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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2011, 12:29:14 PM »
A real desktop. Still a work in progress.



whoopsie, had to censor it or get skuzzed, thank god for the preview button.  :bolt:

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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2011, 12:34:53 PM »
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2011, 12:44:09 PM »


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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2011, 03:29:30 PM »
Hey machfly, and pigslilspaz. Probably a noob question, but what are you using to get your desktop setup that way? I'm especially interested in machflys setup that has some sort of widget thing for his network, up and down traffic.

This is mine.
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2011, 03:40:06 PM »


current desktop ^



Previous desktop ^

(i change it every month to keep it interesting)
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2011, 03:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Estes on October 03, 2011, 03:29:30 PM
Hey machfly, and pigslilspaz. Probably a noob question, but what are you using to get your desktop setup that way? I'm especially interested in machflys setup that has some sort of widget thing for his network, up and down traffic.

This is mine.
(Image removed from quote.)

I see you have windows 7 so it should not be difficult.
Right click on the desktop, than click "Gadgets"



After that the following window should appear:



You can either use the ones that are already there or you can download more by clicking "Get more gadgets online".

These are the ones that I have:
CPU Usage, shows how much each of the 4 cores are used and ram
Network Traffic: ethernet cable
Network Traffic: Wifi
Turbo Boost (one core helping another to do a task therefore completing it faster)
Clock (set to zulu)
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2011, 04:00:42 PM »
Don't mind my weeabooism. :noid


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Quote from: Pigslilspaz on October 03, 2011, 12:13:24 PM
Everybody has SO MANY ICONS!
You don't wanna see my desktop's desktop. It's flooded with all sorts of works in progress and things waiting to be printed. 1024x768 resolution and I think it has 2 lines on the grid that don't have any icons/files/folders.
EDIT2: I'd like to note that I had all of my icons in perfect order by use, then logged in about a week ago to find Windows rearranged them for me. :furious
« Last Edit: October 03, 2011, 04:43:35 PM by OOZ662 »
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2011, 04:04:08 PM »
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2011, 04:04:32 PM »
Quote from: MachFly on October 03, 2011, 03:45:20 PM
I see you have windows 7 so it should not be difficult.
Right click on the desktop, than click "Gadgets"

(Image removed from quote.)

After that the following window should appear:

(Image removed from quote.)

You can either use the ones that are already there or you can download more by clicking "Get more gadgets online".

These are the ones that I have:
CPU Usage, shows how much each of the 4 cores are used and ram
Network Traffic: ethernet cable
Network Traffic: Wifi
Turbo Boost (one core helping another to do a task therefore completing it faster)
Clock (set to zulu)
Oh wow, thank you. I feel like an idiot for not finding that myself.  :salute
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2011, 04:06:52 PM »
Quote from: Estes on October 03, 2011, 04:04:32 PM
Oh wow, thank you. I feel like an idiot for not finding that myself.  :salute

Took me a while as well when I first installed windows 7.

Glad I could help.
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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2011, 04:09:25 PM »
Quote from: Estes on October 03, 2011, 03:29:30 PM
Hey machfly, and pigslilspaz. Probably a noob question, but what are you using to get your desktop setup that way? I'm especially interested in machflys setup that has some sort of widget thing for his network, up and down traffic.

This is mine.
(Image removed from quote.)

The gadgets feature that comes with 7/vista is a good start, but I use rainmeter, as well as hiding all my desktop icons and using desktop as a main directory folder. If I showed icons, the screen would easily be full. Rainmeter is a separate (also VERY low resource) program and almost all of it is community made. Here are some other examples of rainmeter desktops. OOZ, I have a feeling you know where the quote on that one is from as well, i do too  :noid.


This one gives you a bigger but nowhere near complete picture of what Rainmeter can do. Like I said, mine is a complete work in progress.
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Offline OOZ662

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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2011, 04:12:27 PM »
Quote from: Pigslilspaz on October 03, 2011, 04:09:25 PM
OOZ, I have a feeling you know where the quote on that one is from as well, i do too  :noid.

Mmmh...no idea. As far as weeaboos go, I'm into some of the more obscure things (in America). I'd almost call myself a weeaboo hipster, if that's even physically possible. :lol
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2011, 04:18:13 PM »
I normally have a good infographic/tutorial I could post, but right now I'm at the campus library, and you all are distracting me.

Also, a great thing about 7, is the ability to have your desktop automatically change after a certain amount of time (I have mine set to 30-45 min) Just set it to a folder, and you are good to go. (Make sure you check and clean up the folder first  :uhoh)

Quote from: OOZ662 on October 03, 2011, 04:12:27 PM
Mmmh...no idea. As far as weeaboos go, I'm into some of the more obscure things (in America). I'd almost call myself a weeaboo hipster, if that's even physically possible. :lol
Oh god... I hoped they didnt exist, lol. Just messing with you btw
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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2011, 04:18:57 PM »
sorry gents

I have the best desktop...... :salute

even though its messy :o



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Re: Lets see your desktop
« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2011, 04:20:18 PM »
Quote from: Pigslilspaz on October 03, 2011, 04:18:13 PM
Also, a great thing about 7, is the ability to have your desktop automatically change after a certain amount of time (I have mine set to 30-45 min) Just set it to a folder, and you are good to go. (Make sure you check and clean up the folder first  :uhoh)

I used to have mine shifting through a few thousand pictures like the one I have now, but decided to settle on this one. One, because I discovered my computer was lagging every time it made a transition, and two because she's my favorite anyway. :P
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