OSA.EXE - can you invoke the screen saver manually?

[Eli]

Hi all,
It was nice to know that you can run OSA.EXE to turn the screen saver
on. This small program comes with MS-Office.
Is there a way for Office-less PCs to invoke the screen saver on
demand?
My guess is that one needs to run a certain DLL but not sure which one
and how to.
If somebody can throw a suggestion that will be great.
Cheers,
Eli

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi all,
It was nice to know that you can run OSA.EXE to turn the screen saver
on. This small program comes with MS-Office.
Is there a way for Office-less PCs to invoke the screen saver on
demand?
My guess is that one needs to run a certain DLL but not sure which one
and how to.
If somebody can throw a suggestion that will be great.
Cheers,
Eli

See tip 302 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi all,
It was nice to know that you can run OSA.EXE to turn the screen saver
on. This small program comes with MS-Office.
Is there a way for Office-less PCs to invoke the screen saver on
demand?
My guess is that one needs to run a certain DLL but not sure which one
and how to.
If somebody can throw a suggestion that will be great.
Cheers,
Eli

Run any of the .scr files in the system32 directory with the /s
switch, e.g.

ssbezier.scr /s

 

[Eli]

Thanks Pegasus for the direction, and heaps of thanks again to Jarold.
The utility mentioned is exactly what I was after