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    Show off your Vista or XP Desktop - Second Edition!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ATG, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. T-100000000

    T-100000000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    On page 1 of this thread provides great instructions!
     
    T-100000000, Mar 1, 2009
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  2. Ocelot

    Ocelot Notebook Consultant

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  3. Imperfect1

    Imperfect1 Notebook Evangelist

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    You can make just about any photo you see anywhere on the web into a Desktop Background or Screensaver by this easy method:

    Save the website photo to your Pictures folder by right clicking on the photo and selecting: Save picture as.

    Then, go into your Pictures folder, and open the photo with Microsoft Office Picture Manager (that comes standard with Vista). Go to Pictures, then Resize, and then, in the photo editing pane at the right of your screen, select: "Pre-defined width x height." Select: document – large, and OK. Picture will now automatically be resized and shaped to fit your screen as a Desktop Background and/or Screensaver.

    Then to make it into either one, go into your Personalize/Desktop Background or Screensaver menu, and select that photo. Voila!

    (PS, if you want to edit the photo first, by cropping it, or any other editing, you can do that first and then resize it. For example, if the photo on line is rather small, I like to first increase the size (using the Resize - "Percentage of original width x height" function) before I edit and reshape it to fit my Desktop. Microsoft Office Picture Manager is an awesome photo editing app that most people aren’t really familiar with. ;)
     
    Imperfect1, Mar 1, 2009
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  4. Manic Penguins

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    ATG, here's a PhotoBucket Guide :)

    ---Start Copy---
    Step 1: Navigate to www.photobucket.com and click either of the 'Join Now' links.
    [​IMG]

    Step 2: Enter the required information into the fields, click 'Next Step', then fill in the rest of the information and lastly click 'I accept, Sign me up!'.
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    Step 3: You will now want to add some images. So now click 'Chose Files', when the window opens navigate to the correct folder and select the file(s) you want to add. Using the CTRL key to select multiple images, once you have chosen them, click open.
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    Step 4: You will now need to wait for the images to be uploaded to PhotoBucket, depending on the quantity and or quality of images and your internet speeds, this could take several minutes so be patient ;).

    Step 5: Once the images have uploaded you will have the option to add titles and comments to the images (blue), however you can just skip this if you are in a hurry (red).
    [​IMG]

    Step 6: You will be at your main page now, so lets setup thumbnailing. Firstly, hover over any of the images until an option menu appears, click 'Link Options', a window should appear, tick 'Clickable Thumbnails' and then 'Save'.
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    Step 7: To get the code for the thumbnail, simply hover over the image you want to thumbnail, highlight the code in the 'IMG Thumb' section and use that in your posts :cool:
    [​IMG]
    ---End Copy---

    No good deed should go unnoticed if ya know what I mean ;) :) :D
     
    Manic Penguins, Mar 1, 2009
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  5. razorjack

    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    Heres mine ive always been a 3dfx fan back in the day......forgot to mention this in my laptop,also have it on destop too.
     

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  6. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, this is the Screenshot of my desktop. My notebook looks identical, but on 1280x800 (as it's a 12").

    The Files on the Desktop are actual Work-Items, the Wallpaper from HP blackbird 002 (which I don't have :() a little bit modified in Paint.NET.

    I have bigger preview windows on the taskbar, a little bit more tiny taskbar, and full width taskbar buttons. I prefer this setting over the Win7 settings by much. No use for Quicklaunch, I pin the stuff in the startmenu (as you can see).

    Hope you like it.
     

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    davepermen, Mar 1, 2009
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  7. Cin'

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    Cin', Mar 1, 2009
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  8. kitrak

    kitrak Notebook Consultant

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    my new one for march or till i get bored....

    could`nt find the icon for visual studio...help is appreciated
     

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  9. dannylill1981

    dannylill1981 Notebook Guru

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    heres mine, using a matching logon screen nice and simple
     

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    dannylill1981, Mar 1, 2009
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  10. Cin'

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    I've always like this one..the colors are awesome..and it's nice and simple, as you stated! :D

    Great choice!


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 1, 2009
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  11. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    print-screen it, open it in uhm paint.net for example, make grayscale, and then save and use that as icon?
     
    davepermen, Mar 1, 2009
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  12. sacredevil

    sacredevil Notebook Consultant

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    here's mine.... look's great on the XPS screen.
     

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    sacredevil, Mar 1, 2009
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  13. Cin'

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    Oh yeah! That's cool...like a big picture window overlooking the city.


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 1, 2009
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  14. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    Nice! I have a quick question, whats the application that has the green triangle icon in the notification area?
     
    dbam987, Mar 1, 2009
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  15. shawnost

    shawnost Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here's mine, clean and simple.
     

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    shawnost, Mar 1, 2009
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  16. sacredevil

    sacredevil Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Cin' !

    That is IDM (Internet Download Manager)..
     
    sacredevil, Mar 1, 2009
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  17. sacredevil

    sacredevil Notebook Consultant

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    Really nice!

    What is the application for displaying all that you have on the top right? Also, what app are you using to generate those icons? :)
     
    sacredevil, Mar 1, 2009
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  18. Cin'

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    Very nice! :D Bridge pic's are pretty cool! :cool:

    I see you are using Avira AV! :D nice.


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 1, 2009
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  19. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    New desktop with a picture I took and edited as wallpaper. I thought it was kinda cool... but it's really not. :p ;)

    desk-new.jpg
     
    pixelot, Mar 3, 2009
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  20. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    I use iTunes :mad: Nice wallpaper :)
     
    niGht kiD, Mar 3, 2009
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  21. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    [​IMG]

    Rainmeter.....got....boring (gasp!).
     
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  22. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    :)
     
    ratchetnclank, Mar 3, 2009
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  23. Cin'

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    It's really cool! :D Like the setup!


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 3, 2009
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  24. Hualsay

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    It sure does, I just set it. :D Love that pic
     
    Hualsay, Mar 3, 2009
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  25. Cin'

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    Lookin good, Harpy! OMG....Rainmeter got boring for you! Huge GASP! :D ;) :p

    Sometimes they look better with out Rainmeter! ;)


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 3, 2009
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  26. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

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    Just spent an hour of so playing around, got rid of objectdock and am now just using rocketdock, see how long that lasts... :rolleyes:
    I put the grey bar at the top of the pic, looks kinda cool?

    [​IMG]


    Wallpaper
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 3, 2009
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  27. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    Hawt desktop.

    Where you get the rocketdock icons?
     
    ratchetnclank, Mar 3, 2009
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  28. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

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    Cheers,

    clicky for dock icons
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 3, 2009
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  29. fattail95

    fattail95 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here is mine - I like to keep it cleand and simple, I also have a matching Logon Screen :)

    Thanks!

    [​IMG]
     
    fattail95, Mar 3, 2009
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  30. sacredevil

    sacredevil Notebook Consultant

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    am i having a deja-vu? :confused:
     
    sacredevil, Mar 3, 2009
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  31. shawnost

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    Using Rainmeter with the Enigma config.
     
    shawnost, Mar 3, 2009
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  32. shutdown

    shutdown Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey this is a great topic to see people desktop! :D
     
    shutdown, Mar 3, 2009
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  33. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Keep the awesome looking desktops comin' guys. ;)
     
    kobe, Mar 3, 2009
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  34. pixelot

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    LOL... it's just way too bloated for me. :p

    Thanks, Cin'. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Mar 3, 2009
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  35. Saisei

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    [​IMG]
     
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  36. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    How did you get the black My documents and My Downloads area on the desktop?
     
    kobe, Mar 3, 2009
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  37. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Looks Sweet. Windows 7 lol. :)
     
    kobe, Mar 3, 2009
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  38. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    McGrady, Mar 3, 2009
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  39. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Haven't posted my desktop in version 2.0 of this thread.

    [​IMG]

    So here it is. Went back to my old bg. Get that dark on. ;]



    P.S. Anyone wanna chime in on how I can get my temps down even more ;p
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2009
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  40. Kazanski

    Kazanski Notebook Geek

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    [​IMG]

    you can have my temps McGrady, that'll get em down. haha.
     
    Kazanski, Mar 4, 2009
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  41. AppleUsr

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    new desktop now with fences thanks to mcgrady for telling what it was.

    [​IMG]
     
    AppleUsr, Mar 4, 2009
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  42. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    kobe, Mar 4, 2009
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  43. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Call of Chuthlu anybody????

    [​IMG]

    Note, Xion Player on the bottom right corner, awesome little software!
     
    rjbg84, Mar 4, 2009
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  44. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Here's a new one.
    :rolleyes: :D

    [​IMG]


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 4, 2009
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  45. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lightning ice cubes! :eek:
     
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  46. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Yup...sleek and shiny too! :D

    Watch out!...I am able to grab them at will from the screen...and do what I want with them! :p :eek:

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 4, 2009
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  47. psygn

    psygn Notebook Evangelist

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    Don't shock yourself Cin'! ;D
     
    psygn, Mar 4, 2009
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  48. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    I won't! :D

    OK....Here is my first *official BG* I did all by myself..my own :D
    Hope you like...be nice! ;) :cool: :eek:

    [​IMG]


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 4, 2009
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  49. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Cin, that lightning ice cubes looks really neat! And your newest background looks really good (I think they're blushing :p)
     
    David, Mar 4, 2009
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  50. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Looks pretty good Cin'! Are we going to see more originals from you?
     
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