Computer Trick of the Week: A Quick and Easy Way to Make a Screensaver from Your Own Photos

Posted in: Computer Tips & Tricks

Here’s an easy step-by-step walkthrough for all you Windows XP users who would like to make a screen saver from your favorite photos in your computer.

Let’s begin.

  • Step #1: Make sure all the photos you’d like to have in your screen saver slideshow are sitting in one folder in your computer. It doesn’t matter what folder they’re sitting in, as long as you know where they are!
  • Step #2: Now go ahead and right-click on an empty spot on your desktop.
  • Step #3: From the menu that pops up, click Properties, then the Screen Saver tab.
  • Step #4: In the Screen Saver dropdown box, select My Pictures Slideshow, then click the Settings button.
  • Step #5: Set the speed at which you’d like your photos to transition, as well as what folder your slideshow’s photos should be pulled from.
  • Step #6: Click OK to exit, and you’re all done.  Enjoy!

Now wasn’t that easy? :)

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