My Desktop (Warning:Pictures are allowed!)

[Missing the point]

This is what my esktop looks like. I am kjust wondering what everyones is like? My brother is the one that decides on the background for it.


http://www.angelfire.com/me2/experimentplace/Desktop.jpg


BTW: Feel free to post any pictures here. This is a thread for people who don't mind pictures.....

[OuTpaTienT]

And mine. (Even though mine changes practically on a daily basis...this is what it looks like currently.)

http://members.home.net/dcowger/desktop.jpg

[seti]

Ha, lucid? Nah, I just streamline my Start menu for my likeing.

http://members.home.net/cam-t/desktop.jpg

[Mntsnow]

I keep mine pretty clean (sans icons)

http://www.mntsnow.com/images/desktop.jpg

Mntsnow
*dang ubb code http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif*

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[nuclear]

well guys heres my good ole desktop!

http://www.weedwarez.com/images/desktop.jpg

Fatal Eclipse

[jonathankeeping]

Just installed Win2K (again!!!) so it looks a bit bare...
http://www.runtimes.co.uk/Desktop.jpg

Oops... forgot URL's are case-sensitive!!!

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[bdog]

You wouldn't happen to be a warez fan would you Nuclear?

[jonathankeeping]

LOL, I was just thinking that!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Wiz]

guys, check where nuclear is getting his image from... lol

Here is mine

http://www.geocities.com/hp6470z_2000/back.jpg

[AuraEdge]

Heres mine!!
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/8743/Desktop.jpg

Another Digital Blasphemy wonder!
I liked other ones better, but I hadda get a darker wallpaper for my transparent text...the text backing looks so cheesy on my screen.

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[smokin1]

Here's mine, changes day to day..
http://members.home.net/smokin1/dt.jpg
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif



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[Wiz]

Aura, the screeching weasels are awesome!!

[nuclear]

yeah guys actually i am. and the link to my picture, well thats is my domain. pretty neat huh?

[bdog]

Awesome desktop Auraedge. Where did you get that themefor the task bar? Oh yeah , Sevendust rocks! I saw them in concert a couple of weeks ago. I got knocked down and trampled in the pit a little but it was worth it.

[smokin1]

It's called window blinds....
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[seti]

The mac aqua theme for Windows Blinds is SOOOOOOO Slick!!! I don't know how easy it to get it anymore though....Mac threatend to sue.

[2canSAM]

Ok the little cow head icon in most of your task bars. What program does this represent. Also what about the little tempature gauge what program it that?

[Smokey]

The cow icon is the distributed.net client.

For more information you could go to:

http://www.distributed.net
http://www.sysopt.com/rc5team.html

[chipbgt]

so I am the only one with a black background and 3 icons (recycle bin, my computer and network)? Keep it simple baby. Dont need none of that clutter.

[user name]

See mine
Here (http://sites.netscape.net/sled/desk.jpg)
Notice no text or boxes.

[Joel Kleppinger]

Changed the background a couple weeks back. I see I'm not the only one to pull from www.digitalblasphemy.com (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com) However, it does look as though I'm the lone 1600x1200 user posting. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Since the image is so big (400k), here's a link to the desktop pic (http://home.earthlink.net/~jkleppinger/mydesktop.jpg) instead.

Oh, and some things have been slightly altered to protect either others privacy or my own. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

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[bdog]

Here is mine. I like to keep it uncluttered. http://members.odyssey1.net/brandon/desk.jpg

[OuTpaTienT]

Well, I've changed already. Couldn't help but drool
over these Lamborghini pics I stumbled across, so
now they're wallpaper for week or so.

http://members.home.net/dcowger/diablodesk.jpg

[noresull]

these are all cool desktops! I want to show you all mine, but I don't have access to a webpage to send it to. Can somebody help me out?

Thanks
John

[Mntsnow]

Email it to me John and I will post it for you http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[noresull]

Mntsnow,

YGM, thanks, I appreciate it!

John

[Mntsnow]

This is Noresull's desktop
http://www.mntsnow.com/junk/johnsdesktop.jpg

Mntsnow

[noresull]

It's kinda plain, but to the point!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

John

[AuraEdge]

Windowblinds can be a pain sometimes, but im a skin freak like that...The skin im using has a minimize to titlebar (the updown arrow thing on the title bars), and a 'always on top' tab (the little pin thing). The pin is very useful at times.

The desktop is curtousy of www.digitalblasphemy.com (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com)

My fav background is mountainsnow, from www.visualparadox.com. (http://www.visualparadox.com.) Great image, but theres....well snow, so it doesnt mesh well with my background.

Windowblinds and Iconpackager (I didnt have Iconpackager on in that one, but I do now, skins Icons for ya) curtousy of www.stardock.com (http://www.stardock.com)

Winamp skin....curtousy of who knows.

Bdog - Sevendust is one of my fav bands, if not my favorite. Trampled in the pit? Get usta it! People who go to Blink concerts and crowdsurf wear BIG boots, and one or two or fifteen of those boot's heels end up on your face somehow...Im kinda weird with my Music tastes..either real hard or real soft.
The Temp Guage is called motherboard monitor, although I dont know the website offhand. (my systems a little toasty..)

[oxOGradiusOxo]

http://www.virtualtrends.com/gradius/snap.jpg

*sighs*

[Kookstick]

Outpatient, or anyone else- I think all of you desktops are alot cooler than mine. I need to spice it up a bit and was wondering how you get your icons along the sides like in outpatients desktop. About the only thing I can figure out is getting the taskbar on the top. Thanks http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Toadman]

Outpatient those lambo's were to die for(drool), until I saw Oxo's... oh my.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Warthog]

Hey Joel, I like the music you have shown on your desktop. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[noresull]

Hey user name, is that an active desktop? I have see thru Captions, but it doesn't work for these cool backgrounds because of the fact they use active desktop.

Let me know how you do it.

John

[chipbgt]

Gradius,

whoa.

he he.

what is that from?

[mgordon99]

Mine is kinda boring, shrunk it down a little to fit the screen. My resolution is set at 1280x1024. http://www.zbzoom.net/~mgordon/desktop.jpg

[Joel Kleppinger]

Kookstick - just drag your toolbar in the taskbar (the one usually between the Start button and the open programs - as on mine) into the far right side. Then just drag programs into it as you wish, etc. It's an easy way to have one-click access to a lot of stuff.

Gradius - dig the mp3s. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif All Star United is among my top 10 artists... here's the list (ordered):

dc Talk
FFH
Considering Lily
Sonicflood
All Star United
Avalon
Newsong
Two or More
Geoff Moore & the Distance
Michael Sweet

They're the last group on the list whose CD I would buy before hearing any of the music on it. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Just did that for the new FFH CD - haven't regretted it yet. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Every song is now an mp3 (rare for most albums - I only mp3 stuff I like). Speaking of All Star United.... just popped up on my playlist right before I hit "Submit" http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog - only the best. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif I'm a music freak - I enjoy pop, rock, rap, ska, alternative, celtic/Irish pop/rock, instrumental rock... basically any style except metal, classical, and country. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[user name]

john i use a program like that called invisible (http://www.mindbeat.com/invisi.shtml)
then rename all the files by holding alt key and typing 0160 and release alt key. in win 95 you must repeat 0160 multiplying with each file alt0160alt,alt0160alt... in 98se it's not necessary to repeat. it is not active desktop.

[Kookstick]

Joel- Thank you, I've got it figured out now.You're right, it is much easier this way. Bye

[OuTpaTienT]

haha! Hey Joel, if we ever meet in person I'd like to buy you a brew. In fact I'll buy the rounds all night...just stay away from the juke box. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif j/k of course It's just that our musical taste are almost exact polar opposites, 'cept for our mutual dislike of country. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/icons/icon14.gif

I enjoy classical, but not so much the popular tunes that everyone knows, I prefer obscure or unknown pieces. Especially love a well executed violin concerto.

And if it ain't that, then I'm usually banging my head to Pantera or Megadeth or Slayer or Godsmack or Soundgarden or my personal favorite band, Badlands.

I like Jewel also, but mainly because I'm totally in love with her (& her voice).

- http://www.norcov.com/~donc/tounge.gif uTpaTienT

[SysOpt]

http://qs3.pair.com/swdesktop.jpg

I find it to be inspiring http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif. Course, also makes me want to get out and ride instead of sitting here http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif.

[SysOpt]

OuTpaTienT: what's your favorite classical? I like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and his Piano Concerto #5 (Emperor). The Moonlight is the only piece I can play entirely (from memory). I have a Midi I recorded if anyone wants a listen <g>.

Scott

[Faramir]

oxOGradiusOxo-- you a Royo fan or just of that painting?

[tangluva]

I never knew you could actually customize Windows like that. You have all inspired me to customize mine!

[skywalker[TSG]]

this is my desktop
hmm i wonder if the link works http://www.sofiakolan.stockholm.se/~stefan.fagerholm/dump.jpg

[narayan]

Mntsnow, would you post my desktop for me? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[oxOGradiusOxo]

[chip] I got the picture @ http://www.3dpalette.com/ Check out their POTD gallery. They have some VERY talented artists' artwork there.

[Joel] I didn't know you listened to many christian bands. very nice... here are just a few christian bands (out of the 110 cds I own) I listen to regularly:

Grammatrain
Pete Stewart
Dc Talk (love their Freak Show CD)
Audio Adrenaline
Skillet
Supertones
Plumb
Newsboys
Miss Angie
Rebecca St. James

I'm hoping to go see Audio Adrenaline in concert soon. I saw DC TALK in Raleigh, NC @ House Party 99 (jars of clay and delirous were there) Walnut Creek theater exploded when DC TALK came out. I had the best time, and met a few cool friends.

[chipbgt]

I like the tip on renaming the icons so they are blank, any way to do it with the recycle bin? It wont let me simply rename it (win2k) and I would like to do it without any programs if possible http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Scott, are you trying to impress up by how many windows you have open on your taskbar http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[seti]

Uh oh, Scott is a roadie. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[jonathankeeping]

Here's my real desktop... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

http://www.runtimes.co.uk/Desktop2.jpg

[Mntsnow]

Nayaran, YGM http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif and anybody else that doesnt have a website feel free to email the pic to me and I will host it for a week or so (until the thread dies). Prefer that you send it in jpg format instead of bmp for space considerations http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[Joel Kleppinger]

Actually, chipbgt, both Scott and I usually run a LOT of programs simultaneously. My having at least 10 windows open is my basic use - having 20+ windows open happens pretty regularly. If it weren't for pathetic resource stack sizes of Win9x, I could do better... oh for Win2k. The only reason my pic didn't reflect that is that I had just rebooted.

[JeffD78]

How do you make the hilight for the writing below the icons transparent? Do you use a program of some sort? If so, where do I get it?

[psyklone]

well, here goes. this is what my systems at work have on the desktop ...
http://www.cyberwedgie.com/desk.jpg

woops! sorry joel, didn't even think about it. all better now! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by psyklone (edited 03-20-2000).]

[Joel Kleppinger]

psyclone, think .jpg, not .bmp. That's a 1.4MB file... it would be less than 300k if you saved it as a jpg

[Mntsnow]

Here is Warthog's desktop http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
http://www.mntsnow.com/junk/warthog_desktop.jpg

Mntsnow

[seti]

JeffD78

When I remember, I use transparent 4.2 (http://www.bit-net.com/~jadamg/transparent/Transparent42.zip).

It's small and simple if you read the readme

[grandslammer]

Then just take the image you want to show on your desktop. Make a copy of it, but save it as a .bmp, and you won't have to use the activew desktop. Saves memory and power using .bmp's too.

MIke

[user name]

chipbgt I had to use tweekui to rename the recycle bin. I'm not aware of another way sorry. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
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[SysOpt]

Roadie all the way, baby! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[OuTpaTienT]

hmmm, is there a way to not have the the recycle bin show on the desktop?
I know you can use TweakUI to remove it, but if you're using TweakUI then
you could just rename the recycle bin. But if there is a way to remove the
icon from the desktop, then you could just make a shortcut to the recycle bin
and be able to name that shortcut whatever you want. And a shortcut to the
recycle bin acts as if it were the recycle bin, it let's you right-click to
empty it and all that jazz.

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[seti]

I played around a bit;

http://members.home.net/cam-t/desktopb.jpg

[smokin1]

OuTpaTienT
To "remove" the recycle bin I use
Winboost (http://www.magellass.com/)
it also can remove my computer and network neighbourhood
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[user name]

Looks good seti.
Man I wish I had cable or dsl this takes forever to load.
Thanks for the link Smokin1

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[Warthog]

I'm a Christian music fan myself. DC Talk is one of my favorites.

The bands I listen to:

DC Talk (Supernatural and Freak Show)
Newsboys (Step Up To The Microphone)
The World Wide Message Tribe (it's a UK band)
Audio Adrenaline
Delirious (fav song is Revival Town)
...can't think of anymore

I'm a little into classical music but not much. The soundtrack to Last of the Mohicans is the best.

Good to find some fellow computer geeks with the same music taste as me (quite rare). http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[SysOpt]

chipbgt: naw, actually that's about half as many windows as I normally have open.. glad I just installed Win2k. Win98 didn't have the resources for my work habits http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif.

[Glytzhkof]

What's up with this "cow icon" in everybody's system tray?

[Mntsnow]

Go back to the first page and it's all explained there http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow
ps. in short it's the RC5 cracking client icon http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mntsnow]

Here is one from Narayan,
http://www.mntsnow.com/junk/mizerski.jpg

Mntsnow
*edit for screw in UBB code* and "owners" name http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[narayan]

Mizerski aka narayan. Thanks Mntsnow!

[Mntsnow]

LOL Thanks for clairifying that for me http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[noresull]

Say, how do you change a file from bitmap to Jpeg, or the other way around?

John

[Mntsnow]

The easiest way and the best is to open the BMP file in a photo editor that can also save the file as a JPG file as well as many others. There is tons of freeware and shareware and of course full-blown photo editors such as Adobe Photoshop that will cost you an arm and a leg http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif or http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif depending on your wallet!

Mntsnow

[seti]

There's always photoshop 5.5 lite. 'bout $99. I don't know what features they droped with that one. At that price paintshop pro could be a better choice anyway.

[Mntsnow]

LOL seti http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif I was just trying to show the two extreme's. The cheap cheap to the expensive expensive http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I do have an use both paintshop pro (version5) and also photoshop 5.5. for quick and easy stuff I use psp or even Ulead's photoimpact 5.0 (love this program over psp and it's usually found cheaper too).

Mntsnow

[chipbgt]

Can anyone tell me how to set up tweakui on win2k? I didnt know where to place the files. thanks...everyones desktops look cool, I especialliy likes seti's..how did you get the transparent windows? Thats one program I might add!

Nevermind, figgered out tweakui. but still would like the program from seti.

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[Dwazzue]

ok had to do it my desktop. Plane jane but i like it.
http://www.s-t-s.net/images/desktop.jpg

Dwazzue

[user name]

To clear text boxes use Invisible (http://www.mindbeat.com/invisi.shtml) it's free. To delete text see my other post.

[SysOpt]

Dwazzue: please pick one and delete the other. This thread is too large as it is for each of us to be posting desktops from each of our OS's.

Scott

[neo_otyugh]

http://users.ev1.net/~neo_otyugh/screen.jpg

[Spanky]

Some good desktops.

But I can't belive none of you guys are using Litestep or one of the other shell replacements. I have been using litestep for over 2 years. This is actually an older version then the one you can get now.

Thats a cut away drawing in the back ground of a Zero.

Notice the side bar with everything I need fast. You can have it stay out like that or slide back into nothing like a start bar at the bottom. ( I run it sliding )

Starting from the top they are, System stuff like config panel and shut down menu. Then time and date with a sysc to online atomic clocks. Web stuff like IE4, Get right And icq. Graphics like PSP6 and 3DsMax r3.1. Then all the stuff that goes along with the ww2 sim Fighter squadron. Then that overflowng box is my drives, A,C,CD-rom, Burner. The last one is the task manager its like your start bar which holds all your minimized apps. You hover your cursor over them to see what each one is. And you right click on it to change pages if you have more then 9 things open.
The start bar that pops up with a right click on the desktop or side bar if the desktop is covered or with the windows key. Its plenty fast and I can't use normal windows anymore. I get lost and it feels too slow and cluttered.

http://www.thot.net/~verge/showoff/desktop.jpg

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[Sage]

nuclear

Can you send your desktop. My ICQ is 34463972.

How did you guys get all those great pictures.

[ablang]

Here is what my desktop looks like. It is simple and combines my two favorite loves: Shania Twain and C&C: Red Alert. Check it out!
http://ablang.tripod.com/AblangDesktop03-2000.jpg
<IMG SRC=http://ablang.tripod.com/AblangDesktop03-2000.jpg>

[daveb]

Kind of a late entry to this discussion. Oh well...

This is the desktop of my Sony VAIO PictureBook PCG-C1X. The resolution is 1024x480 on the internal LCD. I created the wallpaper entirely in Photoshop.

Image size: 133KB
http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~daveb/misc/PCG-C1X_Desktop.jpg

Dave

Image and contents Copyright (C) 2000, all rights reserved.

[Morpheus1964]

If I don't sound to stupid, I'd like to ask exactly how all of you got those desktop shots? Does it copy to the clipboard if you hit PrtScrn? If so, how do you retrieve the image?

[seti]

Ctrl + v (paste) into any graphics program.

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[daveb]

Yes, in Windows, the Print Screen key takes a snapshot of whatever is on the screen at the time. If you press Alt-Print Screen, it captures only the active window.

Once it's captured, you can use the Paint accessory that's included with Windows or any other graphics program you may have.

You then save the file, preferably as a JPEG image to conserve space and save download time, and upload it to someplace online.

Dave

[Morpheus1964]

Yeah, that all kinda struck me about twenty minutes ago after coffee finally lubed up the noodle a little so the gears could turn again <g> .... now that I think I've got it all figured out let's try this....

http://baux.dyndns.org/~alice/dsktop.jpg

so let's pray this worked like I think it's going to <g> .... thanks for the replies guys!

-M

[Guardian]

Sorry for sound ing so stupid, but I would like to post my desktop and I'm not sure how I go about doing that?

[Dune]

Although I would love to post my desktop, I realize that it would be edited in a minute and therefore it would not be worth my time.

[jad1097]

Well I guess I will try to post this again! It just disapeared for some reason!
First you need a webpage/webspace. If you do not have one you can get one @ www.geocities.com (http://www.geocities.com)
You will then need to upload a pic there and link to it useing the UBB code.
Next you could read about UBB code here. (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/ubbcode.html)

To see how someone else does it click the http://www.sysopt.com/forum/edit.gif above their post.


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[somms]

http://free.prohosting.com/~electech/Clipboard.jpg

[Techie Dude]

Anyone else run is 1600x1200? I use this all the time!

I NEED SPACE !!!!!

How do I insert a pic here?

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[Missing the point]

put ["img"]Picture URL[/"img]

But without the "'s, I just did that to make it so there is not a pic with an X or whatever

[jl123]

What are some of those utilities that you guys use to costomize your desktops???

Oh and really cool desktops guys! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel

[M_Six]

Hey Aura (and everybody else),
Check out this site for Sub-Desktop and GT Ripple. They go great with Ryan's stuff from Digital Blasphemy. No more cheesy icon backgrounds.
http://www.pnc.com.au/~garethth/

[Techie Dude]

http://www.phoenix.theantcolony.com/Capture-08-01-0001.jpg

HA HA !............IT WORKS! Thanks MTP.

OMG, It`s Big (as my girlfriend once said!) LOL!


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[wtp]

http://www.geocities.com/phrackchronicles/image1.jpg

that's my destop, it's tight! Plain too, and i have the Wick3d logo.

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[M_Six]

Here's a shot of my desktop with SubDesktop running.

http://webhost.bridgew.edu/m6johnson/desktop3.jpg

I have 30+ wallpaper images that change every five minutes using WallMaster. Thanks to digitalblasphemy.com for the images.