Customizing Xp To Your Liking!

[MeDieViL]

All tested on XP SP1 and SP2 (only the modified system file packages might not work...)

Tired off the default boring XP desktop?

Visual Styles
First thing we want to change is the visual style, a visual is what you see, the default Blue colors for example, a visual style basicly overlays everything with nicer buttons, colors and borders
A visual style is basicly a file with visual aspects that windows needs
Its located at C:\\Windows\Rescources\Themes\Name of theme

In That folder is a file located with the extension .msstyles, it has all the images from the borders colors etc inside,
In most cases there is also a Folder called Shell inside
This folder contains the shellstyle
The shellstyle is responsible for this
http://www.tradingworld.net/screenshots/shellstyle.jpg
The common tasks sidebar in Windows explorer

Now, how can we skin all this?
Well, The XP skinning engine has a sort of protection inside off it, XP styles have a digital signature inside Which a file called Uxtheme.dll checks, without this digital Signature, windows wont accept the visual style,

There are differend ways around it

StyleXP (http://www.tgtsoft.com)
--> This program loads up with windows and replaces The uxtheme.dll in the memory so styles without signature will work.

XP autopatcher (http://www.neowin.net/staff/RadishTM/Neowin_UXTheme_Multi-Patcher.exe)
--> this little program basicly replaces the uxtheme.dll with a patched one, this is best way in my opinion as there is no ram or disk space wasted
Its recommend using this program in safe mode though
--> that one isnt updated to XP SP2 yet so get a new sp2 version Here (http://vortex2050.dyndns.org:8080/)

Windowblinds (http://www.windowblinds.net)
--> This program basicly adds a new skinning engine with more options to customize XP,
i recommend using one of the above programs first though.

Heres how you get themes to work:
Put the folder with the name of the visual style in windows/rescources/themes folder and click on the msstyle file, the windows theme manager will load up, just click apply or ok and the style will load!

Where to get visual styles!

ThemeXP (http://www.themexp.org)
This site has a lot of visual styles, but they have spyware inside them!
there is a way around it though, extract the installers with winzip!

DeviantART (http://browse.deviantart.com/skins/windows/winstyles/?view=1&order=9&limit=24)
--> No spyware on this one, has awesome visual styles!

Wincustomize (http://www.wincustomize.org)
--> has excellent skins for WindowBlinds

Making Visual Styles yourself!
Why not, once you start using visual styles, why not making visual styles yourself?
a few programs to do this:

Stylebuilder (http://www.tgtsoft.com)
--> the best program to make visual styles in my opinion!

In case you are using WindowBlinds, use:
Skinstudio (http://www.skinstudio.net/)
--> it is able to convert msstyle themes to windowblinds format.

Last thing about this: some older programs dont have skinning support and they have the old style buttons, you can patch that programs though!
xp skins (http://www.iexbeta.com/~djp/flash/xp_skins.zip)

Icons

http://www.tradingworld.net/screenshots/icons.gif

What about changing the default XP icons, there are lots better ones on the net

There are 2 differend ways changing the icons!

1. changing them in the XP system files with reshacker, more on this later...
2. Using a program to change them, a few programs are listed below

Iconpackager (http://www.stardock.com)
--> nice program, loads of icons out for this one
Icon packages are availible at www.wincustomize.org

BeeIcons (http://www.popularshareware.com/Bee-Icons-screenshot-1463.html)
--> i use this one myself, pretty good :)

DcolorXP (http://dliboon.freeshell.org/products/dcolor/index.php)
--> this ap doesnt really change icons, but allows you to you tiled icons on the desktop!

Iconphile (http://www.grafxfreeware.homestead.com/iconphile.html)
--> very light and fast program!

Bootscreen
Another good idea to customize xp is changing the bootscreen, the defeauld look is pretty boring, so we gonna do something about it!
How you can make it look like:
http://www.tradingworld.net/screenshots/bootscreen.jpg


--> Instructions, copied this from themexp.org, why write it all down if someone else allready did it?

  1.  In Explorer, browse to C:\Windows\System32 and find the file named "ntoskrnl.exe".
  2. Copy "ntoskrnl.exe" to "ntoskrnl.exe.bak", (COPY not RENAME). This way if anything goes wrong...you will have a backup.
  3. Extract the files inside the .zip file you downloaded to a temporary location of your hard drive, but NOT to C:\Windows\System32.
  4. Reboot your computer into Safe Mode (hit F8 before the boot screen appears) or into true DOS mode (from a boot disk)
  5. Browse to where you extracted the files for your new boot screen in Explorer and select the correct file to copy to C:\Windows\System32. If you have SP1 for Windows XP installed use ntoskrnlsp.exe, otherwise use ntoskrnl.exe. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT FILE, OR YOUR SYSTEM WILL LOCK UP ON BOOT.
  6. If using ntoskrnl.exe, copy the file to C:\Windows\System32 overwriting the existing ntoskrnl.exe, (which should have been backed up).
  7. If you are going to use ntoskrnlsp.exe, delete ntoskrnl.exe in the temporary folder and rename ntoskrnlsp.exe to ntoskrnl.exe. Then copy the file to C:\Windows\System32 overwriting the existing ntoskrnl.exe, (which should have been backed up).
  8. All done! Reboot your computer as you normally would and enjoy your new boot screen.


If you dont like doing this all manually, feel free to use one of the programs listed below!

Loginuibootoptimizer (http://themes.belchfire.net/~userxp/)

**ALLWAYS MAKE A BACKUP OF NTOSKRNL.EXE

Or this program that actually doesnt alter any files! it just changes the patch to it
Bootskin (http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/)
--> Themes availible at www.wincustomize.org

Login Screens

Changing the login screen is also a nice trick!
http://www.tradingworld.net/screenshots/logon.jpg

Steps:

  1.  In Explorer, browse to C:\Windows\System32 and find the file named "logonui.exe".
  2. Rename "logonui.exe" to "logonui.exe.bak". This way if anything messes up...you have a backup.
  3. Place your new login in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and rename it to logonui.exe.
  4. That's it! Now when you log off your new login screen will be there.


Also a few programs can change the login screen for you!

Logon Loader (http://logonloader.danielmilner.com/)
--> nice program if you done like changing everything manually!

LogonStudio (http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/download.html)

AGAIN, ALLWAYS MAKE A BACKUP OF LOGONUI.EXE, if anything goes rwong you can replace the file again in safe mode!

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Fantastic work :01: , I use a lot of these but you have given me a few ideas. Thanks :)

oh to change the bootskin you can also use

bootskin (http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/)

:)

and bootscreen

logonstudio (http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/download.html)

[MeDieViL]

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)@10 August 2004 - 11:48
Fantastic work :01: , I use a lot of these but you have given me a few ideas. Thanks :)

oh to change the bootskin you can also use

bootskin (http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/)

:)

and bootscreen

logonstudio (http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/download.html)
thx for the links m8
with this feedback i can improve it&#33; ;)

[iMartin]

Very Nice work. If really don&#39;t know what you&#39;re doing when it comes to this, StyleXP is the best by far. ;) And also, TweakXP Pro (http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-products.htm) is good for tweaking the small stuff in XP.

[BawA]

Becarefull with Bootscreen, 1 Byte diffrence from the orginal BootScreen will cuase u to lose ur windows.

[Snee]

Aston (http://www.astonshell.com/aston/)has some really good skins.

Otherwise this (http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/9/3/9-3-42.shtml) is my favourite skin at the moment, ripped directly from the windows xp media center edition, but you&#39;ll need the uxtheme patch I think.

[iMartin]

Originally posted by bawa@Klite_user@10 August 2004 - 10:11
Becarefull with Bootscreen, 1 Byte diffrence from the orginal BootScreen will cuase u to lose ur windows.
I download all my bootscreens, along with many other things, from ThemeXP (http://www.themexp.org), and haven&#39;t had any troubles yet. And if and when you change your bootscreen, before the bootscreen comes up, you&#39;ll have the option of booting from the orginal screen, or the modified screen. But I think it only stays open for a couple of seconds.

[MeDieViL]

Originally posted by SnnY@10 August 2004 - 16:11
Aston (http://www.astonshell.com/aston/)has some really good skins.

Otherwise this (http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/9/3/9-3-42.shtml) is my favourite skin at the moment, ripped directly from the windows xp media center edition, but you&#39;ll need the uxtheme patch I think.
its a skin from microsoft, so no patch ;)

thx for replys, gonna update if for SP2 soon i hope, didnt come out in the language of my xp yet... :ph34r:

[RGX]

Only one fault, "defauld" is spelt "default".

Other than that, a very nice guide and should be pinned IMO. :)

[Snee]

Aston is another shell, btw. But like I said there are some really nifty skins for it.

Oh, and the royale theme was ripped, I don&#39;t know if it is the entire theme, or just the images, so I think you might need the patch even tho&#39; it&#39;s from microsoft, but I&#39;m not sure.

At any rate it looks good.

[Triadcool]

This Should Be Pinned&#33;



Great work MeDieViL&#33;

[TheRealDave]

A very good guide&#33; About you saying you will update it later for when SP2 is out. I read somewhere that some people were having trouble with StyleXP and SP2. Not sure if it&#39;s true or not but it could be an issue.

[MeDieViL]

Originally posted by TheRealDave@10 August 2004 - 17:58
A very good guide&#33; About you saying you will update it later for when SP2 is out. I read somewhere that some people were having trouble with StyleXP and SP2. Not sure if it&#39;s true or not but it could be an issue.
Stylexp has released an update to resolve the issue ;)

thx for replys, gives me a idea to add shellreplacements to the guide :)

[Snee]

Originally posted by RGX@10 August 2004 - 19:02
Only one fault, "defauld" is spelt "default".
Errm, that&#39;s not everything you know.

There&#39;s the Basicly->Basically
And the its, which should be it&#39;s here, and so on. :P

But it&#39;s cool, and we aren&#39;t striving for perfection in form here, it&#39;s about facts, and that is done well enough.

[Hitchhiker427]

watch out, changing boot screens can be dangerous. I would highly recommend not changing them the way this guide says, but instead using Stardock&#39;s bootskin. The other methods involve replacing important system files, but Stardock&#39;s method does not. Even if the bootskin doesn&#39;t work, at least it won&#39;t screw over your system, like the other methods.

Plus, I highly recommend Windowblinds&#33; So many more options, and it uses LESS resources than Microsoft XP&#39;s default skinning engine (This includes Luna, StyleXP, and the uxtheme.dll patch).

[tesco]

wow, fantastic ideas in this guide.
I already knew most of teh apps u listed, most others i just have no use for (like for instance u listed more than one skin changer or something).
the windowfx program i have never heard of before though and really like that idea, i am about to download it now.

while i think this guide should be pinned...there are already too many pinned guides so i dunno. ;) definately would help a lot of people though.

[iMartin]

Might need this...UXTheme.dll Patch for SP2 Final (http://vortex2050.dyndns.org:8080/repository/Patches/Uxtheme/Windows%20XP/SP2/6.0.2900.2180_EN.rar)

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by RGX@10 August 2004 - 17:02
Only one fault, "defauld" is spelt "default".

Other than that, a very nice guide and should be pinned IMO. :)
totally agree with that, work like this deserves to be pinned :)

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by MeDieViL+10 August 2004 - 15:54--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MeDieViL @ 10 August 2004 - 15:54)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-(>Zero Cool<)@10 August 2004 - 11:48
Fantastic work :01: , I use a lot of these but you have given me a few ideas. Thanks :)

oh to change the bootskin you can also use

bootskin (http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/)

:)

and bootscreen

logonstudio (http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/download.html)
thx for the links m8
with this feedback i can improve it&#33; ;) [/b][/quote]
no probs bud, if I think of any others I will let you know :)

btw any chance of a screenshot of your desktop, must be smart if you use some of these tools.

oh and i got stick for posting this as it is apparently old news, but I like it.

It&#39;s an animated, customizable &#39;matrix&#39; style desktop wallpaper.

zmatrix (http://zmatrix.sourceforge.net/)

[tesco]

please someone pm me with where i can find windowfx (full version).
have tried suprnova.org and torrentbits...can&#39;t find them. :">

[iMartin]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@10 August 2004 - 20:14
please someone pm me with where i can find windowfx (full version).
have tried suprnova.org and torrentbits...can&#39;t find them. :">
PM sent ;)

[supersonic]

Nice work indeed&#33; keep up the good work MeDieViL
I also use Iconphile to change windows icons sometimes

[Snee]

When it comes to docks btw, never use aqua dock, it never uninstalls, you&#39;ll end up having to edit it out of your registry.

[nostalgia]

Very helpfull topic for now and in the future so can a mod or whatever pin this plz???

[MeDieViL]

thx for the replys, hope to finsish a update soon if i get my hardware working... :ph34r:

[Spock4]

http://www.neowin.net/forum/uploads/post-36-1077819672.jpg
hey what skin is this?
and where its located?

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Just for info I have asked for this thread to be pinned here

clicky click (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=121116)

perhaps you could show your support by adding to the thread

thanks

zc :)

@medievil I hope you don&#39;t mind :)

[Illuminati]

Great job - And this is coming from a hardened skinner already :clap:

Although the guide&#39;s got a few things missing (e.g. linking to a few recommended skins, though obviously that&#39;d be subjective :)), I smell a pin for this :D

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Illuminati@12 August 2004 - 07:47
Great job - And this is coming from a hardened skinner already :clap:

Although the guide&#39;s got a few things missing (e.g. linking to a few recommended skins, though obviously that&#39;d be subjective :)), I smell a pin for this :D
I too like a bit of desktop skinng, do you fancy adding a couple of links to good sites? I would be in interested to see where you go .

I use

http://www.themexp.org/index.php

http://www.deviantart.com/

http://www.wincustomize.org/index.asp?c=1

[nostalgia]

Create your own styles for Windowblinds with Stylebuilder (http://www.tgtsoft.com/prod_sb.php)

[CPU1]

fuck explorer and aston shell, litestep own all

www.litestep.net

[(>Zero Cool<)]

I am currently trying this , seems pretty cool :)

Desktop Sidebar 1.04 Build 72 Beta (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3406.html)

[Snee]

Tweak UI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx)
^from microsoft, for doing all kinds of stuff related to your desktop.

Is prolly something worth getting, as are the other powertoys, if they fit your needs.

[tesco]

congrats on the pin. :)

[Alucard1475]

nice post indeed :artist:

[Filliz]

Foloowed the steps in this guide to add some themes to my comp,but it aint working :helpsmile:

Dl&#39;ed StyleXP (shareware btw <_< ).
Clicked one one of the themes included,but the only thing it does is change my background and removes the silver style I was using away,making it look like i&#39;m running &#39;98 :huh:

Downloaded the Ashen thme from Deviant art(really cool theme).Placed it in the Themes map,but it doesn&#39;t appear in my choice of themes when trying to change it.

What am i doing wrong here?

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@18 August 2004 - 11:36
Foloowed the steps in this guide to add some themes to my comp,but it aint working :helpsmile:

Dl&#39;ed StyleXP (shareware btw <_< ).
Clicked one one of the themes included,but the only thing it does is change my background and removes the silver style I was using away,making it look like i&#39;m running &#39;98 :huh:

Downloaded the Ashen thme from Deviant art(really cool theme).Placed it in the Themes map,but it doesn&#39;t appear in my choice of themes when trying to change it.

What am i doing wrong here?
ok first off yopu can apply a theme then change bits of it e.g. apply a different wallpaper.

also some stuff you download isn&#39;t a &#39;theme&#39; so to speak but a visual style, I dunno don&#39;t ask :rolleyes: , to use it right click on your desktop go to appearance then in the windows and buttons dropdown you may well see it there, sometimes you can pick a colour scheme obviously depending upon what you download. try that and lemme know how you go :)

[Filliz]

Nothing new there. :huh:
Can only choose between Classic Style or Windows XP style.

Let met check out that Ashen theme though....Might as well be a visual style instead of a theme :unsure:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@18 August 2004 - 12:08
Nothing new there. :huh:
Can only choose between Classic Style or Windows XP style.

Let met check out that Ashen theme though....Might as well be a visual style instead of a theme :unsure:
gimmie a link to the ashen theme and I&#39;ll try and get it working for me

[Filliz]

Ashen (http://www.deviantart.com/view/8069108/) ;)

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@18 August 2004 - 13:12
Ashen (http://www.deviantart.com/view/8069108/) ;)
works fine for me :) try double clicking on the ashen.msstyles file

that setsz it but you need to save the files in the correct folder to be able to use it later on :) C:&#092;WINDOWS&#092;Resources&#092;Themes

[Filliz]

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)@18 August 2004 - 14:20
try double clicking on the ashen.msstyles file

That&#39;s the problem.
I don&#39;t see any .msstyles file in the ashen folder :unsure:
When I unpacked the folder it only contains a .text file,a fonts folder,shell folder and a Visual Style file ---&#62;http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/iconnn.JPG

If I double-click that the style manager does open up,but &#39;Apply&#39; is greyed out and just clicking ok doesn&#39;t do a thing.

And save the file in the correct folder probably is C:&#092;&#092;Windows&#092;Rescources&#092;Themes&#092;?Not?

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz+18 August 2004 - 13:37--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Filliz &#064; 18 August 2004 - 13:37)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-(>Zero Cool<)@18 August 2004 - 14:20
try double clicking on the ashen.msstyles file

That&#39;s the problem.
I don&#39;t see any .msstyles file in the ashen folder :unsure:
When I unpacked the folder it only contains a .text file,a fonts folder,shell folder and a Visual Style file ---&#62;http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/iconnn.JPG

If I double-click that the style manager does open up,but &#39;Apply&#39; is greyed out and just clicking ok doesn&#39;t do a thing.

And save the file in the correct folder probably is C:&#092;&#092;Windows&#092;Rescources&#092;Themes&#092;?Not? [/b][/quote]
hmm :huh: , when i double click i get the windows display properties with the visual styles tab open with the ashen theme and the apply btn is ok :unsure:

oh and i get the same files

[Filliz]

I&#39;m going to install it again cause I just had to do a system restore.
Hope it will work this time.
I&#39;ll be sure to let it know here ;)

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@18 August 2004 - 14:16
I&#39;m going to install it again cause I just had to do a system restore.
Hope it will work this time.
I&#39;ll be sure to let it know here ;)
ok, hope you get it working :)

[Filliz]

Installed it again.
Seems to work better now that it&#39;s registered.
Was able to change the theme with one of the preset themes in Style XP,but after dl&#39;ing Ashen again Style Xp crashes when loading this theme :blink:

"StyleXp has encountered unknown error...blablabla" you know <_<
Is it so that Style XP only accepts themes taken from the ThemeXp site,or am I just having bad luck with the Ashen one? :blink:

Btw,did it look any good,the Ashen one? :D


edit:
Just tried another theme (Souluna Remix final (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6430240/)) and it works flawless :blink:
Doubleclicked the .msstyles file and it loaded perfectly :D

But erm...I was kind of expecting that the icons would look the same as on the screenshot :unsure: They don&#39;t :frusty: And that was the main attraction it had to me :(

[Snee]

Maybe you should link to this thread. (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=121050&st=75&#entry1121903)

Lots of good examples.

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@18 August 2004 - 14:41
Installed it again.
Seems to work better now that it&#39;s registered.
Was able to change the theme with one of the preset themes in Style XP,but after dl&#39;ing Ashen again Style Xp crashes when loading this theme :blink:

"StyleXp has encountered unknown error...blablabla" you know <_<
Is it so that Style XP only accepts themes taken from the ThemeXp site,or am I just having bad luck with the Ashen one? :blink:

Btw,did it look any good,the Ashen one? :D


edit:
Just tried another theme (Souluna Remix final (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6430240/)) and it works flawless :blink:
Doubleclicked the .msstyles file and it loaded perfectly :D

But erm...I was kind of expecting that the icons would look the same as on the screenshot :unsure: They don&#39;t :frusty: And that was the main attraction it had to me :(
Goo you got it working, sorta. :blink:

I have the same setup and I can use themes from any site, the ashen worked fine for me, so you are not restricted to themexp. :) dunno why it didn&#39;t work for you :unsure:

re ashen, to be honest I didn&#39;t like it, veeeery small text but that might appeal to you. :unsure:

re. icons stylexp does not update your icons but sometimes you get an icon folder with in the zip file which you can apply yourself, or possibly via an icon changer prog, I don&#39;t really change/use icons much, so I dunno..

pop a screenshot in the appropriate thread when you are done :)

srry I couldn&#39;t be more help

[Filliz]

Nah,you&#39;ve been a great help ;)

Really liked the Ashen wallpaper,tthat&#39;s why I wanted to try it.
And I don&#39;t mind the small text either.
The theme I got now has small text also,and I think it really looks nice.

Theme (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=121050&view=findpost&p=1122868) I&#39;m using now.

I&#39;m glad I got rid of the boring XP-theme and icons :01:

Cheers,
:beerchug:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@19 August 2004 - 09:58
Nah,you&#39;ve been a great help ;)

Really liked the Ashen wallpaper,tthat&#39;s why I wanted to try it.
And I don&#39;t mind the small text either.
The theme I got now has small text also,and I think it really looks nice.

Theme (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=121050&view=findpost&p=1122868) I&#39;m using now.

I&#39;m glad I got rid of the boring XP-theme and icons :01:

Cheers,
:beerchug:
no probs :)

btw here is the wallpaper you wanted ;)

hitman wallpaper shown with ashen theme (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8474032/)

zc

[Filliz]

For some reason,every time I go to Dev-art I see the following page:

Image Resized
[img]http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/devartfrontpage.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/devartfrontpage.JPG') :huh:

I can&#39;t see any of the works on it anymore :frusty:

[Snee]

I was on just now, and it worked fine. :unsure:

[Filliz]

Originally posted by SnnY@19 August 2004 - 16:05
I was on just now, and it worked fine. :unsure:
Gonna delete my temps and cookies to see if that works :ghostface:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@19 August 2004 - 14:57
For some reason,every time I go to Dev-art I see the following page:

Image Resized
Image Resized
[img]http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/devartfrontpage.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> (http://premium.uploadit.org/Filliz/devartfrontpage.JPG) :huh:

I can&#39;t see any of the works on it anymore :frusty:
try registering it&#39;s free :unsure:

[Filliz]

I did register before,can&#39;t log out either :blink:


edit:works fine with firefox

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@19 August 2004 - 15:09
I did register before,can&#39;t log out either :blink:


edit:works fine with firefox
you are a bit of a &#39;mare ain&#39;t cha :rolleyes: :P

[Filliz]

yah :D

deleting temp files solved the prob :01:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by Filliz@19 August 2004 - 15:18
yah :D

deleting temp files solved the prob :01:
:P

after all this you will probably wanna change it in a day or so :rolleyes:

[tesco]

where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@19 August 2004 - 19:16
where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(
what is y&#39;s toolbar? :huh:

[peat moss]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@19 August 2004 - 11:16
where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(
Rossco heres a link for the theme only tho.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/4634229/


Quote : 5. The Y&#39;z Toolbar theme shown in the Preview screenshot is included.

[tesco]

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)+19 August 2004 - 14:47--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ((>Zero Cool<) @ 19 August 2004 - 14:47)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@19 August 2004 - 19:16
where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(
what is y&#39;s toolbar? :huh: [/b][/quote]
did u even read the guide? <_<

@pete, thanks, but i need the program, not a screenshot. :P

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+20 August 2004 - 16:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 &#064; 20 August 2004 - 16:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)@19 August 2004 - 14:47
<!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@19 August 2004 - 19:16
where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(
what is y&#39;s toolbar? :huh:
did u even read the guide? <_<

@pete, thanks, but i need the program, not a screenshot. :P [/b][/quote]
fook sake I was only trying to help :rolleyes: , I had a brief look at the guide but never saw it. <_< :lol:

not sure but I think I found it here

http://winajuda.com/do_dm.php

granted it is a foreign language site, well to me at least, but I am sure you can still use it. :unsure:

or this for the dock

y dock (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2790.html)

[tesco]

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)+20 August 2004 - 12:39--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ((>Zero Cool<) @ 20 August 2004 - 12:39)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@20 August 2004 - 16:35

Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)@19 August 2004 - 14:47
<!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@19 August 2004 - 19:16
where can i download, or even buy, y&#39;s toolbar? i can&#39;t find it ANYWHERE. :(
what is y&#39;s toolbar? :huh:
did u even read the guide? <_<

@pete, thanks, but i need the program, not a screenshot. :P
fook sake I was only trying to help :rolleyes: , I had a brief look at the guide but never saw it. <_< :lol:

not sure but I think I found it here

http://winajuda.com/do_dm.php

granted it is a foreign language site, well to me at least, but I am sure you can still use it. :unsure:

or this for the dock

y dock (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2790.html) [/b][/quote]
lol, well im not mad lol just u should have assumed it was part of the guide. :rolleyes:

:lol:


thanks for the link&#33; the download came out in english :)

[Smith]

hi,


i want one of those docks thingys that can tell me the temp in canada, and all that other stuff like a thing for music and time and cpu usage.

but i want it free.

i dont quite know which one to get so could someone please pm me with a direct link to the best one?

thanks :unsure:

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by TheCanuk@20 August 2004 - 20:39
hi,


i want one of those docks thingys that can tell me the temp in canada, and all that other stuff like a thing for music and time and cpu usage.

but i want it free.

i dont quite know which one to get so could someone please pm me with a direct link to the best one?

thanks :unsure:
I like this one

sysmetrix app (http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/)

plenty of skins available which show different amount of info,

and it&#39;s free. ;)

also using this just now, adds another start bar type thing to the side of your desktop which appears when you move your mouse over

desktop sidebar (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3406.html)

[tesco]

only ones i know are to pay but can easily be found on suprnova.

object dock, not sure if this is quite what u meant though.

and desktop x. with this u can add all sorts of cool things to your desktop...like the longhorn dock, os x dock, calenders, the temp, sys monitors, etc.
i have fishies swimming around :) :lol:

[MeDieViL]

i updated the guide but i cnat post it
"to much images"
i dont wonna remove half off them...

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by MeDieViL@21 August 2004 - 15:08
i updated the guide but i cnat post it
"to much images"
i dont wonna remove half off them...
Hi, if you want you could spit it into two halfs, then pm me or send me the second half, as I have the first post after yours I could edit mine and simply use it as a continuation of your guide thus allowing you to post the extra images as they would be spread across two posts, if you get me. Only a thought, pity to waste the work you have done updating it and we can&#39;t view it due to the extra pics :)

[MeDieViL]

ok i pmed the other part

[(>Zero Cool<)]

Originally posted by MeDieViL@21 August 2004 - 15:21
ok i pmed the other part
ok it&#39;s gonna take me a bit of work to get it sorted as I get the final version and not the coded text with the colouring and img linksetc so I&#39;ll need tocopy and paste and mess with it, leave it with me and I&#39;ll sort it...

[MeDieViL]

:P it is the coded text

[MeDieViL]

edit ur post now plz lol

or someone thats good friends with a admin ask him to change the max number of images :P