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| Author: | fJack [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Post Your Desktop |
Here we go, there's a few easter eggs in there for good measure |
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| Author: | Eion [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Post Your Desktop |
Don't these things slow down gaming performance? That's why I avoid them |
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| Author: | Mad [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:56 pm ] | |||||||||
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I used to have the whole Stardock package. WindowBlinds, Icon Packager etc etc. The whole works. It was expensive tho, needing an annual sub but certainly did not slow my system down. The only bad things were the subscription and un-installing left me with a bare-bones desktop that didn't even have the defauls XP theme. It looked more like Windows 3.11 The Alienware one is the only one I use now. I especially like the Media Player skins that come with it The AlienGuise desktop theme manager that me and Fjack use is free and can be downloaded here: http://www.alienware.com/intro_pages/invader.aspx |
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| Author: | Spiderbloke [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:06 pm ] | |||||||||||
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Pshh, 1024 x 768 ftw! And yes, frankly it's a mess and bland, but thats the way I like it (#uh huh uh huh#). I used to do the whole desktop enhancement thing, now I just use it dump stuff when I'm moving files about.
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| Author: | bumbandit [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Post Your Desktop |
Supposedly windowblinds speeds up your windows performance. As Mad found it replaces most of the core components of xp skins.been using it for about 3 or 4 years. One time payment of $20 so far. I'm running 5 i think there's been a few updates since but the skins seem backwards compatible. Any one interested can get a free months trial from stardock. As far as effecting games performance i never noticed anything. As long as you've got plenty of ram available your windows memory will remain in the ram rather than being put into virtual memory (page file). meaning alt tabing in and out work properly. That alienware skin looks cool does it come with all the widgets your desktop shows? Might give it a try. |
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| Author: | Ares_CST [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:51 pm ] | |||||||||
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Wow looks cool does the Alienware one, is it easy to instal use and uninstall ? Anywho heres mine, you may be suprised you may not
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| Author: | Agent 47 [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Post Your Desktop |
That wallpaper looks cool Ares. I need to find a spy one. |
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| Author: | Mad [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:20 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yes. It changes your windows, icons, media player and adds a "dock" which you can configure. |
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| Author: | st_nick5 [ Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Post Your Desktop |
My desktop |
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