Photo screensaver locking up

I recently upgraded from 10.7 to 10.8 on my 15" Macbook Pro. Everytime I go into screensaver preferences and select any of the photo related screensavers the preference panel locks up. The entire system also locks up when the actual photo related screensaver actually kicks in. I have to hard reboot the entire system to get out of that situation. Any help/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

I have been having the same problems on my iMac 24". The screensaver comes on, and when I move the mouse to disengage it , the screen freezes and so does the mouse. Tech support has not been able to solve the problem yet.

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We use a custom photo deck for our screensaver and it hasn't worked well to put it in the Pictures folder. You'll end up displaying personal photos along with the custom photos. I have been making a folder in Program Files and pointing the screensaver there.
The settings I would like to be able to change are:
Use pictures from: (you browse to the folder that contains your photos)
Slide show speed: (change the transition speed of the photos)
Shuffle pictures: (I would like to be able to check this box so the photos display randomly)
If anyone knows where to find these settings, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share the location of these settings.
Thanks,
Rob

you can use this code
cls
#That string is encoded in Base64, without headers. There is a Windows API that encrypt binary arrays (the PIDL) to Base64, CryptBinaryToString. The dwFlags parameter should be set to CRYPT_STRING_BASE64.
#Our problem is the inverse, given a Base64 string (the encoded PIDL), get the decoded PIDL. There's an API for that, too!, CryptStringToBinary. The dwFlags parameter should also be set to CRYPT_STRING_BASE64.
#I think it is not hard to write a small program that uses those API's (and some more to get a "readable" path from the PIDL); ask in the MSDN forums to get directions if you get stuck.
#http://www.ms-windows.info/Help/windows-photo-screensaver-settings-19334.aspx
#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379887(v=vs.85).aspx
#BOOL WINAPI CryptBinaryToString(
# _In_ const BYTE *pbBinary,
# _In_ DWORD cbBinary,
# _In_ DWORD dwFlags,
# _Out_opt_ LPTSTR pszString,
# _Inout_ DWORD *pcchString
#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380285(v=vs.85).aspx
#BOOL WINAPI CryptStringToBinary(
# _In_ LPCTSTR pszString,
# _In_ DWORD cchString,
# _In_ DWORD dwFlags,
# _In_ BYTE *pbBinary,
# _Inout_ DWORD *pcbBinary,
# _Out_ DWORD *pdwSkip,
# _Out_ DWORD *pdwFlags
add-type @"
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
public static class PIDLUtils
// funciones
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
public static extern Int32 SHGetDesktopFolder(out IShellFolder ppshf);
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
public static extern bool SHGetPathFromIDList(IntPtr pidl, StringBuilder pszPath);
[DllImport("crypt32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool CryptBinaryToString(IntPtr pcbBinary, int cbBinary, uint dwFlags, StringBuilder pszString, ref int pcchString);
[DllImport("crypt32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool CryptStringToBinary(string pszString, int cchString, uint dwFlags, IntPtr pbBinary, ref int pcbBinary, ref int pdwSkip, ref int pdwFlags);
// interfaces
[ComImport]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[Guid("000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
public interface IShellFolder
Int32 ParseDisplayName(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr pbc, String pszDisplayName, UInt32 pchEaten, out IntPtr ppidl, UInt32 pdwAttributes);
Int32 EnumObjects(IntPtr hwnd, ESHCONTF grfFlags, out IntPtr ppenumIDList);
Int32 BindToObject(IntPtr pidl, IntPtr pbc, [In]ref Guid riid, out IntPtr ppv);
Int32 BindToStorage(IntPtr pidl, IntPtr pbc, [In]ref Guid riid, out IntPtr ppv);
Int32 CompareIDs(Int32 lParam, IntPtr pidl1, IntPtr pidl2);
Int32 CreateViewObject(IntPtr hwndOwner, [In] ref Guid riid, out IntPtr ppv);
Int32 GetAttributesOf(UInt32 cidl, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)]IntPtr[] apidl, ref ESFGAO rgfInOut);
Int32 GetUIObjectOf(IntPtr hwndOwner, UInt32 cidl, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 1)]IntPtr[] apidl, [In] ref Guid riid, UInt32 rgfReserved, out IntPtr ppv);
Int32 GetDisplayNameOf(IntPtr pidl, ESHGDN uFlags, out ESTRRET pName);
Int32 SetNameOf(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr pidl, String pszName, ESHCONTF uFlags, out IntPtr ppidlOut);
// enumeraciones
public enum ESHCONTF
SHCONTF_FOLDERS = 0x0020,
SHCONTF_NONFOLDERS = 0x0040,
SHCONTF_INCLUDEHIDDEN = 0x0080,
SHCONTF_INIT_ON_FIRST_NEXT = 0x0100,
SHCONTF_NETPRINTERSRCH = 0x0200,
SHCONTF_SHAREABLE = 0x0400,
SHCONTF_STORAGE = 0x0800
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SFGAO_CANCOPY = 0x00000001,
SFGAO_CANMOVE = 0x00000002,
SFGAO_CANLINK = 0x00000004,
SFGAO_LINK = 0x00010000,
SFGAO_SHARE = 0x00020000,
SFGAO_READONLY = 0x00040000,
SFGAO_HIDDEN = 0x00080000,
SFGAO_FOLDER = 0x20000000,
SFGAO_FILESYSTEM = 0x40000000,
SFGAO_HASSUBFOLDER = 0x80000000,
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SHGDN_NORMAL = 0x0000,
SHGDN_INFOLDER = 0x0001,
SHGDN_FOREDITING = 0x1000,
SHGDN_FORADDRESSBAR = 0x4000,
SHGDN_FORPARSING = 0x8000,
public enum ESTRRET : int
eeRRET_WSTR = 0x0000,
STRRET_OFFSET = 0x0001,
STRRET_CSTR = 0x0002
// constantes
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// mis funciones
public static string Encode(string myClearPath)
IShellFolder folder;
IntPtr pidl;
string Pathcodificado;
Pathcodificado = "ERROR";
string myPathTextoPlano = myClearPath;
//string myPathTextoPlano = @"c:\flashtool"; // Regex.Escape(myClearPath);
// este es el folder del escritorio (raíz del espacio de nombres del shell)
if (SHGetDesktopFolder(out folder) == 0)
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//folder.ParseDisplayName(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, @"C:\walter\yo.png", 0, out pidl, 0);
folder.ParseDisplayName(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, myPathTextoPlano, 0, out pidl, 0);
// parseo el pidl para obtener sus tamaño
int k = 0;
short cb = 0;
// ONLY WORKS WITH .NET FRAMEWORK 4
// while ((k = Marshal.ReadInt16(pidl + cb)) > 0)
// cb += (short)k;
IntPtr tempIntPtr = new IntPtr(pidl.ToInt64() + cb);
while ((k = Marshal.ReadInt16(tempIntPtr)) > 0)
cb += (short)k;
tempIntPtr = new IntPtr(pidl.ToInt64() + cb);
cb += 2;
// encripto el pidl
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
int largo = 0;
CryptBinaryToString(pidl, cb, CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, null, ref largo);
sb.Capacity = largo;
if (CryptBinaryToString(pidl, cb, CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, sb, ref largo))
//Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
Pathcodificado = sb.ToString();
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pidl);
return Pathcodificado;
public static string Decode (string myEncryptedPath)
IShellFolder folder;
// IntPtr pidl;
string PathDescodificado;
PathDescodificado = "ERROR";
string mypathEncriptado = myEncryptedPath; // Regex.Escape(myEncryptedPath);
// este es el folder del escritorio (raíz del espacio de nombres del shell)
if (SHGetDesktopFolder(out folder) == 0)
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int a = 0;
int b = 0;
int largo = 0;
CryptStringToBinary(mypathEncriptado, mypathEncriptado.Length, CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, IntPtr.Zero, ref largo, ref a, ref b);
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sb.Length = 0;
sb.Capacity = 261;
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PathDescodificado = sb.ToString();
//Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pidl);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pidl2);
return PathDescodificado;
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$MyPath = "c:\Windows"
$Encrypted = [PIDLUtils]::Encode($MyPath)
$Encrypted
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I have Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0 and I never used it/registered it until today when I wanted to take all my photos and put them to disk and have them Printed off. I can't do this anymore as their are no codes available and I've done all I can. Please can anyone help I have over 500 photo's locked inside a bloody product I can't even acess. is their anyway of getting the photo's off the product and onto disk.
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Hello together,
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Sorry, the image is not visible.
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