haseeb Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hi guys i was wondering if you guys/gals can refer and programs to me that would make my desktop look cool or different thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 darkesword has the best desktop in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Why thank you. As for programs for a useful desktop, check out Rainlendar, TClock Lite, the NeoWin uxtheme.dll patcher (so you can use msstyles in XP), etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haseeb Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thanks by the way can u post a picture of ur desktop if u dont mind i just want to see how good it really is also i remember a while ago there was a thread that had pictures of peoples desktop in it i would really appreciate it if someone can post a link to that thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 grammar is your friend http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7437 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 There you go. Also, the OCR forums aren't a chatroom. You should make an effort to use proper punctuation, at least. And write out words like "you." It's not realtime chat. You have time to write out your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I've seen that a ton of times and I still have no clue how the heck you do all that. For one thing I keep screwing up when I wanna put links like that on my desktop. It always puts an annoying white box around them that I don't like so yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Links on the desktop are easy. What kind of white box are you seeing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I don't even remember, but I still now Windows doesn't wanna listen to me at all. I MUST BE DOING IT WRONG!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIaude Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I hacked my start button, yo. It's the shit. Took me forever to get that pentagram to look just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 the white box is that thing in the corner this is just a quick example (this is probably just one silly html line that I don't know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Pylon Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Neat, is this a new desktop thread? Here's my latest desktop, after switching back to XP Media Center Edition: I still get all my themes and wallpapers from DeviantArt, for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Actually it's more of a customization thread, as opposed to just a post your desktop thread. Anyway, I know what you're doing, atmuh. You've added some web item to your desktop that has the links in it, right? Check this out. It's a version of my desktop html file. You're supposed to set the HTML file itself as your background. Make the background of the HTML document whatever you want your background image to be. http://shariqansari.com/bluemenu.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 : D thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haseeb Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 Sorry guys for my bad grammer. Also Orange Pylon can you please post what programes you have used to make your desktop appear the way it looks also how did you change taskbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Oh ok.http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=308905 That will replace your uxtheme.dll with a cracked version, which will allow you to use custom themes. Here, try these: http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9&alltime=yes taken from the other thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Pylon Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Edit: Good work Atmuh, but here's a more detailed guide. First of all, I use XPize (link), which does three things: it cracks the uxtheme.dll (which will allow you to use custom themes... more on that later), it changes your boot and logon screens (along with some other stuff), and it gives you a clone of the Windows Media Center edition theme, which looks nice but it's not really necessary. While you're installing it, just make sure you uncheck "TaskSwitch XP" in the Extras section ---it's useless. Okay, next you need a nice wallpaper. DeviantArt's wallpaper section (link) has some great stuff, if you dig for it. Make sure you click the "categories" button and select the type of wallpaper you want. If you like the one I'm using, you can get it (here). Okay, so now you have some nice boot and logon screens, and a new wallpaper, but an ugly old taskbar and windows. DeviantArt has themes too, which you can get (here). The download link for the theme is always just to the left of the picture (which is a preview of how the theme will look). Find one you like, download it, and extract it to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes. Now, right-click on your desktop and click "properties". Click on the Appearance tab, open up the Windows and Buttons list, and see if your theme is there. If it is, select it and whatever color scheme or font you wish. If it ISN'T there, and you only see Windows Classic and Windows XP style (maybe the Royale theme that XPize installs), open My Computer and browse to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes, look at the folder or files of the theme you downloaded and look for a readme file. That should tell you how to get it working right. BTW, here's the theme I'm currently using (link). There, that should get you a nice pimped-out desktop and interface. If you have any questions or problems, post here or shoot me a PM and I'll help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haseeb Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninymouse Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Is it fair to bump this thread? I found all this stuff to be irreplaceable. As in, how could I live without it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 ha ive had this bookmarked and just go back when i need the links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniscence Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 A little bit of modification goes a long way. I did this by trying to get the most out of what I already had. I moved the start menu, hid my desktop icons. I'm using AveDesk for the fancy icon display, but I'm using default windows icons (I actually looked for similar icons for network drives and portable drives too...but couldn't find any). Samurize does my MP3 script on the bottom through WMP on the top. Rainlendar is still <3 as ever, and that's about it. I use a Dock that's hidden because I'm so used to my Mac now. Same with with a Windows Exposé thingy, butttt yet. This is the cleanest deskmodding I've done in awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sefirosu Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Orange Pylon: How do you get that theme to work? Also, how do you get those icons mentioned on the site? I'm having trouble setting it up for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 i don't know if anyone here visits this, but lifehacker generally has a 'featured desktop' article occasionally. search the tags. they always tell how to do it. there's some really awesome ones, and they're invariablely all done using free programs like rainlendar, rainmeter 2, speedfan, and cd art display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 There you go. What Winamp skin are you using there? That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 From what he has shown off before, DS has an awesome desktop. How does he do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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