Aurora Screen Saver - Restore

How to Restore "Aurora Screen Saver" Back in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

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This tutorial will show you how to restore the Aurora screen saver back into Windows 7 and Windows 8.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

EXAMPLE: Aurora screen saver

EXAMPLE: Screen Saver Settings
NOTE: If restored, the Aurora screen saver will be added back to the Screen Saver Settings screen to be available to select.



Here's How:
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the Aurora.zip file below.

Download


2. Save the .zip file to the desktop.

3. Open the .zip file and extract (drag and drop) the Aurora.scr file to your desktop.

4. Right click or press and hold on the Aurora.scr file and click/tap on Properties, General tab, and the Unblock button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If the unblock button is not there, then the Aurora.scr file is already set to be unblocked. Continue on to step 5.

5. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and copy and paste the Aurora.scr file (right click) here. (See screenshot below)

6. Click/tap on Continue and Yes to approve copying the Aurora.scr file.

7. The Aurora screen saver is now available to change your screen saver to. (See screenshot below)

8. When done, you can delete the downloaded Aurora.scr and .zip files on the desktop if you like.
That's it,
Shawn

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[baarod]

More screensavers!

 

[jhordnn]

How come i cant download it? its saying the download is privileged, and i have no access.

 

[Brink]

Hello Jhordnn, and welcome to Seven Forums.

All downloads here at Seven Forums are freely available even to non-members, so you should be able to download it without a problem normally.

Do you have any restrictions set on your computer that may not allow you to download it? For example, security program, you are part of a restricted domain, you are in a standard account that is restricted by Parental Controls, etc........

 

[Zoloft]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who missed this beautiful screen saver. One of the first things I did upon upgrade to seven was find it (elsewhere) and add it. Thanks for this tutorial, I'm sure others will be thrilled too.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Zoloft.

 

[jhordnn]

Im the only user on my laptop...... I'll disable my net security but i downloaded the other screensavers the same way.

Oh and where do i go for help on a good antivirus software? I have COMODO, but i swear it has too much false positives. (Student in college, limited funds.)


UPDATE - The download worked. I dont wanna sound like a noob but i have no clue as to why it worked just now. Thanks!

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Jhordnn. I'm happy to hear that you got it downloaded.

A great free antivirus program is Avast Home Edition. You have to register to get a license key good for one year before having to register again, but it's completely free. In addition, running MSE with it is a good idea as well for extra safety. They are designed to work together without conflict.

 

[jhordnn]

ok. thanks! you guys are the best. My computer is sooooo customized... and its all your fault.
Keep up the good work. Hopefully you'd dig up some more useful stuff!

 

[CarolG]

Could someone please explain to me how to "copy" the aruroa file into C:\Windows\System32? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Brink]

Hello Carol, and welcome to Seven Forums.

When you get to step five, you will right click on the Aurora.scr file and click on Copy, then right click on a empty space in the C:\Windows\System32 folder and click on Paste. Afterwards, proceed to step 6 and the rest of the steps.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[jagooch]

Awesome

This screensaver is pretty dope. Thank you for the explaining how to get it!

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Jagooch.

 

[CarolG]

Thank you so much, Shawn, I really appreciate your help....it worked like a charm!

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Carol.

 

[modsiw]

Hi, thanks a lot for posting this! It's one of my top 10 things I installed when I saw it wasn't included.
One thing though, the screen saver seems to be acting kind of choppy / slow. I have a good graphics card with the latest drivers, do you have any idea why it would be doing this?

My quick specs: Core i7 920 OC'd to 3.3GHz, 12GB DDR3 1600MHz ram, Radeon 3870 512MB 256bit card + 4350 256MB 64bit secondary card, I'm running 4 monitors 1x 1920x1080, 2x 1680x1050, 1x 1280x1024.

On Vista Aurora wasn't choppy at all.
Thanks for your help and input!

 

[Brink]

Hello Modsiw, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Not sure why it would be choppy for you, but it seems to be running fine for me. You might check to make sure that you have the latest ATI video drivers installed. If you do, then you might uninstall and reinstall it to see if that may help.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[modsiw]

Hi, right after installing W7 I went on ATI's Website to get the latest drivers, so I don't think that should be an issue.

Thanks for the input though, I'll keep trying stuff.

 

[SteveL]

Been there, tried that; no go:

My HQ IQ505 s a D:\Windows\System directory into which I put the aurora.scrn file, but it would not then let me use it. I have set full-access privileges for the D:\ partition, but I still, even as full administrator, get the result pictured in screen shot attached as file

Dee Windows_System32 not valid folder name .gif

I'm stumped. Guidance, please.

Thanks!

-SteveL-

 

[Brink]

Hello Steve, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Strange, by default the drive/partition that Windows 7 is installed on always has the C: drive letter. Could you post a screenshot of your Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) window showing all of your drives layout.