creensavers are one of the easiest and most popular ways of personalising a computer. They don't require any great technical knowledge to install or use. But why personalise your computer with someone else's pictures when you could use your own? Both Windows XP and Vista can use photos stored on your hard disk as screens avers and in this feature we'll show you how. Screensavers started out as an essential utility.

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Old monitors would suffer if the same image was left on them for too long. Eventually the image would burn itself into the screen, leaving an irritating 'ghost' image. In severe cases the monitor could be left unusable. In these days of LCDs and modern CRTs this is no longer necessary, but screensavers have become rather popular. The most basic kind of screensaver simply blanks the screen. Others show pictures or snazzy animations. All versions of Windows come with a selection of screensavers built in, but the variety that can be found on the internet is so impressive that there is sure to be something to match everybody's interests.