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Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 15:48

Member - Doug T (W.A)

If anyone would like to have this screensaver download it into the WINDOWS folder of Drive C: .Then set it up like any other screensaver and in settings add your local Lat/Long from your GPS, tick above location , and set it on about 8000klm, The file is 1.07mb and won't take long on Cable or ADSL.
This screen saver turns ever so slow in time with the Earth and you will be able to see the actual shadow line,click the word HERE near the top of the page

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Doug

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AnswerID: 202594   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:27

Member - Cruiser (NSW) replied:

Downloaded the file, put it in WINDOWS on C Drive, opened screen saver settings, set it to lat/long, above image, 8000k and all I get is a black screen with the test at top and bottom. Cannot see the word HERE anywhere. Whats wrong ?

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FollowupID: 462127   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:29

Member - Cruiser (NSW) posted:

OK, I see that the Here as in original post is on the download page and not a part of the screen saver settings as I originally read it, BUT, it still doesnt work.

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FollowupID: 462128   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:29

Member - Doug T (W.A) posted:

Yep I done a test on it and same on mine , delete that file which was a copy file and I will upload another into the site

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FollowupID: 462135   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:41

Member - Cruiser (NSW) posted:

I did a Google search and found that screensaver at 4 sites, downloaded from each site and got the same result.

Think I will forget it.

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FollowupID: 462140   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:51

Member - Doug T (W.A) posted:

Ok i just downloaded it from my link to the desktop , double clicked it and let go of the mouse and it works , as with screensavers as you would know if you move the mouse it's gone. So if i put that file into my Windows folder and close the folder then go to desktop properties/screensaver select EARTH do your settings set minutes and click apply / OK ,you can see it also by clicking preveiw ,don't move the mouse,Other than that if it still don't work do a restart.

Doug

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FollowupID: 462143   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:56

Member - Cruiser (NSW) posted:

Have done all that and it does not work for me.

Not to worry.

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FollowupID: 462150   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 17:13

Member - Doug T (W.A) posted:

Hey Cruiser
Thanks for that,I read your post about the other links. I have not checked for an update for years so got one ,downloaded it and I see there is a readme file and put that in with it , works goodand looks much better than the old one, those links on the original post now lead to it .

Doug

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AnswerID: 202609   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 16:55

Member - Oldplodder (QLD) replied:

Like the comments on daylight saving though.

Qld doesn't need daylight saving, it needs evening saving, or even morning saving.

The coolest part fo the day is around sunrise, so instead of putting the clock forward an hour we should put it back an hour, so we have an extra hour in the morning, not the evening.
And bring on evening earlier, so we get that cooling storm or evening change earlier.

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FollowupID: 462144   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 17:07

Mad Dog - Vic posted:

QLD this Qld that, I'm sick of hearing about QLD on this site. You guys are worse than poms

Who gives a flying fig about QLD, do what you want to.




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FollowupID: 462146   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 17:09

Member - Doug T (W.A) posted:

Bugger I will have to add Western Australia to issue

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