of .EXE, it is a self extracting file, you do not need an unzip program to extract it. To start the self extracting process after downloading a file, copy or move the .EXE file to an empty directory and double click on its filename and it will automatically extract its files into the same directory.

How to install screen savers

Usually the installation instructions will accompany the downloaded file itself in the form of a .TXT, .DOC, .WRI format. Refer to that file on how to install the screen saver(s). If there is no accompanying instructions, and there is either a SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE, run that file to start the installation process. If the downloaded file only contains file(s) ending with .SCR, just copy all files ending with .SCR to your Windows\System directory.

Shareware, Freeware, and Public Domain

Any files that you download from our pages will fall into one of the following three categories, please review carefully.

Shareware: Shareware is try-before-you-buy software. It is created by nice people who put it out into the world for you to try, with a note attached (actually it's a file) asking you to please send the author a small fee if you continuously use the program after its specified trial period by registering. This registration fee can run from $5 and up (and usually less than $25), but it's almost less than you'd pay for a comparable product at a computer store. If you do register the program, the author may send you the latest version or maybe even a printed manual. It is so nice of these people to do this that we really should support them by sending their minimal fees. And believe me, there is a lot of work involved in creating any type of software.

Freeware: Freeware is software made available for public use by the generous author, and it's free. You're not under any obligation to pay for it, but the author retains the copyright of the software.

Public Domain: Public domain is also free software made available to the public by the author, by contrast, is given over in its entirety to the public domain with no stringsattached.

VBRUNxxx.DLL

Any program that was written in Visual Basic(high level programming language) will require its runtime library, which is a dynamic link library, inorder to run. There is VBRUN100.DLL, VBRUN200.DLL, VBRUN300.DLL, VB40016.DLL and VB40032.DLL. Depends on which version of Visual Basic the program was written in, it will need the corresponding .DLL, for example, Visual Basic v3 will require VBRUN300.DLL, v4-32bit will require VB40032.DLL.

Will Win 3.x screen savers run under Win95

Yes, it should. If it doesn't work properly, it's the source code that was written improperly.