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This homepage
tells you all about CashBack,
a (useful!) screensaver
for Windows NT 4.0. Windows 2000 is
also supported, but only with Matrox video adapters. Work is underway to
support all adapters in the future.. Although Windows 2000 is able to switch off
your monitor it is very limited in doing so, so it makes sense to use
CashBack on that version too.
The program is created to allow modern (DPMS) video monitors to enter a low-power state
some time after the system is not used anymore. Windows 95 and 98 (and Windows 2000) have
the ability to do this, but Windows NT 4.0 lacks this feature. If I look around and see
how many monitors are left on for 24 hours a day I can see a giant waste of energy. This
screensaver will turn the monitor off when it kicks in. Any keyboard or mouse activity
will bring it back to life.
The requirements for this to work are (of course) Windows NT 4.0 (Intel or Alpha), and a
VESA compliant video card and monitor (most modern cards will do). If the monitor and/or
card are not compliant the program simply won't run.
After installation the program will run for 30 days, after that time registration is
required. See license
information about this. The price is only $15. Registrations for version V1.0
and V1.1 are also valid for V2.0.
Registration can be done from the 'About' page, accessible from the standard screensaver dialog box. For starters, go to the Control Panel, select 'Screen Saver', use 'CashBack' as it's name and click 'Settings'. Or you can register On-Line, follow this link to do that.
This is the third release of the program, and major new functionality has been added. The following features are new:
- Multiple monitors are now supported, provided that the adapters are from Matrox. A future version will lift this restriction.
- At the start of CashBack another screensaver may run first for a specified time. After that CashBack will kick in and switch the monitor to a power saving state.
- Adapters generating errors may still function correctly, now there's a setting to suppress these errors.
- CashBack may announce itself at startup with a dialog box and/or a sound.
For some screenshots click here.
Download version V2.0:
Intel (1202Kb) here, or Alpha (2098Kb) here.
Download version V1.1:
Intel (1187Kb) here, or Alpha (2084Kb) here.
Download version V1.0:
Intel
(585Kb) here, or Alpha (927Kb) here.
I called this beast CashBack, as it will save you a lot of Cash on
your energy bill. This thing will pay for itself.
Jur van der Burg
Email: vdburg@geocities.com
or: j.van.der.burg@zonnet.nl
The Netherlands
Last update on: 19-Jan-2004.