Desktop (and XP Theme) thread

[directhex]

Just your bog-standard desktop thread (i've formatted since the last one ), but it'd be nice to see a little more of peoples' organisation, the kind of apps used, etc

for example, here's mine:



the wallpaper's on a half-hour random, but i thought this was a good one for screenshotting

the visual style is Orbital

this particular wallaper is supposedly from here but that url was dead when i last tried...

[Knoxville]

Nearly as nice as mine

How do you put your wallpapers on a random half hour cycle dude?

[directhex]

Originally posted by Knoxville
Nearly as nice as mine

How do you put your wallpapers on a random half hour cycle dude?

ms.com

[Rys]

I'm a minimalist. No desktop wallpaper or icons. I use an extended Start Menu for links, plus Quick Launch.

The theme is b0se's Opus 1.2 I think. Find it on Deviant.

Click for a fullsize 1280x1024 version.



Rys

[ACiD303]

I would also like to put mine on random half hour cycle - I got too many wallpapers but I probably change it once every 5 months!

I like the wallpaper Shame that site doesnt work

Im using the BW theme - nice alu look, coupled with Opera's anodised alu look its nice to be on the net

My machine is a mess at the mo, so no pics

[megah0]

theme is by damek, can't remember the name and the wallpaper is my lovely fiancee on our hols to greece this year

[directhex]

Originally posted by Rys
The theme is b0se's Opus 1.2 I think. Find it on Deviant.

chaching

aren't i helpful

[Iain]

Theme is Capuccino

Wallpaper from www.designchapel.com

Samurize skin is my own minimalist, sits nicely in the title bar of any window

[Howard]

Wallpaper is from themexp.org. I rather liked the look of it. Theme is called Yoshua iTunes or something, again from themexp.org. Loved it since the first time I saw it years ago.

[Matt]

mine:



running 2000 server SP4, common programs are

Visual Studio .NET
Visual Studio 6
Adobe Photoshop 7
Putty
Remote Desktop
Winamp
IRC
MSN
Office
Steam
Smart FTP

bit boring tho isnt it

[praetorian]

Originally posted by mgh0


theme is by damek, can't remember the name and the wallpaper is my lovely fiancee on our hols to greece this year

That wouldn't happen to be somewhere in Kefalonia would it? Just reminds me of somewhere in Skala where I was in september

[megah0]

That is on the island of Thassos, the other end of the bay to Skala Potamia.

[directhex]

found a mirror for some of the wallpaper!

http://mitsuki.jp/~rui/wall/wallpaper_new.html

the ones marked rkworks are good

[Craig]

What program do you guys use to get those funky skins on your desktops? Could be time for a brand new desktop to go with my brand new shuttle

Cr4iG

[megah0]

StyleXP

super funky monkey program, 30 day trial and then $20 to register and there are ooodles of free skins.

www.themexp.org is but one of many free sites with skins, login screens, wallpapers and even custom bootscreens.

[directhex]

styleXP is an option, or the slightly harder method which is entirely free & takes 0 bytes of space on your disks is the following:

unzip this for XP without SP1 or this for XP with SP1 to a temporary folder.
rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.new
move it to c:\windows\system32
reboot into the recovery console (boot the windows install cd, eventually you can press r to go itno the console)
type

cd system32
copy uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old
copy uxtheme.new uxtheme.dll
copy uxtheme.dll dllcache
exit

you can now extract skins to c:\windows\resources\themes and actuvate them using the inbuilt windows xp skin changer (where you change Classic or Luna theme) in the display control panel

.THEME files belong in \resources\themes and dictate a number of settings such as what skin to load, what icons & sounds & wallpaper to use, etc
skinname.MSSTYLES lives in \resources\themes\skinname - and skins can't be reached unless they meet this directory structure.

there you go, Xp skin 101. have fun, and try not to break anything