Fish screensaver...

[Mini-Me]

Hi all.
I'm trying to find a fish/aquarium screensaver.
I had one once before, but cannot remember the name of it, to go get it again.

Could anyone post the names/links of any fish screensavers they know of, and that would probably jog my memory.

Thanks. :)

[123456]

I have the Windows 98 screensavers and it has the classic UNderwater one if you want

[Mini-Me]

GOOD IDEA!!! :)
I will get out an old Win98 box and copy the file.
This is not the one I was trying to think of, but that would probably do.

[123456]

Wait, it will not work without the right DLLs. I have them packaged for you. Copy them to your Systtem32 folder :D

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmfd4fjyzmn

[Mini-Me]

OK - thanks. Downloaded and will try it out now.
I remember this fishy screensaver - have not seen it in years. :)

[123456]

Enjoy these classics.

[nails00]

Aqua Real 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ertcJhyHc&feature=related)

Dream Aquarium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_y_yMUksDc)

[awaj]

you mean like this one? http://www.softempire.com/goldfish-aquarium.html

[Mini-Me]

Is "Underwater" XP compatible? After it runs for about 30-60 minutes, I get runtime errors, 0x00000017 errors, and C++ library errors and the whole machine locks up. This does not happen with any other SS - perhaps Underwater is just too old? However, if it runs at all, I thought it would be fine - wierd, huh?

EDIT: I see others have posted other ones - thanks very much, I will try these out now too. :)

[123456]

Hm, that never happened to me on Vista 64 bit.

[Mini-Me]

Perhaps it was a glitch. I have rebooted and the screensaver has run for more then an hour with no problems. I note that an application (Sunbelt personal firewall) was trying to update when I saw the messages. I have disabled it for tonight while I run an overnight test. I will leave Underwater running all night and see if it is still running in the morning, then post back here. :) Night night, all.

[Mini-Me]

UPDATE: Must have been a glitch - ran it overnight for about 12 hours, and the wee fish were still swimming around this morning just fine.

[123456]

Heheh. Love those classic screensavers. I think I gave you all of the 98 screensavers, right?

[Mini-Me]

Correct...

[Mini-Me]

Really like the old INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER screensaver. 123456 - new avatar - who is that?

[123456]

It's James Mason, the actor who plays Phillip Vandamm from North by Northwest.

[TheIsolationist]

;0) Anyway . . . the one I once had and was free back then was the one with the starfish that moved about and the Lionfish. Now days you have to pay for it.
:0( I don't think it was the Sim aquarium--or was it?

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Careful guys, some of those scripts back then had nasties aboard! :confused:

I have one that's about 1000 frames of the same pic. But it's SUCH a solid, but nice, blue color... :D

Maybe you could find an active webcam somewhere and let your pc default to that instead of hibernation or such? There's Eagle-cams, Bear-cams, (northern) Pike-cams and loads more. You could watch traffic even, that is, if you're into cars or accidents... :eek:
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I like to make my own folders of pics and direct Windows to use them such as the Hubble Space telescope pics and other similar things and use them when I want a pleasing background.

I used to breed Tropical fish so I don't care to watch them on my screen as I'd rather look at the real-time activity through the glass. :cool:

And then notice it needs c-l-e-a-n-i-n-g-! :rolleyes:

[Mini-Me]

I don't suppose you know which ones had the nasties in them?
They were MS dll's etc, so I would have thought they would be clean - or are you saying they can leave a backdoor open for nefarious persons?

How do you setup a connection to a webcam as a screensaver?
Sounds interesting...

[Fruss Tray Ted]

The infections happened back around when XP was just a youngun'. I'm fairly sure any of those buggers would be defunct by now. A download of an MS file is not always as simple, especially if one was to make the wrong decision and use a torrent or file sharing download site to acquire a Sourceforge file......... :rolleyes:

[123456]

These are from Windows 95 and 98, years before XP.