How to turn your favorite photos into a screen saver on Windows

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How to turn your favorite photos into a screen saver on Windows
How to turn your favorite photos into a screen saver on Windows
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Have you spent an unforgettable vacation, took home a puppy, or took a lot of photos for some other reason, and now you want to turn those photos into a screen saver? Turn your favorite photos into a slideshow (screen saver) to protect your monitor and enjoy your photos at the same time. Plus, it's pretty easy to do. Follow the step-by-step instructions carefully and you will succeed. Place the photos that should make up the screen saver in one folder and name it whatever you like. Examples: vacation, dog, family, and so on.

Steps

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 1
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 1

1 Open Control Panel on your computer. 2

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 2
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 2

Find the "Appearance and Personalization" section and open it. 3

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 3
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 3

Find the item "Change screensaver" and click on it. 4

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 4
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 4

Specify how many minutes must elapse before the screen saver starts. 5

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 5
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 5

Click on the little arrow on the left menu and change the screen saver to Photos. 6

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 6
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 6

Click on the "Options" button to select a folder with photos.

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 7
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 7

7 Click Save to confirm your selection.

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 8
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 8

8 Return to the Screen Saver Options window and click the Preview button to see how it will look. 9 Are you satisfied with everything?

If so, click Apply and then OK. If you don't like something, go back to step 6 and continue from there.

Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 10
Turn Your Favorite Photos into a Screensaver (on Windows 7) Step 10

10 In the example shown, the screen saver uses the Downloads folder.

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