How to change Bubble Screen Saver settings in Windows 7

You can change the Bubble Screen Saver settings in the following way:

1) Open Start menu and type regedit in the search box and press Enter



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2) In the Registry Editor click to expand folder

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre nt Version\Screensavers\Bubbles in the left pane



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3) Now right click on an empty area in the right pane and click New and then DWORD (32-bit) Value option as shown above

4) You can choose from the given DWORD names and can set their properties:

• MaterialGlass – It can hold value 0 or 1. Set 0 for solid bubbles and 1 for transparent bubbles.

• Radius - It can hold value 1090000000 to 1130000000. Set this value for varying radius of bubbles

• ShowBubbles - It can hold value 0 or 1. Set 0 for current Desktop background and 1 for black Desktop background

• ShowShadows - It can hold value 0 or 1. Set 0 to hide shadows and 1 to show shadows

• SphereDensity - It can hold value 1000000000 to 2100000000. Set this value to vary number of bubbles on the screen

• TurbulanceNumOctaves - It can hold value 1 to 255. Set this value to change the speed of bubbles changing colors.


5) Now right click on the DWORD name and select Modify…



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6) Select Decimal dot and change the Value data accordingly as described above and click OK button.



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7) Close Registry Editor


Examples:

MaterialGlass:



Figure 5: Solid bubbles in the current background



Figure 6: Transparent bubbles in the current background


Radius:



Figure 7:Value 1130000000 in the black background



Figure 8: Value 1090000000 in the black background