Can I copy a screensaver to another PC?
Yes. Save .scr file in Screensavers by Zaweba makes one self-contained file you can copy to another PC and install there, with no extra files.
Copying a screensaver to another PC is straightforward with Screensavers by Zaweba. Select the screensaver and use Save .scr file to save it as a single .scr anywhere you like. That one file holds everything the screensaver needs, so you can copy it on a USB stick or through a shared folder and install it on the other PC.
There's no hunting for extra files and no installer to run. Here's how it works and what to watch for.
Why one file is enough
A .scr made by Screensavers by Zaweba is one file: a small host program, then a zip of the screensaver's own web files. The host is about 0.93 MB. Because the pictures, code and settings description travel inside it, the other PC doesn't need anything else, and it doesn't need internet access either, since screensavers are blocked from the network anyway.
Saving the file
Open the manager and choose the screensaver. Adjust its settings first if you want, while the live preview plays. Then use Save .scr file and pick a location, such as a USB stick or a folder you share with the other computer. For screensavers you made yourself from a web page folder, the same option appears when you build them: you can Build and use, or Save .scr file.
Give the file a name that says what it is. Aquarium.scr is easier to find later than something generic.
Installing it on the other PC
On the other computer, put the .scr somewhere it can stay, such as a folder in Documents, because Windows remembers where it was installed from. Right-click it and choose Install. Windows' Screen Saver Settings opens with it selected; set the wait time and the password option and press OK. To try it first, right-click and choose Test.
If the other PC has Screensavers by Zaweba installed too, you can simply use the manager there, select the same screensaver and press Use this screensaver. That builds it into the profile on that machine without administrator rights.
A few things to know
Try the copy before you rely on it. Right-click and Test on the new PC shows it as it will run, and if that machine has the manager installed, Preview full screen there lets you check the look and change any settings that don't suit the new screen.
The several monitors setting is chosen per screensaver in the manager, and for screensavers you made yourself it's in Your screensavers. Check it on the new PC, since its monitors may be arranged differently.
Treat .scr files like any other program when you share them. They're safe from Screensavers by Zaweba, but someone receiving one by email can't easily tell where it came from, so tell them what it is.
Good uses for it
Copying is handy for setting up a family member's laptop, putting the same screensaver on every PC in a classroom, or giving a shop's computers a Bounce screensaver with the shop's logo. It's also how you share something you made: a screensaver built from a web project or exported from Kinetion by Zaweba becomes one file you can hand to someone else.
