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Monday, December 16, 2002
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Beautiful and useful
Vinod Kumar

SCREENSAVERS, besides being amazing and entertaining, are of great use. Do you know what does a screensaver mean and how can it be useful? A screensaver is an animated image that is activated on a personal computer display when no user activity is sensed for a certain time. The main reason why a screensaver is used is that it reduces wear and tear on the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) inside the monitor, which can be damaged if the same window is left on for extended period of time. If you are bored from default screensavers that exist on your computer, just browse through the following Websites, from where you can download free screensavers.

www.aaascreensavers.com

On this site, you will find free screensavers for every occasion. This site offers freeware screensavers with many themes like nature, sports, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, fantasy, games, TV and much more. From this site you can download AAAScreensavers Screensaver Builder, which lets you make your own screensaver. On this site, there are many online and offline freebies, which you can add to the Website. This site offers ‘HTML free tutorials by e-mail’ program in which basics HTML lessons are send via e-mail weekly. Take part in online contests, lotteries and win some exciting prizes. From this site you can send digital postcards to your family and loved ones. You can also sign up for free online newsletter.

www.freesaver.com

As the name suggest this site has got wide range of free screensaver site. On this site there are over 1600 free Windows screensavers, which are arranged both in alphabetical order and grouped in categories by subject and style. All screen savers that are available on this site has thumbnail previews and descriptions. You can also use the search engine on this site to find a specific screensaver. You will find a small section of screensavers for the Apple Macintosh on this site. This site has a link section where you will find links to some cool sites from where you can download lot of free stuff.