If you’re like most people, you probably turn off your computer’s screensaver after a few minutes of inactivity. But is that really necessary? Disable the screensaver If you’re like most people, you probably turn off your computer’s screensaver after a few minutes of inactivity. But is that really necessary? According to some experts, the screensaver can actually slow down your computer and waste energy. So if you’re not using your computer and don’t need the screensaver running, it might be a good idea to disable it. Here’s how: To disable the screensaver on Windows 8 or 10: 1) Open the Start screen by pressing the Windows key + X on your keyboard or clicking on the Start button at the bottom left corner of your screen. 2) Click on Settings in the menu that pops up. 3) Under “Personalization,” click on Screen saver. 4) In the “Screen saver” section, uncheck “Enable screen saver.” 5) Click OK to save your changes and exit Screen saver mode. To disable the screensaver on older versions of Windows: 1) Open Control Panel by clicking on Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Personalization -> Screen Saver. 2) In Screen Saver Options under “Screen saver settings,” uncheck “Enable screen saver.” 3) Click OK to save your changes and exit Screen Saver mode. ..
Our solution comes in the form of a little utility named flipss.exe which can be used to easily enable or disable the screensaver via a command line argument… we’ll just have to manually create shortcuts for each task.
Create Disable/Enable Shortcut
Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu.
You will need to enter in the full path to where you saved the flipss.exe file, followed by either “/off” or “/on”. For instance, if you saved the utility in C:\MyFiles you would use this path to create the disable icon:
On the next screen you’ll need to give it a useful name, and then create a second shortcut with “/on” which you can use to turn the screensaver back on.
You can give them different icons by going into the properties for the shortcut and choosing the “Change Icon” option. Personally I moved the icons into the quick launch bar for easier access and indexing in Launchy.
Download Flipss.zip from jddesign.co.uk
