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From: burhans@mizar.usc.edu (Mustang Sally)
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Subject: Re: screen savers with DOS applications
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Date: 17 Dec 90 23:40:51 GMT
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In article <127314@linus.mitre.org> rr@faron.mitre.org (Robert Rifkin) writes:
>I have tried two screen savers, Magic and Screen Peace, running
>under Windows 3.  Both worked fine with Windows applications,
>but neither blank the screen when I run a DOS application
>from the Windows DOS prompt.  Is there a way to get
>these, or other screen savers, to work for all applications?

Haven't actually tried this as I use very few DOS apps but the Advanced
option from the ScreenPeace (1.2) icon has a checkbox labelled: Active DOS
window disables ScreenPeace. I would imagine if you unchecked it, screen
peace would be inclined to work even with a DOS app running.

Well, I sort of tried it and got hosed, but hey, give it a shot.


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Jackie Burhans (burhans@usc.edu)          
Data Stylist, USC Student Affairs