* by clicking an icon in system tray

You can set one screen corner for disabling screensavers and another for starting them. This way moving mouse into first corner will prevent any screensaver from starting. Moving mouse into second corner will start your default screensaver. Holding mouse in any other place of your desktop will make screensavers behave in usual manner. For you convenience, Hot Corners allow you to vary size of corners. This way you won't waste too much time positioning mouse precisely.

Alternatively, you can set a pair of keyboard shortcuts to quickly disable or activate a screensaver. You may prefer this method if you extensively use keyboard while working.

Another useful feature of Hot Corners is Power Management control. Not only it can prevent screensavers from starting, but it also won't let your monitor to go in power saving and power-off modes.

Hot Corners were created by South Bay Software, and are available for download from

http://www.southbaypc.com/HotCorners/

Another interesting tool is Galt Screen Control by Galt Technology. It definitely lacks variety of screensaver control methods available in Hot Corners. Nevertheless, it has many other features you may find useful.

There is only one way to disable screensavers using Galt Screen Control. You will have to right click application icon in system tray and select corresponding option.

But there's more in it than simply disabling screensavers. You can select an option that will disable them for 1/2, 1, 2, or 4 hours, giving you even finer control. This way you will never forget to enable screensavers back later. Galt Screen Control provides an easy and convenient way to launch or configure any installed screensaver. It requires you just two menu clicks. Furthermore, tool can select a random screensaver when you ask it. Alternatively, it can do it on each program startup or on an hourly basis.

You can download Galt Screen Control from

http://www.galttech.com/screenshots/screencontrol.html

Now that I've shared these little secret tools with you, it's time to show your screensavers their real master. Don't waste a second! Put them under control!

http://www.clearnight.com.au/random.htm

There you will find two different versions: "Quick download" and "Full installation." The first one is a bare screensaver file and is very small. The second is a self-extracting installation package that will do all installation work for you, but it's much bigger. If you don't want to waste your time downloading bigger package, it's time to recall my previous article What You Should Know About Installing Screensavers. There you can get knowledge needed to install bare screensaver file.

Now that we have solved our primary problem, I can hear some of my readers start grumbling. If you are one of them, I know what's bothering you. Remember in beginning of this article I said how bad it would be if you could not match your mood with running screensavers? But Random Screensaver knows nothing about your feelings. It simply runs a random screensaver. Well, there still is a cure for those of you who can't stand this disease.

The second tool I would like to tell you about is AllSaver! Although not free, it's a perfect cure for second problem. It works much like Random Screensaver, but in addition to running a random show, it lets you tell exactly which screensavers you would like to see. So, if you feel today is a good day for just five of your favorite savers, and other twenty of them should rest, you can have it this way! Simply add those five to list, and it's done!

But wait, there's even more to please you! AllSaver! has one unique feature. It makes it possible to run two or four of your favorites at same time! You select how many screensavers to run, and AllSaver! splits screen as needed, providing space for all running screensavers.

If you can't wait to see it in action, you can download this amazing tool using this link:

http://www.e-motional.com/AllSaver.htm

Use these tools, and say "no" to boredom of seeing one and only screensaver! Variety is a good thing. Have fun!