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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. ashrivas18

    ashrivas18 Notebook Consultant

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    I could not agree more. annd thanks :D
     
    ashrivas18, Mar 17, 2009
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Alright..I got bored...and hence..ZOMG...another...yet another..BG :eek: :eek:

    [​IMG]


    McCin' ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 17, 2009
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  3. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    You are welcome...it's just that rocketdock is such a nice little piece of software, but you need to tweak the heck out of it to get it as u like...me for example, I am still experimenting...but once you got a nice setup, it is just frikkin awesome!!!!

    You always have interesting BG's there Cin...keep it up...again 2 thumbs up!!!! :D :D :D
     
    rjbg84, Mar 17, 2009
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  4. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Thanks :) Link to dock icons here. Yes, that's Avedesk.

    ThankQ my friends, I really appreciate :D

    You can use custom visual style. Take a look at this guide :)

    It's Vista. I have modified the skin/visual style myself. But the windows org logo and taskbar are from Satin Remix, as McGrady suggested :)

    That's Avedesk :) I'm from Malaysia but I'm not Malay :p
     
    niGht kiD, Mar 18, 2009
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  5. weaponry

    weaponry Newbie

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    Here's mine.........


    [​IMG]
     
    weaponry, Mar 18, 2009
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  6. Cin'

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    Why thank you! I most certainly will try! :D I have to find a new one for my Mini 9 Netbook..Something really Springy! :D


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 18, 2009
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  7. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Very nice...
     
    rjbg84, Mar 18, 2009
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  8. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

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    Great, thank you. :)
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 18, 2009
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  9. Cin'

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    Very sweet! Those colors intertwined are pretty cool! :D


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 18, 2009
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  10. cbl12886

    cbl12886 Notebook Consultant

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    Here is mine. Spent a couple hours messing around with rocket dock.
     

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  11. Tecknikal

    Tecknikal Notebook Consultant

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    Where can i get that BG ???

    Really nice desktop !
     
    Tecknikal, Mar 18, 2009
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  12. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Very nice icon selection on the dock...awesome BG!
     
    rjbg84, Mar 18, 2009
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  13. Carrot Muncher

    Carrot Muncher Notebook Evangelist

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    [​IMG]
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 18, 2009
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  14. wonton

    wonton Notebook Enthusiast

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    [​IMG]
     
    wonton, Mar 18, 2009
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  15. eversman

    eversman Notebook Consultant

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    i dont think i have seen a desktop yet, in this thread, that i didnt really like a lot. awesome creativity by all, and really great setups. i am impressed.

    ev
     
    eversman, Mar 18, 2009
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  16. Cin'

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    Alrighty! Here is my official Spring BG for my Mini 9 Netbook :D
    It's surely Springy, flowery..and I think..peaceful to look at :D
    The photo is cool..part of it is meant to be *out of focus* ;)

    As always, hope you likey :D :eek:

    [​IMG]


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 18, 2009
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  17. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Looking good! I need to get a new desktop soon :D
     
    booboo12, Mar 18, 2009
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  18. Teraforce

    Teraforce Flying through life

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    My current Desktop for March:

    [​IMG]
     
    Teraforce, Mar 18, 2009
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  19. musl85

    musl85 Notebook Guru

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    ok here is my new desktop. Inspired by something i saw on deviantart. I used this as an experience to edit rainmeter code and make my first set of icons

    [​IMG]
     
    musl85, Mar 19, 2009
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  20. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Soooooo...was looking over some nice BG's I have and found this....

    [​IMG]

    Does bring back some memories ain't it???

    I actually put this because I had my first nes system around 1988...woah...long time....

    Enjoy!!
     
    rjbg84, Mar 19, 2009
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  21. psygn

    psygn Notebook Evangelist

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    Awesome, care to share the wallpaper?

    Would be nice if they had a 1920 x 1200 resolution :)
     
    psygn, Mar 19, 2009
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  22. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah!!!! NINTENDO all the way! Can you please share that wallpaper? :cool:
     
    kobe, Mar 19, 2009
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  23. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Of course!!!!

    I uploaded the wallpaper through imageshack...please enjoy!


    [​IMG]
     
    rjbg84, Mar 19, 2009
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  24. NOS

    NOS Notebook Geek

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    Added a few things since the last thread!
    [​IMG]
     
    NOS, Mar 19, 2009
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  25. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks. :) Have a rep +
     
    kobe, Mar 19, 2009
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  26. Carrot Muncher

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    ^^^ That wallpaper is wicked. :cool:

    Been messing around with rainmeter and got the date vertical, looks quite good don't think I've seen it before?
    Can't decide on layout though.

    [​IMG]
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 19, 2009
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  27. MisterQ

    MisterQ Notebook Consultant

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    Looking for gadget / widget software that doesnt eat battery life off my netbook :(

    Clicky

    Ahh..the wallpaper calms me down :D. Now time to install updates while I sleep :>
     
    MisterQ, Mar 19, 2009
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  28. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Always bro!!!! Thanks by the way...
     
    rjbg84, Mar 19, 2009
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  29. Cin'

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    Thanks BB....I wanted something Spring and girly :D And, I got what I wanted ;)

    Looking good, Tera :D

    Thats pretty good! :cool:

    It looks nice.

    I like it! :D Nice colors!


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 19, 2009
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  30. knightingmagic

    knightingmagic Notebook Deity

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    It's a picture I took :D Here's the original image (4:3 shape):
    [​IMG]
     
    knightingmagic, Mar 19, 2009
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  31. xTaill22x

    xTaill22x Notebook Guru

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    Nice photography! Pretty flower :3

    Here's my current desktop, i saw the picture and though it was really cool. And it looks springy,too, nice, peaceful, and fresh. :D

    [​IMG]
     
    xTaill22x, Mar 19, 2009
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  32. eversman

    eversman Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks to all who recommended logonstudio by stardock. found a great logon screen by askvg, and used studio to apply it. two thumbs up!


    ev
     
    eversman, Mar 19, 2009
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  33. Teraforce

    Teraforce Flying through life

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    You gotta love the fact that the Vic Viper from Gradius has pac-man painted on its side and is being piloted by a bullet bill. Pure classic genius.
    (If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the spaceship that blasting everything in sight in the pic. Yes, I know wayyyyy too much about retro gaming.....)
     
    Teraforce, Mar 19, 2009
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  34. ashrivas18

    ashrivas18 Notebook Consultant

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    few more new things:
     

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  35. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    New one. ;)

    Untitled-1.jpg
     
    pixelot, Mar 20, 2009
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  36. Cin'

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    Ive seen this one before, its a pretty cool one! :D

    Very nice and colorful, Pixel :D

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 20, 2009
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  37. MisterQ

    MisterQ Notebook Consultant

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    I want Windows 7 or Vista. XP feels so bland for me, but I'm not allowed to install it yet :(. Yay I know now how to use Samurize ^_^

    [​IMG]

    Using my mom's Lenovo R61 feels so big now :))

    EDIT: I accidentally left out some names of my friends that shouldve been blurred / not there :p
     
    MisterQ, Mar 20, 2009
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  38. pillowshot

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    Clicky

    [​IMG]

    I wanted something that would match my Studio XPS 13. :)
     
    pillowshot, Mar 20, 2009
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  39. rjbg84

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    This is probably one of the best setups I have seen in here!!!

    repped!!!
     
    rjbg84, Mar 20, 2009
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  40. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    WOW... I like this a lot. I want to mimic it on my machine, so can you give links on where you got all that?
     
    dbam987, Mar 20, 2009
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  41. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well since the new standard has been set by pillowshot...here is my new...not so awesome...desktop...LMAO

    [​IMG]
     
    rjbg84, Mar 20, 2009
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  42. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am assuming he is using objectdock and rocketdock, or just objectdock...with some nice text icons. Also he is using rainmeter with the HUD skin...again, I am assuming... :D :D :D :D
     
    rjbg84, Mar 20, 2009
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  43. pillowshot

    pillowshot Notebook Consultant

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    One assumes correctly. The to do list and rss reader are both from the enigma suite. The time piece and weather come from 10-foot HUD and the docks are objectdock plus. I actually have 3 docks, the obvious one, the power icon in the bottom right for switching power profiles, and a "taskbar" dock that autohides in the bottom left so I can switch between windows. The vertical calender comes from the HUD vision suite.

    The battery meter was made by me, and as you can imagine almost all of the configs are heavily modified to fit. The dock icons were made by me, but there are some very similar ones on deviant art which I would've used but for the limited choices of text.
     
    pillowshot, Mar 20, 2009
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  44. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    I made the wallpaper myself today.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Mar 20, 2009
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  45. jeremysdad

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    Mine for the day...need some advice re: a personal matter, so I deemed this appropriate...
     

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  46. Cin'

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    I like your wallpaper ;) It somehow blends very well with your Avy :D

    Now, you can tell you put some real effort into it...and the fact..that you made it yourself, is even more cool! :cool: ;)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Mar 20, 2009
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  47. Silas Awaketh

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    Thank you Cin'! :)
     
    Silas Awaketh, Mar 20, 2009
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  48. cloud_nine

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    Some small changes~

    [​IMG]
     
    cloud_nine, Mar 20, 2009
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  49. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Cool Dock icons!
     
    kobe, Mar 20, 2009
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  50. Carrot Muncher

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    cloud_nine got a link for them dock icons? there are indeed cool.
    Also the volume indicator thing, where did you get that from?


    MisterQ, them 8 icons of the desktop, I presume there a samurize config? and the icons are obviously clickable, if so how do you make clickable icons. I can't see a way of doing it, unless you used a plugin?
     
    Carrot Muncher, Mar 20, 2009
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