Desktop thread

[Ranma-chan]

hey moddex i wondered why your op system shows black. but now i guess i know

[Moddex]

hey moddex i wondered why your op system shows black. but now i guess i know

My OP system shows black? What do you mean? O.0--?

[Dr. Doog]

I think he meant the way that your operating system displays black. after discovering that, I too got lost o.o

[Moddex]

What on earth are you guys talking about..!? Doog, you just basically re-iderated what Ranma said that I'm still equally as confused about, How on earth can you see my op system anyway? That's just my desktop..!

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I rekkon they're talking about you not having the normal Windows style, as in you've used something like StyleXP to modify the look of the OS windows.

After a bunch of switching desktops images around I finally settled on something I like.

Made it in Winamp's AVS.

[johndoe0028]

Yay, laptop running e16, adesklets, and some terminal windows.

http://johndoe0028.net/comp/Screens/Enl ... oo-e16.png

EDIT: Whoa, that's purple lookin' I see blue-ish on my laptop screen

[Blue Blur]

Changed mine a good bit. Got a new wallpaper, and fit the buttons to the new color scheme.

http://blueblur.gotdns.org/goldendesktop.png

[Burning Sheep Productions]

If the moon was that close wouldn't the waves be just a wee bit higher?

[Blue Blur]

Almost undeniably. 'Course, I didn't make this, I just downloaded it.

[Ranma-chan]

does anyone have a good wallpaper? i was looking for one out of having nothing to do and could not find one.

[The MAZZTer]

Why not just center that on a black background? Or put it in the lower right corner (raised a bit to fit the Windows taskbar).

Click for bigger.

[Ranma-chan]

two things. one that was just the umbrella corp logo. i actually meant wallpapers showing umbrella corp.

and two vista isnt a stable op system yet right?

[Dr. Doog]

two things

one, Vista has been in an open beta for a couple of months.

two, it's Windows so of course it's not stable.

[The MAZZTer]

Well, that's XP actually. I have Vista Transformation Pack installed. It replaces lots of XP resources with Vista ones, it's pretty slick. It gets about as close as it can get.

I do have Vista installed on another partition, but my GoldSource (HL1 engine) based games have issues with Vista so I'm in XP for now.

Vista Beta 2 is quite stable, the only real problem I had is when I use the start menu to stand by, I get a blue screen from some buggy driver. So I just use my keyboard button instead.

Also the default file permissions Vista assigns suck... you'll be denied access to any other drives you have as well as any folders not Microsoft sanctioned until you figure out how to override the security settings. Here's a hint: Take Ownership of the folder/drive, and then assign your account Full Control permissions. Just remember, for security reasons, you shouldn't let this affect Windows' folders (Program Files, Documents and Settings, Users, Windows, System Volume Information...).

Also it's a bit confusing finding a build of Java that works right on Vista. Look for "Mustang", which is Java 1.6 in development, when Vista Beta 2 came out I had to download a nightly build (stable build didn't support Vista). But now there is a stable beta that does so it should be less confusing.

And Vista tends to complain about it's speed, as the programs and drivers it lists under those warnings are all MS. Furthermore that rating is all wrong. Supposedly more recent builds of Vista are faster.

As far as the feature in Vista I'll probably use most often...



Volume control on a per-application basis. Much better than fooling around with outdated sound channels.

[osprey]

Yeah, I believe my comp gets a rating of about 4 (can't remember exactly) and I have a $3000 custom-built system.