View Full Version : Allright, lets see your desktops!
Disturbed
May 24th, 2001, 21:25
Lets see your desktops, I want to see what you all have
here's mine...
CDBuRnOuT
May 24th, 2001, 21:38
WindowBlinds is bloated ****e.
Disturbed
May 24th, 2001, 21:42
I like WindowBlinds....
CDBuRnOuT
May 24th, 2001, 21:45
I don't like apps that suck needed resources.
Disturbed
May 24th, 2001, 21:49
*update*
Did you delete the polls thread.......just curios....
CDBuRnOuT
May 24th, 2001, 21:50
Closed it, who deleted it is not known to me..
Disturbed
May 24th, 2001, 21:55
"Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men?"
"The Shadow knows"
heh, you can say that again :rolleyes:
Keith
May 24th, 2001, 22:01
People actually use desktops? :D
Here is my plain and boring one ...
http://www.emufanatics.com/Wormie/images/Wormie_Desktop.png
CDBuRnOuT
May 24th, 2001, 22:28
Smile! ;)
CDBuRnOuT
May 24th, 2001, 22:35
It's very minimalistic...I would normally be running LiteStep, but I've decided to wait for the next stable build..
Here goes..
Disturbed
May 24th, 2001, 23:52
that's a big contact list...
CDBuRnOuT
May 25th, 2001, 00:01
Eww, Mirabalis' ICQ Client :/
Miranda all the way ;)
YoD am be l337 ;)
I never tried Miranda, I will try it in a few days, after I format and install win2k /w SP2 ;-)
BTW, what do you think of the car?
Betamax
May 25th, 2001, 01:18
Here's my main one. I HATE desktops with lots of icons cluttering around. You can never find the one you are after. Less is more IMHO.
Disturbed
May 25th, 2001, 01:28
heh, am i the only one who's using his desktop...
CDBuRnOuT
May 25th, 2001, 01:35
Mine actually has quite a bit of files, but they are covered up...mostly work for EmuFanatics, or downloads and such...
cluthu
May 25th, 2001, 02:39
>Allright, lets see your desktops!
I wonder if I was the only one who found the title of this thread a wee bit perverse.
Anywho, after a bit of cleanup, here's mine. Note that it's usually a good deal clearer and all, but I shrank the pic so it'd fit a bit better within the confines of the board. Hehe, go figure, I'm playing Game Boy while posting to a PSX-related board ;) Oh well, I guess the emulation theme still fits.
Enigma1982
May 25th, 2001, 05:06
Let see mine too.
Adair
May 25th, 2001, 05:57
The wallpaper I use on my desktop won't show up in a screenshot because I use a program called Drempels which was made by Ryan Geiss(creator of the Geiss winamp plug). Drempels streches and morphes your desktop image in interesting ways. If anyone is interested go here: http://www.geisswerks.com
Heh, heres my desktop. Man, it seems like I'm the only one who uses it. Anyways, where can I download this "Windows Blinds"? Just so I can at least look cool........ ;)
ice2hot
May 25th, 2001, 10:19
hey CDBURNOUT can u tell me which software do you use to change the looks of your windows. thanks
ice2hot
May 25th, 2001, 10:59
I hardly place any shortcuts on my desktop. I try to keep my files organised and in an easy to manage manner. Besides i know all the shortcuts keys to my files, that and i let Macro Magic to my tedious and lenghty works for me. :D . I just hate to see a cluttered up desktop. Anyhow here are the applications i i usually use and you can see from my startup menu how much organised I am lol :heh:
Disturbed
May 25th, 2001, 11:03
hey ice you mean mozilla or windowblinds...
Disturbed
May 25th, 2001, 11:11
hey is that crack and serials i see :rolleyes:
ice2hot
May 25th, 2001, 11:49
well at the moment im downloading talisman vi.76 and hover desk they look good... after i install them ill show u the results later.. and as for serials 2000 how did that get there :heh:
CDBuRnOuT
May 25th, 2001, 12:02
Both of those suck, and so does WindowBlinds...
Skinning is only good if implemented properly, these tools do not do such a thing...
If you REALLY want to change Windows, try LiteStep (http://www.litestep.net), a replacement shell for Win32..
ice2hot
May 25th, 2001, 12:08
thanks a lot for sharing that Cd
Enigma1982
May 25th, 2001, 13:15
I don't like skin or many icons on my desktop.......
Because it just eat your system resource and make your PC work slowly...................
cluthu
May 25th, 2001, 13:35
You can download Windowblinds from http://www.stardock.com/. But, as CDBuRnOuT also mentioned, it's a major resource hog. I've tried it on any number of computers and it always manages to make everything tremendously slower. Of course, it is a "personal" computer and you're free to do whatever you wish with it, eh?
CDBuRnOuT
May 25th, 2001, 19:35
*yawn* ... I can't wait for KDE for Win32..
ice2hot
May 26th, 2001, 06:17
well i tried using litestep ...its a nice program.. i also used talisman as well.. talisman and litestep both of them changes the shell of windows to give a different outlook .. but litestep is conparatively a bit difficult to handle. I dont know maybe i used the wrong themes in the beginig. talisman in the other hand is compatratively user friendly and is a whole lot easier to use... i kept on getting DLL errors and then i had to use my startup disk go to my system.ini and change my shell manually back to explorer..
even then thanks again CD and hey can u recommenf me any good themes and can u also tell me which theme are u using by the way and that the theme has a very configurable step.rc file ...thanksssssssssss
neversurrender
May 26th, 2001, 10:29
i agree
Samor
May 26th, 2001, 11:17
My desktop..I re-installed recently, explaining the lack of emu's ;)
http://members1.chello.nl/~s.morsink/desktop.jpg
CDBuRnOuT
May 26th, 2001, 17:05
User-Friendly != Good ;)
LiteStep's current development builds aren't bad, but I'm waiting for the next stable release to use it again...
From all the pictures I saw it looks like you all listen to Video Game music too much ;) :p
Samor
May 26th, 2001, 20:44
it's good music! Many people think it sucks in comparison to 'regular music', but often I find the video game music to sound better.
Tekken5000
May 26th, 2001, 21:31
I tried WindowsBlind and it sucks. I like my desktop kinda. Simple yet powerful...
Tekken5000
May 26th, 2001, 21:46
I think this looks better....
mr2000jp
May 31st, 2001, 09:11
nice and simple dont you think ...
Ryos
June 2nd, 2001, 10:46
Of course I'm not using my laptop when I'm viewing this thread...gyah...oh well, I'll get it after I go to sleep or something. This current computer has a desktop image with the clouds. Very exciting indeed. Yawn.
Ryos
June 2nd, 2001, 21:19
Can't get it to look right in the screenshot...oh well.
Satan
June 2nd, 2001, 23:53
OK, here's mine...
http://finalwinter.virtualave.net/images/hugeimage.jpg
WARNING!
I linked it instead of posting it because it's a 1.2MB jpg.
CDBuRnOuT
June 3rd, 2001, 02:26
Realplayer, mIRC, and CuteFTP, ugh =P
Sandie
June 3rd, 2001, 09:31
Well I know you have all been waiting for this one. Course Ewan McGregor is pretty hot so who knows :P
Disturbed
June 4th, 2001, 15:44
Satan.....1.2 mb.....why....really.....and Sandie i hate Ewan....hehehe =P
This is my desktop
YES, im minimalist, and I'm proud. The main icons are on the left bottom of the screen. Made 2 custom icons. And the wallpaper, offcourse, epsxe's Primal Image - only 4 my pleasure :D it's 1024x768 - have to cut the size down
here is mine...it is a bit toooo simple
Enigma1982
June 5th, 2001, 06:07
I like simple & original desktop ;)
ice2hot
June 5th, 2001, 12:21
hey sandie your using network ice as well ... hmm good for u and.. i myself am a blackice defender user.... its good to have it ....saves u a whole lot of trouble
SimonMallion
June 5th, 2001, 13:46
ice2hot:
Read this about BlackIce Defender:
http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
(scroll right to the bottom, mind you this is an interesting read so read it all for the background)
Disturbed
June 5th, 2001, 14:04
hehehe.....unprotected....
g-man
June 6th, 2001, 04:43
Hmmm.... not too many people using the 'Auto hide' option for the Taskbar:)
ice2hot
June 6th, 2001, 08:18
Originally posted by UncleClive
ice2hot:
Read this about BlackIce Defender:
http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
(scroll right to the bottom, mind you this is an interesting read so read it all for the background)
thanks UC
SimonMallion
June 6th, 2001, 13:00
NP I2H ;)
ice2hot
June 6th, 2001, 19:49
The last time i updated my black ice defender program i went to grc.com to check the penetrability status of my firewall and what it showed me that it was in-pentreable well no computer is no matter how high the security measure that u have taken.. I didn't check with grc.com for at least month so i missed that article... As it mentioned that black ice was completly useless so it seems... Its a good thing that i had zone alarm running as well along with norton internet security and Xnet-stat 3 for monitoring my ports for suspicious activities. I know I know, you must be thinking that why the hell is this guy being so paranoid. Well im not and I have my reasons due to some problems which i'm facing at the moment which invokde me to take these measures.
One thing which is of grave concern or it might not be is the development of the software by the name of Black Angel . I was wondering what effect it would bring to the servers and the home based PC's . It might cause havoc or it just might not. Who knows, only time itself shall provide the answer to the question ...
well i guess internet are not so 'secured' place anymore, specially when Windows XP out later. We're doomed when surfing :eyes:
ice2hot
June 7th, 2001, 11:19
But if u constantly monitor your activities i don't think you should have a problem. One more thing as long as you dont open a file which you aren't sure of you would be safe.
http://home.clara.net/mccasey/files/desktop.jpg
Any questions? :cool:
Disturbed
June 7th, 2001, 14:36
that's......alot....anyway....cool man.....
GEO
June 12th, 2001, 12:56
my turn now!
From time to time i use take some desktop screenshots to watch them one day later on.. :yawn: Nostalgic :yawn:
http://geo.do.sapo.pt/Desktop%207.jpg
i think that now i got it right!
Enigma1982
June 12th, 2001, 13:36
I can't see your desktop......................
Becuae lacation is file:///a:/desktop7%20.jpg
I can't load it...............
BOB
June 12th, 2001, 14:39
Yeah, you've messed up there Geo...
Upload the picture to your home website and then put the IMG location in the post.
BOB
GEO
June 13th, 2001, 10:50
yikes!!!! :eek: sorry about that.....i will fix that later.. when i gain acess to to my computer (long story) :rolleyes:
Well, read this post
http://boards.psxemu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1721
and you will understand why i did that....
Well sorry again for the broken link...it won't happen again...
BOB
June 13th, 2001, 11:15
Just edit the post, upload your picture to your homesite webspace or a free website provider and edit to link to point to there as a IMG.
It really is annoying that when it loads this page up the computer tries to access your pic on the A:\ drive and i hear the drive spin looking for a disk.
BOB
carnage179
June 16th, 2001, 05:59
Like it
Badaro
June 16th, 2001, 06:28
Anybody else is using WinXP Beta 2?
404
June 16th, 2001, 06:40
Nahh... WinXP sucks
its 'Raw Socket' technology makes you even more vulnerable than when you used to be with Win98. XP sucks. Stick with Win2K.
Badaro
June 16th, 2001, 07:08
Originally posted by 404
Nahh... WinXP sucks
its 'Raw Socket' technology makes you even more vulnerable than when you used to be with Win98. XP sucks. Stick with Win2K.
Please be more careful before bashing something. Raw Sockets are present in Windows 2000 (and Linux, MacOS X...), the main security issue being discussed on is that with WinXP this technology will also be available to home users, who are unlikely to keep their system up-to-date with security fixes. Here's a quote from ZDNet:
"Unlike Windows 2000, where Gibson claims raw sockets were first fully implemented, Windows XP--which ships on 25 October this year--will be run by home PC users who will be less inclined and/or able to maintain the security of their system and keep up with software patches. "
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2772090,00.html
[]s Badaro
BOB
June 16th, 2001, 14:44
Originally posted by Badaro
Anybody else is using WinXP Beta 2?
Check out my screenshot post, i'm running Windows XP in a virtual machine there.
BOB
Dan
June 16th, 2001, 14:51
I personally dont like windows XP because of the data they collect from you... How often do you change your system? If you do it as often as i do, you will end up calling microsoft every month or so explaining to them why you did so, and trying to conivice them that you did not steal thier OS... I dont like the "you have to give us personal information and tell us your buying trends to use or OS" appoach... I am sticking with win2k untill a hak comes out.. Which should be not too far off from when its released...
Mandatory registration sucks monkey balls...
BOB
June 16th, 2001, 14:59
How much you wanna bet that when Win XP final is released there will be cracks that disable that phone home crap?
Heck, you can even do that with the current beta's and its not even hard.
BOB
Dan
June 16th, 2001, 15:05
Yup yup... when i start updating the office computers of some of my clientel, I better be able to load a file on the server that will smack the dialup regisration... I am talking about 1000+ systems... Otherwise i will write a hack myself... damn micro crap... IF YOU CAN HEAR ME BILLY OR WHOEVER IS RUNNING MS NOW... SUCK MY BALLS!!!
sorry... i am hoping that microsoft and the governmet have some evil plot that monitors any traffic on the net with the word microsoft in it... and they read this... maybe two hit men will show up at my door and...
BOB
June 16th, 2001, 17:00
Originally posted by carnage179
Like it
AOL! Evil! Evil i say!
:)
BOB
carnage179
June 17th, 2001, 00:23
Bob, aol it's installed, I don't even know why it's there. Aol does suck.
Guitar Gamer
July 15th, 2001, 22:04
Here's my desktop. Its a homemade combination of Mog and my band's logo... hop ya like it...
BOB
July 15th, 2001, 22:59
And here's me thinking this post was deader than the Dodo.
BOB
Adair
July 16th, 2001, 08:06
Originally posted by BOB
How much you wanna bet that when Win XP final is released there will be cracks that disable that phone home crap?
Heck, you can even do that with the current beta's and its not even hard.
BOB
A very knowledgable friend of mine said he knows that crack already exists. I think he said it was a group from Germany that made it. Well there may be more than one. He said they're not releasing it till XP is public release so that Microsoft doesn't counter their crack before it has a chance to be used. I think its funny how companies like Microsoft go way out of their way stop piracy, but someone always comes oout with a crack before it even matters.
cgil
July 17th, 2001, 07:24
Heres My Desktop as you all can see a love Emu's.
Betamax
July 17th, 2001, 13:38
Cgil I see that we both get our wallpaper from the same source.
Metalmurphy
July 17th, 2001, 16:56
Here's my desktop!! I'm using the same for 2 year now!! and I still like it!! :p
FireGL
July 19th, 2001, 16:32
here is mine nice nice nice :)
Adair
July 20th, 2001, 09:07
hmmm there's just a big X where your wallpaper should be. j/k its nice nice nice.
Asz
July 20th, 2001, 12:00
gah, I run at the rediculos 1280x1024, plus Love Hina is my new favorite, as you can see :p - Also, I got tired of icons and made them toolbars.
Asz
July 20th, 2001, 12:03
hey metal murphey, what are you using to make windows look different?
Metalmurphy
July 22nd, 2001, 00:35
It's litestep!!! U cant get it at www.litestep.com
It's really great!! U can amost program ur own shell!! I just have to know some things! but it's quite easy
CDBuRnOuT
July 22nd, 2001, 05:30
LS is unstable, I'd wait for a new stable release if I were you...
HoverDesk is a nice alternative, and it's not exactly a shell replacement, so no worries there..
Asz
July 22nd, 2001, 10:13
where could I get hoverdesk?
EfrainMan
July 22nd, 2001, 17:54
Here's mine (if anyone cares). I don't have a website (don't want one), so it's an attachment. Ain't she cute? :D
Asz
July 22nd, 2001, 22:27
that woulden't be a picture of your cat on your monitor while you play FF7 is it?
EfrainMan
July 22nd, 2001, 23:52
Yup! She liked it 'cause it was warm . . . and that's the PC version, dammit! ;) I was summoning KOR on something. Unfortunately, she passed away a couple of years ago. :( BTW, if you're a cat lover, don't go see "Cats & Dogs". It'll leave you with a bad taste in your mouth. :dead:
Asz
July 23rd, 2001, 06:13
Poor, kitty. Mine has been alive for 12 years now, she was an ally cat for a while.
EDIT: What song is that quote taken from in your sig? I know i've herd it somewhere......
EfrainMan
July 23rd, 2001, 14:38
My kitty died at seven or eight. So your kitty wasn't your pet, but an ally? :rolleyes: Or did you mean alley cat? ;)
The qoute is from "Clint Eastwood" by Gorrilaz. Kewl band. :D
Where's your quote from?
sekxx
July 23rd, 2001, 16:23
A french Desktop :o)!!!
Nothing particulard
http://www.sekxx.com/desktopsekxx.jpg
Metalmurphy
July 23rd, 2001, 16:45
What a messed up desktop... :p
Can u actually work in that thing?
Just joking :)
sekxx
July 23rd, 2001, 17:00
LOL, my desktop is the best ever,
the true is at the moment I get the screenshoot, I got a desktop error, that's why U can't see my WallPaper, wich is so Great :D
Samor
July 23rd, 2001, 17:27
quite....original....
EfrainMan
July 23rd, 2001, 21:42
Must be the "Tornado hit my Desktop" theme. :D ;) :p
Asz
July 23rd, 2001, 23:47
Yeah, my kitty was an ally cat for a few years my uncle found her but coulden't keep her so she moved in with us. Yeah, Gorillaz is cool I got their CD. My quote is from the Simpsons, when homer is going to kill his family but then sees a TV and the urge to kill fades
Asz
July 24th, 2001, 11:30
I was looking back at the person who started this topic and it was the now gone Disturbed, *crys* I'm sooo emotional.
In Loving Memory Of Disturbed
Asz
July 24th, 2001, 11:32
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SimonMallion
July 24th, 2001, 13:21
It's interesting to see that Disturbed is at position 15 in the top poster, even after this long absence. And this thread seems to have had to most views as far as I can see. His presence is still here...
Elememnts 357
July 24th, 2001, 20:18
all these desktops are cool and all but i gotta ask how do you take a screen shot of it?
Asz
July 24th, 2001, 20:27
Just press the "Print Screen" key on your Keyboard. Go into any paint program and press ctrl+v then save.
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