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Getting to Know Windows XP

Lesson 10: Changing the screensaver

2Click Properties.

The Display Properties dialog box opens.

Sample Display Properties dialog box

3Click the Screen Saver tab.

4Click the arrow beside the current option—probably “(None)” —to open the screen saver list box.

5Scroll through the screen saver options by clicking the scroll arrows in the list box.

6Try a screen saver pattern by clicking a name in the list box.

Your selection appears in the monitor above the list box. Try several patterns.

7To apply a pattern to your desktop, click Apply.

8After you have chosen a screen saver pattern and applied it to your desktop, click OK.

You return to the desktop.

You can view any object’s properties by clicking the object with the secondary button, then choosing Properties from the shortcut menu that appears.