Project Description
Derived from the Mosaic Project's lock screen, a screensaver was born!

[ Initial Release - 7/8/2011 ]

First off check out Mosaic Project if you haven't already done so. Second, this screensaver is 90% based on Mosaic's lock screen, enjoy!

Screen Shots

(Screeny's based off of Metro v1.0)

(Wallpaper from Windows 8 M3 build)

General Project Information

• Coded in WPF C# (.NET Framework 3.5)
• Base on the Mosaic Project (on Codeplex)
• Remember, a screensaver is only a .exe program renamed to .scr with some additional command line arguments.

System Requirements

• Windows 7 and newer. That being said, I haven't tested it on other versions so dunno
• .NET Framework 3.5 or newer (included in Windows 7) (http://www.microsoft.com/NET/)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition or newer (for source code view-age) (http://www.microsoft.com/express/)

FAQ

Q: How do you exit the screensaver?
A: You can either press the escape key or click and drag upwards to exit (swipe upwards if you have a touchscreen).

Q: How do you install the screensaver?
A: Move the screensaver to "C:\Windows\System32" or any other location you would like to store it. Then right click on the file and select "Install".

Q: I get an .exe file when I compile, what do I do with it?
A: I've set the compilers settings so that it will also outputs a .scr file (screensaver).

Q: I would like to edit the source code and redistribute it?
A: It wasn't mine to begin with anyway.

Getting Updates

• To get updates to when a new build is released, please subscribe to this RSS feed: (http://metroscreensaver.codeplex.com/Project/ProjectRss.aspx?ProjectRSSFeed=codeplex://release/metroscreensaver)
• Using Firefox you can subscribe to RSS feeds by:
  1. Go to http://metroscreensaver.codeplex.com/Project/ProjectRss.aspx?ProjectRSSFeed=codeplex://release/metroscreensaver
  2. Click the "Subscribe Now" button.
  3. Enjoy!!