Frequently
Asked Questions
Site: www.GodOnThe.Net/screensavers
Sample Screen Images
Frequently Asked Questions
1) How different are the versions
of the screen saver?
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Yeshua, the name Jesus in Hebrew, has seven letter "tops".
(For comparison, a capital Y has two "tops".) A standard
menorah has seven candles. (The menorah used for Chanukah
has nine candles. It is sometimes referred to as a chanukiah,
although that is a relatively recent term.) The Menorah screen saver
begins with a Star of David, then the word Yeshua, then flickering
candle flames appear over each "top". The Menorah version
only has one astronomy image.
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The General Christian and Christian Chapel
versions end with a slightly modified version of the Apostle's
Creed. They are identical except for their "Courtesy
of" page.
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The Messianic version starts with the Menorah
section and then has the General Christian version but does not
have the Apostle's Creed.
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The D'var YHVH
version is like the Messianic version except that the Menorah section
is a bit different. First the words d'var
YHVH ("Word of Jehovah")
appear, then a Star of David rests on those, the candle flames light
and then the name Yeshua appears under the flames and resting on
the Star of David. (The Messianic version does not have d'var
YHVH and the name Yeshua appears before the flames light
instead of after.)
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2) Do you have any other screen
savers?
No, and I don't plan to make any others. It took me more
than a year to make these--several
hundred hours.
3) What does Yeshua
mean?
"Savior" or "salvation". In Hebrew
and Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, it is also used as a man's name; the
English equvalent is "Jesus". Isaiah 62:11 is the place in the Tanakh
(Old Testament) where God told us the name
of the Messiah. ("Immanuel" is a totally
different name.)
4) Why do you have a bunch of
stuff in Hebrew in the General Christian screen saver, since most Christians
can't read it?
True, but it sure is eye-catching, isn't it? These screen
savers were developed for two primary reasons: (1) to familiarize Christians
with some key Old Testament verses about Jesus and (2) for evangelism.
"First, you have to get their attention."
5) You have three screens full
of Hebrew. What does all that say? Where is it from?
It is the same two lines of text, repeated in different
colors for artistic effect.
Jewish blessings of God routinely begin with the words,
"Blessed are You, O Lord, Our God, Ruler of the
Universe". The rest of this particular blessing is from the
first verse of the Bible, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and
the Earth." Although the combination is not one of the "standard"
Jewish blessings, it is appropriate for the theme.
6) To speed downloads the files
are stored in zipped format.
You must unzip the file to use it. Once you have unzipped
it, you can delete the .zip file.
7) What do I do with a ".zip"
file? How do I get it to run?
If you don't know basic
things like that, you have no business trying to install software on a computer.
Go to amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com
and get a book from the "(Whatever) for Dummies" or the "(Whatever)
for Complete Idiots" book series, which explain all that. Don't be turned
off by the titles--I have used a number of those books on a variety of topics
and they are excellent.
8) How do I use all this?
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Download the .zip file.
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Unzip the .zip file.
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The screensaver will work on any version of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows 8.1.
If you only want to use the File as a presentation, you
can store the files in any folder, but they must be in the same folder. Double click on the .exe file to start the
presentation. Press Esc to stop it.
To set the .scr as the default screen
saver, copy the .scr and .dat
files to your c:\Windows\System32 folder.
To set the screen saver as the default:
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Copy the .scr and .dat
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Right-click on the desktop, then click Personalize.
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In the lower righthand corner click Screensaver.
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In the dialog box click the drop-down menu under Screen saver.
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Click on the name of the screensaver.
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Click Preview. To stop, move your mouse.
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Click Apply to set that as the screensaver or Cancel to exit with no change.
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Click Ok to exit.
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9) Why does one flame appear
and then disappear? Why are the candles not lit in sequence?
When lighting menorah candles, first you light the middle
(fourth) candle, which is referred to as the SHAH-mish.
Then you take that candle and light the others, going from left to right. After
the seventh candle is lit you place the middle candle back in its holder.
10) Why do the flames look sort
of weird?
The flickering is done with animated GIFs. When a real
candle is against a dark background, the edge of the flame fades into darkness.
If there is another candle in the background, the light from the background
candle replaces the darkness. With the GIF images, the darkness from the foreground
images blots out the brightness of the background image.
11) I tried to use several copies
of an animated GIF candle and it looked weird because everything flickered
exactly in unison. Why don't yours do that?
The original GIF has two images. I edited the images by
flipping them left to right, etc., and created variations. There are about 5
different animated GIFs, each with a different flicker rate.
12) Can I give people copies?
Can I sell copies?
Yes, you can give out copies. You
cannot charge for copies. You cannot add this to a collection that you charge
for.
13) Why can't I get the screen
saver to run on Windows (Vers.)?
As far as I know this should run on any version of Windows
from Win95 through Win 8.1 Pro. I cannot provide tech support.
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All files must be in the same folder.
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To be the default screen saver, the .scr
and .dat files must be in your C:\Windows
folder for Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 and XP and in your C:\Windows\System32
folder for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.
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Putting the files in your Windows folder does not automatically
make them your default screen saver. You must do that manually by
changing the desktop/display.
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14) Is there a Linux version? Is there a Mac
version?
There won't be either Linux or Mac versions. These were
created with software that only creates a Windows version. Even if I had software
that outputs versions for other operating systems, it could not import the project
file used to create these and I would have no way to test them.
15) Can I get a Spanish version?
No. Unfortunately, all the text after "And God said,
'Let there be light'" has to be graphics.
Setting up a version in another language (or for another display resolution)
would basically require recreating the entire screen saver from scratch--which
took a year.
16) How come when I try to go
to www.MessianicPassover.com I keep winding up at www.MessianicSeder.com?
There is no separate www.MessianicPassover.com site. The
Passover liturgy is called a seder. However, since most gentiles are
not familiar with that term, I registered both names and have them pointing
to the same site.
17) What software did you use to create the
screen saver? The presentation?
The text was typed into DavkaWriter, a multi-lingual wordprocessor
optimized for biblical Hebrew. (The circle of text was done with DavkaWriter's
FlexiText option.) From there, I pressed Print Screen to copy the display to
the Windows clipboard as a graphic. From there I pasted the graphic into JASC's
PaintShop Pro Version 3 or 8 and edited it. (I find Version 8 incredibly confusing
and I still often have to use Version 3.) The flickering candles were done with
Namo GIF Animator, a utility that comes with Namo Web Editor from Namo Interactive,
Inc. Both the screen savers and the presentations were created with Screen Saver
Creator Deluxe 5.0 from Individual Software, Inc.
18) Which Bible translation did you use?
Various translations were used. Portions of Isaiah 62:11 were translated
directly from Hebrew.
19) What are the names of the various galaxies,
etc.?
Visit www.HubbleSpacePhotos.com.
All the astronomy images are from that. It has about 75 images, each with at
least one scripture.
20) How can I get rid of the green logo that
displays when the presentaton ends?
You can't. It's hard-coded into the program that creates the screen saver
or presentation. You might be able to use software that "reads" the screen and converts it to a Flash video or other format and then edit that. But I don't know how to use such software, so that's only an educated guess on my part. You might be able to output the video through HDMI to a TV and then run the TV's composite video output to a DVR, record it to a DVD and then import the DVD video into something like Windows Movie Maker.
