Today while being experimental with my Windows Vista I found an interesting thing. But I am not sure if we can attribute it as one of the ester egg in Vista. In Vista it is very common to let your screen saver run after a certain period of PC being dle. But this following trick let you run the screen saver even if you are workinmg on an application as if it is running as  a wallpaper. Do not confuse it with DreamScene feature in Vista.

Here is the trick to do it:

Open the command prompt by clicking on Start and typing cmd and hit enter.

In command window type the name of teh screen saver followed by a space and /p65552

For example to run the ribbons screen saver do the following:

In command window type ribbons.scr /p65552

Note: The space between ribbons.scr and /p65552

A coupe of other scren saver that can be run are:

aurora.scr /p65552

bubbles.scr /p65552

Photoscreensaver.scr /p65552

ssbranded.scr /p65552

Here is a video I created to show how the screen saver appears for a better understanding:

Pondering over the Internet I found that the switch p65552 helps in running the screen saver in full preview mode without being affected by mouse movement or keyboard keys. Like the small preview window in screen saver settings, where the screen saver does not get affected whatever you do.

If you have found any such cool hidden feature, please share your experience.

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