Vista Slide Show Screen Saver

[dsarosh]

Hi,
In my prior installation of Vista Ultimate I had a screen saver named "photo slide show". This slide show would display pictures from a directory with some nice effects like sepia, zoom, grayscale, photo frame, etc, etc.

After formatting and re-installing the same version of vista I cant find this screen saver in the list. All updates have been installed and I even downloaded the the windows dreamscene and some extra sound schemes.

Currently there is a screen saver named "photos" which simply displays images in a folder, it does not have any transition or any other effects.

This is more out of curiosity about how a screen saver can disappear, or how the settings have disappeared.
I'm using the same video card and latest video card drivers and my directx is fully updated too.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

 

[alsiladka]

Did you use Windows Live Photo Gallery the last time around and have not installed it yet? It installs the screensaver.

Even if you did not use it, i suggest you try it out. A must have app.

 

[dsarosh]

Hi,

I opened "windows photo gallery" and went to file>screen saver settings.

But all I get is the same "photos" screen saver and the only options available are to select the speed and the folder location.

I have lost all those good looking special effects that I previously had.