One of the more enjoyable projects a developer can create is a Windows Screen Saver. While this type of project is not generally mainstream, it provides a break from the normal day-to-day routines. Visual Studio 2005 endeavors to provide an easier method for the creation of screen savers by providing a special project category called a Starter Kit. By selecting a Screen Saver Starter Kit, a solution is created that includes the code needed to publish a screen saver of your own. To better understand how this benefits a developer, let's quickly review an article published in the May 2003 issue of .NET Developer's Journal entitled 'Informative Screen Savers' (Vol: 1, iss: 5).