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How do I get my Screen Saver to initialize when I've got music playing on my Windows Media Player and have it minimized with just my desktop display showing?On XP I could minimize the player while playing muisc, and the Screen Saver would kick in if I wasn't doing anything else with my computer...
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While you're in Windows Media Player, tap your Alt key to show the menu. Then choose Options from the Tools menu. From there, you can select the checkbox for "Allow screensaver during playback", and you'll be all set as you'd like.
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