Smart Screensaver Stopper for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJuly 16, 2015

Though this program is intended to prevent screensaver activation, it's marred by functionality issues. Smart Screensaver Stopper's mundane interface is straightforward but offers meager options for enabling and disabling the program and specifying a CPU usage limit. In theory, this could be a time-saver over going to Display Properties, but Smart Screensaver Stopper wasn't able to deliver, and in multiple tests it couldn't override the screensaver. Smart Screensaver Stopper's one positive point is that it's free, but with its faulty performance it still isn't worth the download.

What’s new in version 2.1.0.5

Version 2.1.0.5 changes the way the application stops the screensaver.

Smart Screensaver Stopper for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: March 27, 2007

Latest update: July 16, 2015

Version: 2.1.0.5

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows Vista
Windows 10
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 1,880

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

5/5

1 User Votes

No annoying screen flicker!
freewareaintfreeSeptember 8, 2005
Pros
Really like this utility. There is no annoying screen flicker when the screen saver wants to launch. Really like being able to control this based on the CPU load. I run a number of apps in the background and it is nice that the screen saver doesn't launch when 1 of these apps is spinning up.
Cons
Does all that is advertised without issue.
Summary

Developer’s Description

Stop the launching of your screensaver based on a set percent of CPU usage.

Stop screensaver launching, explicitly or by percent CPU currently in use--instant or average. Helpful if some automated tasks take a lot of CPU. If these tasks, in conjunction with a CPU hungry screensaver, run at the same time, the CPU gets maxed. This app will allow the system to "intelligently" determine whether the screensaver should present, allowing the former task to run without having its cycles chewed up by a screeensaver.

Version 2.1.0.5 changes the way the application stops the screensaver.