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Free MSU Screen Savers

Our Newest Free Screen Saver
Our Original Free Screen Saver

Instructions

You may install these screen savers on your computer and share them with your friends who identify with Mississippi State.

Minimum Requirements: MS-Windows 95/98/2000/NT, hard disk - 2.0 Meg free space, 256-color SVGA adapter.

Download either screen saver and save it to a convenient directory such as c:\temp.

Installation for Windows 95/98/2000/NT:

  1. Go to C:\temp or the directory in which you saved the screen saver file.
  2. Run the file you downloaded to decompress it.
  3. Run the resulting setup.exe file.

At this point you may delete the decompressed files in c:\temp.

To activate the screen saver, you must reconfigure the MS-Windows desktop.

Desktop Configuration for Windows 95/NT:

  1. Click on the "start" button and select the "settings" option.
  2. In the new window, double click the "control panel" icon.
  3. In the control panel window, double click the "display" icon.
  4. In the display properties window, select the "screen saver" tab at top.
  5. Go to the screen saver list box and select "MSU Screen Saver."
  6. Use the "minutes" button to shorten or lengthen the interval to wait for the screen saver.
  7. Click the "settings" to configure the behavior of the screen saver.

Credit

Most of the programming on the original screen saver was done by MSU student Roger Garvin and on the 2000 version by student Owen Munton. The photographs were made by university photographers Fred Faulk and Russ Houston.

Copyright (C)1997, 2000 Mississippi State University.

Permission is hereby granted to distribute these screen saver programs, so long as the copyright notices are not removed from the material. This disk may not be distributed for profit without the express consent of Mississippi State University. This disk and all related files are copyrighted by Mississippi State University.

Mississippi State University is not liable for any damages arising from the failure of this program to perform as described or any destruction of other programs or data residing on the system attempting to execute the program. Any damages directly or indirectly caused by the use of this software is the sole responsibility of the user.

Mississippi State University Screen Saver program is freely distributable as long as all files and documentation remain unchanged and are included in the distribution.