Johnny Castaway was designed to run on a 16-bit operating system, such as Windows 3.1x. While all 32-bit versions of Windows, including XP, Vista and 7, will continue to support 16-bit software programs such as this one, the trend is toward 64-bit computer systems, which will not allow 16-bit programs to run. Much like life itself, the only way to experience the fun of a Sims game is large and in charge. Download the free BlueStacks Android Emulator app and play The Sims FreePlay on your PC or Mac. All the fun and excitement without the annoying tiny screen. BlueStacks allows your computer to run any Android app or game any time you want. The easiest is simply selecting “other user” for verifying if you can authenticate with their email address at the Windows 10 login Screen. Confirm you are truly using Windows 10 Azure AD features once you are logged in with an an email address by viewing and troubleshooting with the illustrations below. . The app will not start on its own like classic screen savers, this is not available in Windows 10 apps. This app is now free and without ads. Please consider subscribing anyway to support the developer:).

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UPDATED VIDEO 2020:you know that Windows 10 comes with it's very own screen recording software, which you can. A Windows screen saver is simply a Windows application that displays either a configuration dialog box, a preview screen, or a full-screen window. There is a common way to change executable files.

Have you never used Windows 10 with Azure AD? We break down how to add users to Azure Active Directory, check if the computer is joined to Azure AD, and how to authenticate the new created user to Azure AD. Get your party hat on, this is going to be fun!!!

Quick Resource Links:

• Windows Login Problems
  • Struggling to login into Windows 10? Do you use an email address to login? They are multiple way to authenticate to Windows at the Windows logins screen but only one may work or contain your profile data. Email address, local user account, and domain account are the methods for authentication. Click the link above to see which method works for you.
• Azure Active Directory is the gateway into Intune
  • Follow this guide to get more context as to why Mobile Device Management is more important now than ever. Then learn how to join devices to Azure AD and how Intune sometimes is added at the same time.
• Don’t understand Microsoft 365 Licensing?
  • Are you the point of contact for the IT administrator of your Office 365 Email Server or Active Directory? Get acquainted with the subscription licensing structure. PS – Office 365 in most cases will be rebranded as Microsoft 365 after April 2020.
• Best practice setup of network environment
  • Do I use modern IT (Azure AD) , traditional IT (LDAP domain controller), or a mixture of both?
• What is Azure AD?
  • You may already have it and don’t know if your email is hosted by Microsoft Office 365. It’s a free subscription when you have O365 email by Microsoft or any Microsoft 365 subscribed service. At the heart of Azure AD, it is nothing more than an identification management service. The identity service provides single sign using OAUTH2 or SAML authentication. A free Azure Active Directory subscription comes default with Office 365 or now known as one many suite of options in the Microsoft 365 line of products. The free version does not include the Sign-ins activity report. To record sign-in activity (which can be useful in the event of a data breach), you need an Azure Active Directory Premium subscription.
    • User authentication? We already have that…
      • No dude… Read up on component scenarios. You may have…
        • Traditional AD.
        • Active Directory Server, in Azure or On-Premises (Traditional AD, extend to cloud *** No ADDS)
        • Azure AD
        • Azure AD Domain Services (AADDS)
        • MaaS 360? Idunno, there’s different way of authenticating to a central server location.
    • Are you not hosted by Microsoft 365 Business?
      • Defer to the Microsoft 365 Licensing to see what is the best subscription for your team. For most small businesses that should have security at the top of mind, it is Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
        • How do you create new users in Microsoft 365?
          • Default location most people go to setup users…
        • Exchange Admin Portal for sophisticated Email Administration…
        • Intune Portal shortcut if you have Microsoft 365 Business Premium (see licensing post above)
          • Need to revamp link explaining more. Click here.
        • Azure Active Directory
          • Note: Please avoid getting “Azure Active Directory” confused with the ability to spin up servers in the cloud with Azure https://portal.azure.com
            • Select the ? in the global header. Then select Help + support (License required for support)
        • OneDrive for Business
        • Teams
        • Sharepoint
          • https://organizations_name.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx
        • Microsoft 365 Security
• Does Windows 10 Azure AD work with any other OS?
  • Yes Azure Active Directory works with Mac OS.

Great! The user is already created on Microsoft 365 Business. What now?

• Join a Device
  • Make sure the Windows 10 computer is registered with your Azure environment if you are not using logging into Windows 10 via a “local account” or “domain account” and want to take advantage of Windows 10 Azure AD features.
• Manage a Device
  • Read up on how to view your devices from Azure.
• “Registering” or “Joining” Azure
  • More fun literature I don’t care to explain.

Any user with an email address setup through the Microsoft Admin Center can authenticate to any Windows 10 computer on the network. The authentication works as follows:

• Click “Other user”
• Type work email address and password
• Correct sign in options if you are not able to login

Warning:Users will not able to authenticate to the Windows 10 computer if the computer is not joined to Azure AD

I don’t want to login with my email address. Windows 10 load a completely different profile than what I am use to. I want use my Windows local account.

At the Windows login, use…

.username

or

nameofcomputerusername

We have traditional IT network with an Active Directory domain controller (DC) on-site. How do I authenticate then?

At the Windows login, use…

DomainNameusername

How do I know if my computer is joined to Azure AD at the login prompt?

Can you use an email address at login? There are several methods of authenticating or troubleshooting whether your users are a part of or joined to Azure AD. The easiest is simply selecting “other user” for verifying if you can authenticate with their email address at the Windows 10 login Screen. Confirm you are truly using Windows 10 Azure AD features once you are logged in with an an email address by viewing and troubleshooting with the illustrations below.

Can a user be logged into Windows 10 without authenticating to Azure AD?

Yes, some user accounts could have created a local account during the new computer setup. NetworkAntics recommends creating our personalized “localadmin” administrator account and not the employees user name during the initial new computer setup. Windows 10 Azure AD c

How do I confirm I’m joined to Azure AD if one of employees is already logged in to the computer?

• open elevated cmd on machine and run below command to check the status
  “dsregcmd /status”
  

• Alternatively, go to start menu type “Settings” and open it. Find accounts and you should see under “Access work or school” the admin account authenticating to Azure AD.

The Admin account for Azure AD is also listed under “other people” Otherwise, you need to join Azure AD if you do not see any of these illustrations connected to Azure AD.

I have Azure AD and the user account email address is authenticated or logged on to the Windows 10 desktop. What now?

• Customize the desktop with help from our post.
• Sharepoint – OneDrive for Business Setup
• Add all the frequently used applications to the Start Button.

Front Desk Applications:

Outlook

Word

Excel

Chrome

Firefox

Scanning Software

Foxit Reader

Document As You Go

• Keepass User and Email
• Info Sheet

A Brief Nerding Out Session. (most people can skip ahead) Azure AD Resources:

Azure AD is *not* a domain. Azure AD is fundamentally different than a domain environment.

Azure AD accounts use the user@dns-name.com naming format. But it should not be mistaken as an email address. A user *may* have the same email, but it isn’t necessary. If you create an Azure AD tenant, and create an Azure AD user in the portal, that account can be used to log into a windows 10 that is joined to the same Azure AD tenant using the user@dns-name.com account format even if no email is associated with that account.

With that said, no there are no other formats (such as the old-school NetBIOSusername format of old) that works. In Azure AD, it will always be user@tenant.tld

Additional Microsoft Resources:

Joining to network

Azure Ad joined vs Azure AD Registered

**Azure support team**

Windows 10 Azure AD Summary

There you go! You have Azure AD IT administrator experience. This is a nice foundation piece for you to add on to more IT related administrator stuff later.

Azure AD:

Hosted O365 Resources:

Exchange or Mail Locally Hosted On-Site Resources:

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Johnny has found himself stranded on a small desert island with nothing but a coconut palm tree, the wonky raft on which he arrived, and an empty horizon. Watch as this castaway does his best to survive on fish and coconuts, passing time by engaging in a seemingly endless variety of activities, and coming ever so close to being rescued. Sounds are enabled by default, but can be turned off via Windows's Screen Saver Settings.

This download only works on 32-bit versions of Windows. For other systems, please see:

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Screen Antics For Windows 10 32-bit

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1. Double-click on the file you have downloaded to start the Screen Antics (SCRANTIC) installer.
• If you are asked whether you 'want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer,' click the 'Yes' button.
• If you get a message stating 'Error creating process [...] The requested operation requires elevation' then please right-click on the johnnycastaway.exe file and choose 'Run as administrator'.
2. Click 'Next' to proceed, then click 'I Agree' if you accept the terms of the license agreement.
3. We recommend installing this screensaver to the default destination directory, which is your main Windows folder (on most computers, this is C:Windows), so simply click 'Next' again to continue.
4. A Start Menu folder named 'Screen Antics' will be created, from where you will be able to easily uninstall the screensaver in the future. You can optionally change the name of this folder before you click 'Install' to begin copying all necessary files to your computer.
5. Installation may take a few seconds, then click 'Close' to exit the install program. You should now be able to find 'Screen Antics' among your other screensavers.
• If the screensaver fails to start and returns an error involving '[...] cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows,' then your computer is equipped with a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system, and this (16-bit) screensaver cannot be started. A workaround can be found here: How to install Johnny Castaway on Windows 64-bit.

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File size	1.29 MB (1,357,166 bytes)
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Total downloads	42,410
Last downloaded	4 hours ago
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Editor's review

The classic man-on-island screensaver

When it was first released in 1993 by Sierra On-Line/Dynamix, Johnny Castaway was the first screensaver to tell a story. It thus distinguished itself from the similarly popular 1989 After Dark series of screensavers, which featured flying toasters and starry nights, among others, and notably had a modular system that allowed third parties to add new themes and animations to the series. These were all relatively predictable — Johnny Castaway was not.

At the center of this screensaver is the stranded man we have come to know as Johnny Castaway, alone on a small desert island with nothing but a coconut palm tree. Most of his days are spent fishing, reading, running and drinking from coconuts, but every so often he engages in a new activity, or some unexpected event takes place. He may be visited by a mermaid, eaten by a shark, or come close to being rescued, but whatever the adventure is, Johnny always ends up back on his island. These scenes occur randomly, and so the exciting thing about this screensaver is that you'll never know what will happen next.

One exception to this irregularity of events is that Johnny celebrates the major U.S. holidays, including New Year's Eve, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween. As the screensaver depends on your computer clock, it's easy to trick Johnny into thinking it's Christmas by changing the date to December 25.

It will be obvious to anyone watching this screensaver today that the graphics have not been updated since the initial release in 1993. Since most modern computer monitors have display resolutions far above 640x480 pixels, the screensaver is unlikely to employ your whole screen. Instead, it will be displayed at its original size against a black background — using less power, it should perhaps be noted, than if it were to fill the whole screen.

The biggest downside to the lack of updates for this screensaver, however, is that it may soon become impossible to use at all. Johnny Castaway was designed to run on a 16-bit operating system, such as Windows 3.1x. While all 32-bit versions of Windows, including XP, Vista and 7, will continue to support 16-bit software programs such as this one, the trend is toward 64-bit computer systems, which will not allow 16-bit programs to run.

Update: a workaround is available for getting the Johnny Castaway screensaver to work on 64-bit versions of Windows. See: How to install Johnny Castaway on Windows 64-bit

Despite these flaws, exposed by modernized technology, Johnny Castaway still stands tall as one of the most entertaining screensavers of the last two decades. As long as you have a 32-bit version of Windows, you can and should experience this important and fun piece of computer history that helped popularize screen savers.

If you need an excuse to be watching Johnny's adventures all day, here's the plea from the bottled letter that accompanied the original 3 1/2-inch floppy disk: 'Stop everything! Only when you quit working, do I have a chance to escape this forsaken island. So please, do it for me — kill some time to save an old salt!'

User reviews (31)

Here is a portable version of the same screensaver on this site, will not conflict with existing DOSBox installs as it uses its own. Follow instructions in README, everything is already configured, just extract and run. Works in Win10.

https://1fichier.com/?3yqykpigettg7j7pawma

Back in time I had this on wnds 3.11 was 11 YO and a super slow desktop with two drives. I used to pass hours just watching Johnny eating seagulls and making his boat and throwing coconuts to the airplane... Really nice memory's. 1992. I hope sierra can make an effort to make another version of this. I😁😁😁😁

And for Linux?

This has always been my favorite screensaver. But now, since Windows 7 is going to be obsolete in January, I wonder.. will it work on Windows 10? I hate to lose this.

Update: I'm sad that he doesn't do as much as he used to. I realize that it's not updating anymore, but I thought he'd continue to do all the things he did before. I still like it. It's just disappointing to watch him do the same few things over and over.

There is a 'standalone' version available:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3328477

Very good screensaver.

I have automated this setup :-). It extracts the dosbox, adds the screensaver to win directory. Runs a powershell which sets the screensaversettings in the registry. The only thing you have to do is select the screensave 'Johnny castaway' in your windows.

Only tested on win 10 64bit.
https://yadi.sk/d/wPP6cBhu3ZN4ZY

Windows 10: 'Resolution change not accepted.'

Good concept though.

good

Hi since Johnny apeared on the web he has been my screensaver He has lasted longer then my pc's

Loved it then...love it now

Its awesome

I think its the best one around

Great and historic.

I love it

Awesome! It never quite repeats itself, it's always amusing, he has LOADS of little adventures, one of the best screen savers ever! The only problem with it is it's ADDICTIVE - you want to watch it rather than get work done! I don't know if anything will ever quite top it and I don't even know who wrote it. Full marks from me!

I had Johnny Castaway many years ago and have luckily found it again

good

like it !

funny

Update it. Johnny was one of my first introductions into computer capability and I even occasionally would speak to him as though a co-conspirator at school. The program should be updated and expanded. Open source code anyone ?

Write a rerun compatible with current OS's including Debian & Linux

I love this screensaver. It's by far my favorite, and I never tire of it because he does so many silly things. But, it never stays on nighttime for more than 15minutes, no matter what I set the start time at. I'd give it 5 stars if it would be nighttime during the night,rather than off and on at all hours of the day or night!

I love Johnny Castaway. This version does work on Windows 7, unlike some other downloadable versions. I have a dual display setup. When running this screensaver, my displays get all screwed up-- the second monitor becomes aligned underneath the other display (instead of side by side). This is unusable for me.

Love this screensaver. Followed the instructions and got it to work on my Mac, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to reduce the file size? After converting it, it balloons to 350 MB and turns on my fans after being on for more then 10 minutes.

Screensavers Planet: The application wrapper is so large (ours was ~170 MB) because it must emulate some essential components of the Windows operating system, thereby allowing the screensaver to run. The screensaver itself keeps its small file size, but it is 'wrapped' with all sorts of additional files that allow a Windows program to work on Mac OS X. Unfortunately, there is no way to avoid this. As for your computer fans, we can confirm that the screensaver appears to put quite a bit of strain on the processor (CPU), but have not yet found a way to reduce this.

Screen Antics For Windows 10 64-bit

love it although it wont woke on 64bit system wish they could update it.

I remember when I was a boy, I used to sit at the computer for hours simply watching all the various antics that Johnny gets up too. Loved it back then and still do to this very day!

Brings back a lot of memories.

Screen Antics For Windows 10 64

I had this on my windows 98 computer when i was a kid. getting all nostalgic using it in 2014.

Toll aufbereiteter Bildschirmschoner aus alten Zeiten (Dos).
Schiffbrüchiger allein auf einer Insel.

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