Green Mountains ScreenSaver 2.3

The main and first thing you need to know about Green Mountains Screensaver is that it is a slideshow screensaver that works on the Windows operating system and is offered free of charge. As its name so adequately points out, it displays various images of mountains.

Should you decide to get this screensaver and use it on your Windows-powered computer, you will find that there are some things you will like, and some things that you will not like about Green Mountains Screensaver. Starting in a logical progression, the first thing you are going to like is that getting Green Mountains Screensaver off the web and onto your computer will not take long. The download weighs in at 5.2MB, which isn’t that much; it will not take long for the download to complete.

Once the download completes, you’ll have to install the screensaver on your Windows-powered computer. You are going to like is that installing the application will complete in little time as well and that the screensaver works with several versions of the Microsoft-developed operating system At the time of writing this and according to the developer, Green Mountains Screensaver works with Windows 9x, NT, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

What you are not going to like is that the screensaver comes bundled with AutoComplete Pro – you can opt out if you don’t want to install this. You are also not going to like that once the installation process completes, you will be directed to the 7art-screensavers.com site.

Once you’re done installing Green Mountains Screensaver you will like that you can use it free of charge for as long as you want. You will also like that you can play with a few settings. You can specify for how long an image will be displayed (the default is of 3 seconds), you can select which transition effect you want the screensaver to use and how fast the transition effect moves, you can choose if you want the screensaver to “cycle through all effects,” and you can even use on of the screensaver’s images as your wallpaper by selecting the “Put wallpaper on desktop” option.

One other thing you are not going to like is that desktop shortcuts are created without your consent. You will see a Launch Green Mountains Screensaver shortcut and a 7art screensaver shortcut on your desktop.

Pros

• Numerous transition effects
• Select which transition effects to use
• Adjust the amount of time an image will be displayed
• Free

Cons

• Comes bundled with AutoComplete Pro (make sure to opt out if you don’t want it).
• Redirects you to the 7art-screensavers.com site once the installation process completes. Cancel the installation and you will still be directed to the aforementioned website.
• Creates desktop shortcuts without asking (a launch screensaver shortcut and a 7 art screensaver shortcut)

Additional information on Green Mountains Screensaver is available here.

Green Mountains ScreenSaver has been reviewed by George Norman on 21 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Green Mountains ScreenSaver 3 out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good