The standard Windows 11 screen saver is fine, if a little boring.
Youll have a few images floating around a screen, often in a slideshow format.
However, you might want something a little more…active.
Something thats far more interesting to watch.
You want a video screen saver.
That means no going through the tweaks and simply choosing a video to use.
Hit the Search icon and select Video Screensaver from the software options displayed.
It will typically be near the top of the page.
Step 2: smack the Download button on the resulting page.
An ad will pop up telling you to Click to Download.
Step 3: Wait on the download page for three seconds and your software download should start automatically.
If it doesnt, hit the Click here link to begin the download manually.
Step 4: Navigate to your Downloads folder and locate the VideoScreensaver zip file.
Right-tap the file and select Extract All.
Step 5: When youre prompted to extract the file, hit the Browse button.
Dont use the default file path because the extracted files need to be placed in your Windows directory.
Step 6: Navigate to your Windows directory by clicking This PC, followed by selecting your C drive.
Find the Windows folder inside your C drive and double click it.
You still need to set your video screen saver.
Right-grab the VideoScreensaver file and click Install.
Step 9: Choose controls from the menu that appears.
Once found, either double-pick the file or single-click and hit the Open button.
Step 11: Youve now loaded your video file into VideoScreensaver.src.
All thats left is to set the file as your screensaver.
key in prefs into your Windows search bar and opt for icon of the same name.
Step 13: Choose Screen saver from the options and you will arrive at a pop-up box.
poke the drop-down box underneath Screen saver in that menu and choose VideoScreensaver from the list of options.
Step 14: Hit Apply followed by OK and voila!
You have set your chosen video as your new Windows 11 screen saver.
