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West Pond,Parsonsfield, Maine.
"I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE"
Ok, it's a line from a movie but it fits here, I got so frustrated with Windows 7 acting up last night that I killed my Dell laptop, that's right, threw it on the floor, kicked it up against the wall, stomped on it several times, then I threw it out the door onto a concrete walkway,.. and today I beat it with a 32 oz driving hammer just to make sure it was DEAD,...... good riddance !
Windows 7 is a pieces of Microsoft GARBAGE that's made to drive the user INSANE, it almost succeeded to do that to me last night but I fought through it and destroyed that EVIL BITCH !
I've gone back to using XP Pro which actually works even if it is un-supported, my browser does not crash four times in an hour and there is no more annoying pop up windows every two seconds as there was Windows 7.
As for the Dell, sorry Dell but it was just a cheap piece of made in China junk and I'm not going to miss it one little bit !
A more minimalistic Desktop on my Samsung Series 9 15" ultrabook. (1600x900). Windows 7 Home Premium.
I had used xwindows dock for a while, but I got tired of it. I am using rainmeter with google flat style icons for the dock (Icon Launcher Skin). Rainmeter skins used are "First Contest" for the recycle bin and hdd. Also used is a visual style called "Premiere" and a custom icon for the start orb.
Rainmeter skins, wallpaper, visual style taken from respective authors on DeviantArt.
Hover for notes.
Wall : ?
taskbar icons : token white
dock icons : Son of Somatic
Rainmeter Clock : hello-123456.deviantart.com/art/Pricedown-Rainmeter-Clock...
For those of you using Windows7, be careful installing Service Pack 1. It has caused me problems over the last few days resulting in me being absent here on Flickr. I will of course catch up with you all today.
I did a Google search a few minutes ago and it seems that SP1 is troublesome for many people. I have now "hidden" that update and will carry on without it
Taken in 2006 with my first camera, a Sony DSC-P12 compact camera. I had to be quick to get this naughty Gull stealing sugar lumps, and I bet if I was using a dSLR I would have had "the wrong lens on".
I know its not a great photo, (blown highlights in midday sun) but its still a nice capture I suppose :o)
Rainmeter theme: ABP & WP7
I got the wallpaper from wallbase.net
Taskbar icons: browse.deviantart.com/customization/icons/dock/#/d24gow2
Folder icons: browse.deviantart.com/customization/icons/dock/#/d2c0w18
Start orb: browse.deviantart.com/?q=start%20orb&order=9&offs...
Here's something most people don't know about me: as much as I love technology, and follow the latest news from Google, Apple, et al, I actually don't buy gadgets very often. I can't stand spending money needlessly, accumulating crap that I don't know how to get rid of, and, especially, retiring a tool before I've gotten all the value out of it. I just bought my first smartphone this year. And last week, I finally retired my faithful Dell Inspiron B130, which has been my exclusive machine since September 2006.
Now, some of you may scoff. A budget laptop marketed for college students is not the kind of choice you expect from someone who is fairly tech savvy and who uses a computer pretty much 24/7, for work and for play. But after nearly half a decade of constant use, I have nothing but praise for the Little Notebook That Could. Somewhere around here, I've told the tale of how, after I accidentally deleted the boot sector during a botched Linux venture, she miraculously healed herself without the use of a Windows disc or recovery software. I never once had to reinstall the OS, never had to contact Dell support, never had a serious virus or hardware malfunction, never experienced the sluggishness, overheating and physical cruft that my friends have had with their notebooks. Guys, if you take care of your computer, your computer will take care of you.
Nonetheless, the Dell was showing her age. While the very-worn battery and hard drive could probably be replaced, a 1.7 GHz single-core processor just doesn't cut it anymore, especially if you're looking to upgrade to Windows 7. So I've switched to an HP G62x, and after a little over a week of full-time use, I have no regrets. While less mobile than a netbook, and less powerful than, say, a MacBook Pro, these mid-range workhorses can really serve you well as a primary machine, and you can get some surprising deals if you do your homework. I got this thing with half a terabyte of internal storage (no more juggling external drives to watch my movies!) and an ATI Radeon Mobility video card, which, while it wouldn't satisfy a hardcore gamer, has been a real treat for me - not least because it unlocks some Photoshop features that I could never use before. This for under $600. And since I can install up to 8GB of RAM and (someday) an SSD, I'm thinking I can make this one last even longer than its predecessor.
Anyway. This desktop post won't have anything new for the customizers. I'm just marking my switch to a brand new platform. All of my desktops up to this point - throughout all the Lightning Sunset, the browser tinkering, the Rainmeter revival - were done on that little Dell. I'm looking forward to seeing where this new vessel will take me.
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Before I get into my customization details, I have to say, straight off, that Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system. I know I'm a little late to the party here, but it needs to be said. The taskbar is a sheer joy to use. Jump lists are brilliant, especially pinning files, which eliminates the need for a lot of my old hotkeys. The redesigned Windows Explorer is an incredibly sleek, refined application. Networking just works now. And there are so many little touches: if you click and drag down on the title bar of a maximized window, it will restore the window and move it with your cursor, all without lifting the button.
Really, I'd write a whole review of Windows 7 alone, if there weren't already hundreds of them. Suffice to say, I'm no longer embarrassed to be a Windows user. Not that I really was before, but you know how it is - Linux people telling you you're an ignorant slave, Mac people telling you you have no taste. Especially looking at the directions that both OS X and Ubuntu are going these days, I can say with full confidence that Windows 7 is the OS I would choose from a cold start.
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Desktop
Theme:
- Visual Style: Shadow for 7 by krissirk. I tried the big names, including Appows and Shine. But this one just hit the mark. So many VS designers like to add their little frills around the edges, but Shadow is just clean, consistent and simple. The subtle Aero transparency is very professional - it makes Google Chrome look gorgeous, among other things. Just a real quality VS. I doubt it'd be much different if I'd made it myself.
- Wallpaper: Big Sky by Fifty Foot Shadows, one of my favorite wallpaper sources. I'm an incurable romantic, so the fact that this is an actual photograph, when a simple Photoshop gradient would have been just as easy, makes it somehow special to me.
Startups:
- Autohotkey, though Windows 7's built-in features have rendered many of my scripts obsolete. But I'm still using keys for window transparency, text replacement, and the How-To Geek's Alt+Drag script. I've also remapped those app keys along the side of the keyboard to make them more useful - for example, one of them summons Launchy with one press, and another shows/hides my Trillian contact list.
- Launchy. The new Start Menu search, which is really wonderful, has allowed me to streamline Launchy's index a bit. (Which is good, because the current Launchy beta is a real memory leaker, unfortunately. Hoping for a fix soon.)
- 7 Taskbar Tweaker. This thing has a bunch of features, but I use exactly one of them: middle-click to close windows on the taskbar. I used Taskbar Shuffle back in XP to do the same thing, and I still strongly believe that this should be a native function for all taskbar-oriented OSes, especially since it's become a standard in every web browser.
- StartKiller. Removes the start button. I already have one on my keyboard, thankyouverymuch.
- Dropbox. No explanation needed, I think.
- Lightscreen. Very, very handy for taking screenshots - stays out of the way and gets the job done.
- http://www.stereopsis.com/flux. Which Flickr doesn't want to turn into a link, for some reason. Hmph.
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I still haven't figured out what kind of Rainmeter theme I'm going to use on the new OS, and sadly I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to muck around with it. Too busy with work, another side project that moved up about a year ahead of schedule, and some other poorly-timed events... 2011 has been a challenging year thus far. But we'll see where I end up on the currents.
Another Jubilee 30 Damned Desktops :-)
OS: Windows 7 x64 on 2 x 24" Monitor
Wallpaper: Clouds on Goodfon
Rainmeter: Rainmeter 2.3 3 Final
Rainmeter left Monitor: CPU/HDD/GMail/MusicPlayer/Network/RAM/Weather/Date/Time/: LED by White-Baron
Rainmeter right Monitor - Weather 5 Days: Singlepix (pimped)
Rainmeter right Monitor - Weather 1 Day: Transparent Yahoo Weather
Rainmeter right Monitor - Clock/Date/Week : Stellar Time
Windows VS : Glass Onion (pimped)
Windows Start Orb:Red Ribbon Orb
Windows Taskbar Icons: left light and right black Token
Right Taskbar: DisplayFusion 4.0
Windows 7
Visual style: Zune Collection Zune Collection beautiful! There is one black as well and it rocks!
Icons: Blue letter pressed Blue-Letter-Pressed by me.
And Token
CAD: amakrits /amakrits
Rainmeter: Simplesentence 2 Simplesentence mod. & BasicTabs /BasicTabs
The wallpaper here
Mas detalles: Such-Great-Heights
Mira mis pajaros en Ubuntu: Fly
A minimalistic desktop with rainmeter's simplesentance skin
The wallpaper is from www.hdwallpapers.net
This is a repost of my earlier Come Together desktop with Winamp open. I am using the Winamp Cpro plugin with the Cpro Ebonite Skin (at 70% opacity) and the Album List plugin for album art. Aside from that the desktop is the same. I have darkened the windows visual style colour to have it further match the bars and winamp.
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OS: Windows 7.
The top bar is a customised CD Art Display skin called 'Subject Matter' that is compatible with virtually every major desktop resolution.
The left bar was created in photoshop using the CAD skin base image.
The icons on the left bar are Lucid Icons on Rocket Dock
Bottom right of the taskbar is a customised Enigma Rainmeter skin and Winamp tray controls.
The desktop is fairly customisable with plenty of bar space to put plenty of rainmeter configs or whatever else you want.
Here is a zip file I have uploaded containing the customised skins and configs, the dock and tray icons and various resolution wallpapers which I have photoshopped the left bar onto. You can then slip CD Art Display into place. I have also included the clean wallpaper (not bars) and the bar PNG files if you wish to do something yourself. Secondary MediaFire link here if you are unable to access MegaUpload.
I recommend right clicking the CAD skin and pinning to the desktop and locking it onto position so you do not move it around accidentally. Also put the Enigma taskbar configs to 'stay topmost' so they don't fall behind the taskbar when you click on it.
Enjoy, if you need any help just ask.
Looks like Vista ;-)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x 64
Wallpaper: Abstract Background
Rainmeter: 3.0 Beta (r2050)
Rainmeter Clock: Beau
Rainmeter Weather: Singlepix
Rainmeter Audio Player: Vinyl
Rainmeter Calender: Me
Windows VS: Glass Onion
Start Orb: Simple As ABC
Taskbar Icons: Selfmade
I think it started with some bad RAM, spread to the OS, triggered a motherboard failure and numerous blue screens (BSODs). Also had to replace the case fan and the power supply.
Oh, and I lost a day banging my head against a drive problem that turned out to be a bad SATA cable.
It's a biannual ritual for DIY PCers, but I'm good till 2011 at least.
Dedicated to all those apple fanboys...
Foto dedicada a todos mis amiguis Apple-fanboys....
Apple MacBook + Apple Mac OS X + Sun VirtualBox 3.04 + Microsoft Windows 7 Final
Comenté un poco más en el blog: espartha.com/blog/2009/08/27/windows-7-macbook/
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Time elapsed: 304 days
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www.genbeta.com/sistemas-operativos/apple-dara-soporte-a-...
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Posted for Forum use. As adding to productivity for my kind of workflow in Windows 7 that I have in Linux.
With Dexpot for Virtual Workspaces. Having 6-8 apps open on 4 different desktops and a mouse wheel to switch makes for quick work.
And Winroll allows me to right click titlebar and roll up app into titlebar. Also know as shades. Allowing room for other apps that may be behind it.
hope you enjoy this series of desktop background wallpapers.
these images are created for a 1.6:1 aspect ratio. the image resolution is 2560x1600, use a setting such as center or fit if you are using a different resolution.
this series is comprised of images i like and personally use as my desktop background. if there are other images in my stream you'd like to see as backgrounds send me a note.
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We will use policy to support Windows
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Windows 7 build 7100
Rainmeter (HUD.Vision & Enigma)
Foobar200 (Kameleon)
Objectbar (Smoke)
Wallpaper My_Bokeh
hope you enjoy this series of desktop background wallpapers. these images are created for a 1.6:1 aspect ratio. the image resolution is 2560x1600, use a setting such as center or fit if you are using a different resolution.
having dinner with friends at chez papa (chezpapasf.com) the other night, chef gifted us with a little bit of the house cured bacon. this bacon is extremely good, well balanced, delicate flavors and was cooked to perfection. we became acquainted with this bit of pork heaven as a companion to the wild mushroom tart. enjoy the bacon porn ;)
I upgraded the NC10 netbook to Windows 7. I am by no means a Windows fan but so far I am liking Windows 7 on this machine. It seems to run slicker than XP so far. I'll get some apps on there and give it a test drive.
photochallenge.org, 2009 challenge, 54/365, theme: stone
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hope you enjoy this series of desktop background wallpapers.
these images are created for a 1.6:1 aspect ratio. the image resolution is 2560x1600, use a setting such as center or fit if you are using a different resolution. this series is comprised of images i like and personally use as my desktop backgrounds.
Windows 7 işletim sisteminizi sizden başka kimsenin kullanmasını istemiyorsanız parola koyarak güvenlik altına alabilirsiniz. Windows 7’ye nasıl parola koyabilirsiniz?
Windows 7’ye parola koymak için;
Öncelikle başlattan denetim masasına giriş yapın.
Denetim masasından kullanıcı hesapları ve ail...
My first attempt at a Windows (Ga/Wi)dget! Totally a Rainmeter (http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/legacy.html) ripoff, but that's what I was going for: simple, pretty and text-based.
Windows 7
Visual style JONGHYUNPARK
Iconos:
Wallpaper:
Aun no recuerdo de donde lo saque.
CAD:
Rainmeter Simplesentence2 mod by me. & BasicTabs
Avepreview: APPOWS work
Cualquier comentario o pregunta...
Wall: ¿?
Iconos del dock : browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&...
Rainmeter Clock : murasaki55.deviantart.com/art/Night-Shade-Clock-150267470...
Iconos de la barra de tareas : brsev.deviantart.com/art/Token-128429570?q=boost%3Apopula...
A simple Rainmeter-based desktop.
Sonic 2 HD Wallpaper - www.s2hd.sonicretro.org
APPOWS2010 - neiio.deviantart.com/art/APPOWS2010-Rainmeter-159386767
10-Foot HUD YBoris edit - yboris.deviantart.com/art/10-Foot-HUD-YBoris-edit-105201352
Taskbar Hider - prisoner7.deviantart.com/art/Taskbar-Hider-162620804
Start Killer - www.tordex.com/startkiller/index.html
Any Suggestions? :D