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No matter how much you enjoy your favorite screensavers,sometimes they can be rather annoying. Don't like theminterrupting your presentations? Hate them disturbing youwatching movies? Look no further. This article will show youhow to gain full control over your screensavers in no time.There's no doubt screensavers bring a pleasant variety toyour desktop. Not to mention they prevent your monitor fromburn-ins. Still there are times they had better sit quietand hadn't interfered with your work.Demonstrating a slideshow, watching a movie, reading anarticle - all these activities and many others may leaveyour computer with no keyboard and mouse input for a fewminutes. Depending on your preferred settings, two or threeminutes of inactivity may be enough for a screensaver tostart and interrupt your work when it shouldn't.The obvious solution to the problem is disablingscreensavers right before any of those activities. However,it's very likely you'll forget to do it. Furthermore, it'seven more likely you'll forget to turn screensavers back onlater, thus leaving yourself without their benefits forindefinite time.Thankfully, we are not the first people who encountered thisproblem. Quite many different tools already exist to helpyou. They range from simple support for screensavers in someapplications to universal and powerful tools to controlthem.If screensavers interrupt you often when you watch movies,but otherwise don't bother you, you may find it sufficientto use a media player that has a built-in support forscreensavers. For example, Winamp and The Playa have anoption to prevent screensavers from starting while they playa movie. Consider using one of them or another media playerhaving that option unless you are looking for a moreversatile tool.For those of you who'd like to have full control no matterwhat you do, there are many universal applications. Thistime we will talk about two of them.If you want a program that is easy to use and that wouldallow you to disable screensavers quickly and then easilyenable them, Hot Corners is right for you. It's a small toolletting you control screensavers in three ways: * by moving the mouse into one of the screen corners * by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard * by clicking an icon in the system trayYou can set one screen corner for disabling screensavers andanother for starting them. This way moving the mouse intothe first corner will prevent any screensaver from starting.Moving the mouse into the second corner will start yourdefault screensaver. Holding the mouse in any other place ofyour desktop will make screensavers behave in the usualmanner. For you convenience, Hot Corners allow you to varythe size of the corners. This way you won't waste too muchtime positioning the mouse precisely.Alternatively, you can set a pair of keyboard shortcuts toquickly disable or activate a screensaver. You may preferthis method if you extensively use the keyboard whileworking.Another useful feature of Hot Corners is Power Managementcontrol. Not only it can prevent screensavers from starting,but it also won't let your monitor to go in power saving andpower-off modes.Hot Corners were created by South Bay Software, and areavailable for download from http://www.southbaypc.com/HotCorners/Another interesting tool is Galt Screen Control by GaltTechnology. It definitely lacks the variety of screensavercontrol methods available in Hot Corners. Nevertheless, ithas many other features you may find useful.There is only one way to disable screensavers using GaltScreen Control. You will have to right click the applicationicon in the system tray and select the corresponding option.But there's more in it than simply disabling screensavers.You can select an option that will disable them for 1/2, 1,2, or 4 hours, giving you even finer control. This way youwill never forget to enable screensavers back later.Galt Screen Control provides an easy and convenient way tolaunch or configure any installed screensaver. It requiresyou just two menu clicks. Furthermore, the tool can select arandom screensaver when you ask it. Alternatively, it can doit on each program startup or on an hourly basis.You can download Galt Screen Control from http://www.galttech.com/screenshots/screencontrol.htmlNow that I've shared these little secret tools with you,it's time to show your screensavers their real master. Don'twaste a second! Put them under control! Article Tags: Under Control, Screen Control