Solar System Screen Saver for Windows

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Download.com staffNovember 8, 2008

This free screensaver brings a photographic slide show of planets and asteroids to your desktop. After installation, it displays the screensaver properties window, which allows you to select from a variety of slide-show transitions. It also plays a MIDI of the theme from the Star Trek movies. Some may find the music charming, others a bit cheesy. You can mute the audio if you want. On the whole, the screensaver looks amateurish. The photographs themselves are adequate, and there are a lot of them (which accounts for the large 4.58MB download), but the dull solid-color backgrounds don't provide much excitement. The captions, meanwhile, are set in an archaic typeface that doesn't fit the mood. The shortcut the screensaver places on the desktop refers to an unavailable resource. If you're really interested in space, Solar System Screen Saver may have some appeal, but you can find many more impressive celestial screensavers by hunting around this site.

Solar System Screen Saver for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: April 22, 2005

Latest update: November 8, 2008

Version: 3.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows ME
Windows 95
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

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Total Downloads: 47,426

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3.5/5

4 User Votes

It gives a great view of the solar system
skycop4830May 21, 2009
Pros
If you like to see planet photos, it good
Cons
If you like this type of screensaver, there are no cons.
Summary
I enjoyed it, but would not keep it on everytime
Yeah, pray you age so well. ^^
February 3, 2009
Pros
I helped develop this little gem back in 1998. It has been basically untouched since. It was designed to be 1) simple and 2) stunning. It's quite amazing it has held up so well, what with the ridiculously higher resolutions that we have these days.
Cons
Hasn't been tested on Vista yet.. but nobody is actually using Vista, so who cares. ;) Occasional nut-balls like the guy below.
Summary
It's reason for existing as freeware was to combat all the jerks ripping pictures off of NASA then selling screen-savers for $10-$25 a pop. It goes without saying it was an overnight success. Thank you and you're welcome. :) Note to missing disk guy: A missing disk?? Come on! It's a self contained executable. You could run it fine without the automatic installer / uninstalled, so merry Christmas. I checked in with Crogon Int., they never received a support question for any such issue. I think missing disk guy had been 'wandering' around outer space a bit TOO long. ;) FAQ: 1) The screen-saver mysteriously appeared on some Russian download websites. As far as I know, it's still floating around over there somewhere. 2) The names of the planets and etc. are set at a 'barely visible' contrast ratio. You can dim the contrast on your screen a notch, and test your kids on the names of stuff. :) For extra brain-teasing, set the image order to 'Random'.
Works As Described
joihan777December 13, 2008
Pros
Simple install, took 30 secs. l use it on an older HP dv1000 laptop without a single issue. The photographs are authentic and nice. Some of them are a bit dated but hey! It's free! The settings interface is straightforward and effective too.
Cons
Some of the pics aren't widescreen, but with space-black backgrounds it really isn't an issue. The music is....ahem....moogishly old, but luckily it can be switched off. Too bad there's no way to add your own music instead.
Summary
Great little app. It's going in all my computers. Perfect for folks who aren't too tschnically savvy but appreciate beautiful pictures and well thought out product. Without a little touch-up & refinement, this would be quite sellable.
sucked! messed my computer up
Childish20April 20, 2008
Pros
Cons
i can not get this off of my computer and it did not work, kept saying that it needed some disk??!?!?
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Developer’s Description

By Crogon International

See beautiful photographs of our solar system.

This free screensaver uses high-quality photographs of our solar system. You will see the sun, all the planets, many moons, comets, and asteroids. All photos include captions and can be quite educational. Also included are a mutable soundtrack and transition effects.