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Additional Info and Help Versatile slide show screensaver

Key to symbols abylon SCREENSAVER

The app has a simply designed interface where all the necessary settings are made. These are briefly described here. If you have any further questions or problems, look at our FAQs or use our support form.

Menu:

The menu can be opened in the settings dialog using the three lines at the top left!

Menu of the APP abylon SCREENSAVER

  • Facebook: Opens the abylonsoft Facebook page.
  • Twitter: Opens the abylonsoft-X page (formerly Twitter)
  • Newsletter: Opens the abylonsoft newsletter registration page
  • Help: Opens the help here.
  • Support: Opens this support page.
  • About: Opens a dialog with information about the software, such as name, version and license data.
  • Data protection and license agreement: Opens the END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT, DATA PROTECTION & TERMS OF USE for the abylonsoft SOFTWARE
  • Check for new version: Checks on the Internet whether a new version is available. For this to happen, the software must be allowed access to the Internet and the computer must have an Internet connection.

Symbols:

Settings dialog of the APP abylon SCREENSAVER

  • 1: Opens the menu.
  • 2a: The Windows settings dialog for the screen saver is opened via icon (screen)!
  • 2b: Icons for adding (plus) and removing (minus) directories.
  • 3: Display of the added folders (directories).
  • 4 Opens the registration dialog.
  • 5: List of transition effects to switch on and off
  • 6: The time interval specifies the time between the transitions in seconds.
  • 7: Image quality used for the transitions. This can be reduced if the transitions do not run smoothly.
  • 8: When "Random Mode" is activated, the images are displayed in a random order. A real random generator is used, which selects the images at random. Otherwise, the output is in the order in which they were read in.
  • 9: Opens a quick help with the keyboard commands.
  • 10: Starts the screensaver in preview mode.

Keyboard commands:

  • SPACE: The space bar pauses the screensaver. The screensaver can then be continued with the space bar.
  • ENTER: The Enter key pauses the screensaver and displays information about the current image file. Pressing the Enter key again starts the screensaver again.
  • Arrow left and -: Use the left arrow or the minus key to display the previous image from the history.
  • Arrow right: The arrow to the right can be used to scroll forward in the history (images displayed).
  • +: The plus key displays the next image.
  • Insert: The Insert key adds the current image to the favorites list.
  • Del: The delete key deletes the current image from the favorites list.
  • F1: The F1 key displays the images from the favorites list.
  • F5: The F5 key reloads the images in the selected directories and deletes the cache.

Transition effects:

  • No effect: The next image is displayed directly and without a transition effect.
  • Fade effect(s): The next image is displayed slowly by fading.
  • Rotate effect(s): The next image is displayed rotating.
  • Move effect(s): The next image is inserted from the right or left.
  • Wallback effect(s): The next image is in or out in several levels.
  • Zoom Effect(s): The next image is zoomed in.
  • Expand effect(s): The next image is zoomed in along the longitudinal or transverse axis.
  • Overdraw effect(s): The next image is faded line by line.

Questions and answers about the software abylon SCREENSAVER (FAQ's)

The versatile photo screensaver for your most beautiful moments

A screensaver like the abylon SCREENSAVER not only offers visual enjoyment, but also practical advantages:

  • Individual design: Present your favorite pictures in a dynamic slide show and give your workplace a personal touch.
  • Screen protection: While screensavers are less needed as protection for modern monitors, they still prevent "burn-in" on OLED displays.
  • Data protection: By activating password protection, your computer is automatically locked as soon as the screensaver starts.
  • Stylish animations: With impressive transition effects, your photos become elegant shown.
  • Multi-screen support: Perfect for both private and professional use - even with multiple monitors.

These are just some of the general advantages of a screensaver. We use the screensaver as a slide show for our collected photos. In quiet moments, these remind us of past experiences and moments, alone or with friends and acquaintances.

Pro

  • Simple and flexible configuration (e.g. image selection, display formats).
  • Supports multiple screens and optimally adjusts photos to the screen size.
  • Security functions such as password protection. Password protection can only be activated via the window settings (see next FAQ post)!
  • Intelligent functions such as continuing the slide show after interruption.
  • Can be tested for free and can still be used (see Comparison FREE and PRO).

Cons

  • No support for other image formats except JPG/JPEG.
  • Some functions (e.g. favorites) are only available in the paid version (see Comparison FREE and PRO).
  • Only works on Windows devices.

Activating the abylon SCREENSAVER under Windows is easy:

  1. Download and installation: Download the software from the official website, install it and start the abylon SCREENSAVER.
  2. Select image sources: Configure the image directories and adjust the settings (order, transition effects, etc.) to your liking.
  3. Activate screensaver:
    • Open the Windows settings: Start > Settings > Personalization > Lock screen > screensaver settings.
    • Select in the dropdown list the abylon SCREENSAVER.
    • Set the desired inactivity time after which the screensaver should start and confirm with OK.
  4. Done: The abylon SCREENSAVER will now be activated automatically after the set time and will show your selected images.

Tip: Test the software for 30 days with full functionality to explore all the features!

FAQ: Installation

Questions and Answers about the installation of software products from abylonsoft.

Usually, with abylonsoft software, the new version can be installed over the old version. This is also the case if the setup asks in advance and offers the uninstall option. If an over-installation for any reason is not possible, so you will be pointed out during installation. In this case no other option is offered.

Yes, because during the installation the software has to make some settings for which only the administrator has rights. So log in for the installation as an administrator or contact your responsible administrator.

Possible cause of error:

  1. You have entered the registration data incorrectly! The safest way is to copy and paste the name and the registration key from the email directly into the registration dialog of our software.
  2. Each license key is created individually for each program and each version. Check whether your registration data are also intended for the version you have installed!

Updates in the same major version number are free. Updates to the next major version number are subject to an update fee. If you have any questions or problems with us you are welcome to contact us in Kontakt.

This is because when a new user is created, Windows first creates the registry and makes entries. Since our software also has to make registry entries, an operating system restart is required for proper operation.

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If this error occurs, you should manually download and install the setup from the download page. All settings of the previous version will be adopted.

FAQ: General

General questions and answers about the software from abylonsoft.

This error is caused by the rights management under Windows
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  • If you open a file, the error message The path is not available is displayed.
  • If you open a folder, the error message Unhandled exception in the application - The root folder cannot be retrieved is displayed.
user's root folder or the own files. This causes the above error message and is due to the Windows rights policy. As a workaround, you could adjust the NTFS permissions, for example, add the rights for administrators in the user directory.

Redist Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Redist-Error-Message 0xc0150002

We unfortunately had to realize that Microsoft has changed something since the end of the Windows 7 support. Since that time it seems to be necessary to install a so-called Redist-Pack of Microsoft Visual Studio. This was not necessary before, but now it seems to be absolutely necessary. Please download and install the Redist-Pack of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

Alternatively please use our contact form for further information! Please indicate the software version and operating system.

From version 19.1 or 2020.1 the appropriate Redist-Pack is delivered with the setup.

Interaction with electromagnetic radiation

First of all, passive RFID tokens (chip cards or key fobs) need a magnetic field or high-frequency radio wave to be supplied with energy. This is usually done by the RFID card reader. The data integrity on the RFID token is not endangered by light magnetic or radio fields. The data is not likely to be erased, for example by a mobile phone, a magnet or a monitor. However, an electromagnetic interference source can lead to an impairment of the reading reliability.

Storing the RFID token in the same pocket as the mobile phone is no problem. In order not to disturb the reading process, the RFID card reader should be placed as far away from electromagnetic sources as possible! In a microwave, on the other hand, the RFID token is likely to be destroyed.

Tray-Icons are small buttons, which are displayed in the taskbar at the bottom right, next to the clock.
These icons are used to display information and call functions. In the preferences, Windows deactivates tray icons of programs so that they are not displayed for the time being. The following section describes how the settings for all or individual icons can be set.
NOTE The description is general. Depending on the program, you must select the appropriate tray icon. You can find this in the help or the FAQ's.

How do I open the settings for the tray icons?

To the left of the clock, there is a small white arrow pointing upwards, which can be used to display the other tray icons.

Adjust Tray-Icons

With "Customize" you can define the behavior of the tray icons. The "Info Area Symbols" window opens.
NOTE Below are alternative ways to open this window.

Information area symbols

In the settings window for info area symbols, you can define the behavior of each individual tray icon.
Select the corresponding icon and select "Show icon and notifications" as option. After that you will find the tray icon on the taskbar to the left of the clock at any time.
Alternatively, you can enable the option "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar". In this case, the tray icons of future programs will also be displayed directly on the taskbar.

Alternative 2 to open the notification area icon settings

Move the mouse to a free area of the taskbar and press the right mouse button. Select Properties from the menu. The dialog for customizing the info area symbols opens on the Taskbar page via the "Customize" button.

Taskbar Properties

Alternative 3 to open the notification area icon settings

As a further option, you can also open the Control Panel via the Start menu. Select "Large Icons" or "Small Icons" in the upper right corner. Now you can open the settings via the "Info Area Symbols" icon.

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Because of errors in the operating system or other software, as well as the variety of the hardware used, apparently occurring errors and / or irregularities in the software of abylonsoft must not necessarily be justified in this software. This means that the interactions between our software and software / hardware from other manufacturers are so complex that they cannot be taken into account by us in all cases. Often errors / defects in other software (e.g. the operating system) also occur, which only become effective in combination with our software. These errors usually manifest themselves in a general protection violation or a system crash. For these reasons we subject our software to a very extensive test before release in order to reduce the problems and errors to a minimum.

Should you nevertheless become aware of a direct error in our software, we will correct it as soon as possible. So that we can understand the error / the problem, you should give us all the details:

  • Operating system
  • Service packs
  • Other software used
  • Whereby the error occurred
  • If the error is reproducible
  • Etc.

Please use our support form support form!

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