The TBCS member's Wallpaper Thread [Archive]

Omega

12-23-2006, 11:12 PM

lol

Omega, you have a thing for anime chicks holding eachother don't you?

Hey its okay, so do I. ;)

You should of titled it "2007 Desktop Thread" or something like that. But it works I guess.

*blip*

Actually the fact that my last two wallpapers have both been anime chicks holding each other has been coincidence. It is no coincidence, however, that my wallpaper is where they are located.

Most of my anime pictures are actually less NSFW than my last two -- and they're mostly NGE or Ah! Megami-Sama.

EDIT: Oh, and SnowFire, If you want, I can give you a few good resources for ecchi-type wallpapers and images in general, PM me if you want 'em.

Mitternacht

12-23-2006, 11:25 PM

Let me guess, 4chan?
Edit: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/desktop-2.jpg

Omega

12-24-2006, 12:16 AM

Let me guess, 4chan?
Edit: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/desktop-2.jpg

4chan is only one of the places. /e/, /w/, and /wg/ are all pretty good imageboards for non-blatant pornography and general stuff.

Another place I like is Danbooru. I forget the exact URL, but all I have to do is type in "Danbooru" into the address bar anways.

EDIT: I think I'll change my wallpaper to something less generic though... like Asuna!

The only problem with Danbooru is that it's down daily and sometimes you get 503'd on images. Just wait a few minutes, then the 503's clear up.

JacobS

12-24-2006, 12:37 AM

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/331489013_33e86efe27_o.jpg
I did this in photoshop

Omega

12-25-2006, 06:52 PM

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6338/untitled1dz1.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1dz1.jpg)

Current wallpaper, aw yeah.

b4i7

12-25-2006, 08:23 PM

i miss my /ws/ backgrounds....i lost all mine in a hdd crash

my favorite was my excuse me wtf are you doing of the t rex upside down

Omega

12-25-2006, 09:35 PM

i miss my /ws/ backgrounds....i lost all mine in a hdd crash

my favorite was my excuse me wtf are you doing of the t rex upside down

haha, that sounds great

Yeah, I lost a lot of stuff in the great HDD crash of early '06. Mostly Wallpapers and pr0n. I recovered all my music =D

ESX

12-26-2006, 02:19 AM

Mine is still the same :D
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8079/desktoptb7.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktoptb7.jpg)

Aero

12-26-2006, 02:21 AM

haha, that sounds great

Yeah, I lost a lot of stuff in the great HDD crash of early '06. Mostly Wallpapers and pr0n. I recovered all my music =D

I remeber when my 20 gig protable HDD/Mp3 player died...I lost soooo much music
<_<
>_>

Then I bought a laptop to IDE converter...and lost the HDD >_<

I'll post a pic later, I'm kinda lazy to take a screen shot now.

ESX

12-26-2006, 03:53 AM

I remeber when my 20 gig protable HDD/Mp3 player died...I lost soooo much music
<_<
>_>

Then I bought a laptop to IDE converter...and lost the HDD >_<

I'll post a pic later, I'm kinda lazy to take a screen shot now.
Damn, you just reminded me to move all my music from the old HD.
Curse you one-ide-cable-motherboard!

ESX

12-26-2006, 10:29 AM

You look sleepy :P

Aero

12-26-2006, 02:29 PM

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1767/desktopsh5.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopsh5.jpg)

This is my work pc. I know it's doubled, I run a dual-display here at work, so it looks doubled. That is my wife in her 39th week. We had just woke up, instead of me sleeping in, I did a breakfast in bed type o thing.. She was happy so she took a pic. :) Be nice, remember, she is pregnant. lol

-Jeremy

AWWWWW... aren't they cute ;).

Hey, I'm jelous that you get a dual display at work. Lucky bastard.

nil8

12-26-2006, 03:52 PM

Mine hasn't changed much. It's still Alexis from Suicide Girls. It's a picture I can't post on this forum due to nudity.

DaveW

12-26-2006, 07:05 PM

I'm running ESX's wallpaper that i havn't put up yet. It's really good, very classy.

Go look in the Wallpapers section in a few minutes to get a copy. ESX, i will love you forever if you make a 2560*1024 version by splitting the text onto the right and leaving the logo where it is...or whatever, you're the designer man. It's doubled on my twin monitors and i really like it.

-Dave

Slug Toy

12-26-2006, 07:10 PM

thanks for reminding me about this. i promised a couple more desktops a few weeks ago didnt i? damn christmas... getting in the way of photoshopping.

DaveW

12-26-2006, 07:22 PM

I have 2 for widescreen laptops on my desktop. I can't remember who sent me them. Snowfire, it might have been. I'd have posted them but i was busy.

EDIT: Claim them as your own, if they're yours, so i can host them.

-Dave

DaveW

12-26-2006, 07:39 PM

Found the me old e-mails, they were from ScottY.

-Dave

slytherock

12-26-2006, 07:42 PM

And they are nice!!! I made them my wallpaper already
Thx

Sly

DaveW

12-26-2006, 07:48 PM

:D Good to know! I was kinda worried i was the only guy running a TBCS wallpaper...then again i think these are from his site... ;)

-Dave

Slug Toy

12-26-2006, 07:53 PM

heck, im still running my old quake-style TBCS background. im working on the "new" ones as we speak. ive figured out a few other good tricks too.

DaveW

12-26-2006, 07:56 PM

Nice stuff! Looking forward to it. We've got some good backgrounds in there.

-Dave

Omega

12-26-2006, 09:24 PM

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/698/newbitmapimagetl7.th.jpg (http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newbitmapimagetl7.jpg)

Nothing special, just the album art for Iced Earth's "The Dark Saga" (duh)

Enjoy.

KIKIRIKI

12-27-2006, 02:34 AM

http://img404.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopun3.jpg

Always make my own backgrounds, hope there's some eve fans out there :)

ESX

12-27-2006, 03:31 PM

ZOMGWTFNEW wallpaper!
Look @ my sig for details, it'll be there until dave approves it :P

DaveW

12-27-2006, 05:12 PM

Hell, i approve. Hey, ESX, i have a...special job for you. ;)

I'll PM you about it.

-Dave

DaveW

12-27-2006, 05:27 PM

ESX's second wallpaper is now hosted here at TBCS. Pop over to the wallpaper thread and take a look at our lovely gallery!

-Dave

jdbnsn

12-27-2006, 06:02 PM

ESX has been turning out some pimpin' wallpapers!

ESX

12-27-2006, 06:11 PM

Thanks! More are coming soon! (Ima try to make one New Year flava!)

docturtle

12-27-2006, 06:14 PM

These new ones are great esx!

ESX

12-29-2006, 04:34 PM

Not exactly new year flava, but OMGROFL new wallpaper! Check sig for details ^_^

SgtM

12-29-2006, 04:52 PM

Here's mine.. taken today

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/sgtm_usmc/screenshot.jpg

samurai_crip

12-29-2006, 05:22 PM

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/7746/desktopnew07hz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

LiTHiUM0XiD3

12-29-2006, 06:44 PM

jdbnsn

12-29-2006, 07:23 PM

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/jdbnsn/TBCS/tbcsdt-1.jpg

samurai_crip

12-29-2006, 07:26 PM

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/sketchymodder/mydesktop.jpg
theres my setup
lolz altho u see only one screen i have 2
i just cut the other one out lolz
srry if its toooo big
800x600 looks small on a screen set to 1600x1200 lolz

IS that vista ??? or is it just XP if its a theme do you mind telling me what it is ??? and were i realy like it :D

ESX

12-29-2006, 07:30 PM

As far as I can tell, that is vista.

SgtM

12-29-2006, 07:37 PM

It looks like Vista to me too, but there is a skin available.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5594

Be careful if you install it though, some people have reported that it's very buggy.

LiTHiUM0XiD3

12-29-2006, 08:42 PM

its a vista skin kinda thing i got it from www.demonoid.com its called the vista transformation pack 4.0 u need that and u need window blinds so u can have the trans effect.... i had vista but got rid of that POS excuse fer a OS right quick...... liked the looks so i went searchin fer the most genuine lookin skin :D

samurai_crip

12-30-2006, 07:08 AM

Zomg i cant download it :(

LiTHiUM0XiD3

12-30-2006, 01:42 PM

hey ESX u wanna make me a copy of the TBCS wallpaper2 but in a 1280x800 format???
that wide one u made is rly distorted on my widescreen lappy

ESX

12-30-2006, 02:18 PM

Send me a PM about it please, currently busy with stage 1 of my mod.

DaJe

12-31-2006, 09:53 PM

Here's my wallpaper

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/moon/moonthumbnail.jpg (http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/moon/moon2.jpg)

And a screenshot of my desktop

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/mythumbnail.jpg (http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/mydesktop.jpg)

Click a thumbnail to view the full image

sirkillalot617

01-01-2007, 09:23 AM

heres what iv got as my background its simple and what my mods based on :D

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/sirkillalot617/Wallpaper_fire_dragon_remixSmall.jpg

leprosy

01-01-2007, 02:49 PM

thats my current desktop, along with whats in my garage, jk, i wish haha
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1936/desktop0107vx3.jpg

SgtM

01-01-2007, 03:00 PM

updated:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/sgtm_usmc/screenshot_fire.jpg

Omega

01-01-2007, 03:21 PM

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/5271/newbitmapimagerz0.th.jpg (http://img486.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newbitmapimagerz0.jpg)

I made the WP last night.

DaJe

01-01-2007, 05:00 PM

heres what iv got as my background its simple and what my mods based on :D

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/sirkillalot617/Wallpaper_fire_dragon_remixSmall.jpg

Heh, I just happened to find the full sized 1280x1024 version of that for someone on IGN a few days ago.

Omega

01-02-2007, 08:08 PM

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/8009New Bitmap Image.JPG (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/8009New Bitmap Image.JPG)

Updated recently. Found this on /wp/ on 7chan.

Mitternacht

01-02-2007, 08:15 PM

Meh, I have the quick, 5-minute photoshop job as a background. Still looks good imo.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/swirl.png

ESX

01-03-2007, 01:36 AM

Meh, I have the quick, 5-minute photoshop job as a background. Still looks good imo.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/swirl.png
A lil bit too bright for my eyes :)
Thats why I always go with dark backgrounds

CanaBalistic

01-03-2007, 01:39 AM

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/WP-007.jpg

Made it last night.

samurai_crip

01-04-2007, 03:05 AM

finally got a decent vista theme :D

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5047/desktopdg0.jpg

b4i7

01-04-2007, 03:28 AM

haha mega...ive had that for forever...the doom3 paper....i used to have a doom rainmeter theme...gimme a sec and ill post it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/walpaperscreenies/doom3screen.jpg

nil8

01-04-2007, 10:52 AM

Doom3 was so much better than F.E.A.R.

I went with the oblivion wallpaper that Durrthock found. It's of Aylied ruins.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/939/wpvt9.th.jpg (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wpvt9.jpg)

SgtM

01-04-2007, 10:57 AM

finally got a decent vista theme :D

me too.. tee hee.. ;)

samurai_crip

01-04-2007, 05:58 PM

me too.. tee hee.. ;)

Dude just ditched my Theme posted above and got WinX its the don love it :D
its awsome :D:up:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8642/untitledpp3.jpg

Omega

01-04-2007, 06:04 PM

I don't get why people use themes for windows D=

As you all can probably see, my windows looks like 98 or 2k but it's actaully XP =/

SgtM

01-04-2007, 08:12 PM

The latest..

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/sgtm_usmc/vista_desktop.jpg

b4i7

01-05-2007, 01:10 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/walpaperscreenies/1167777718615.jpg

mine.....i know....its very complex

luciusad2004

01-05-2007, 02:08 AM

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/screenshots/litestepdesktop.jpg

Xp running litestep. I dont really remember were i found that background. Any way... you can get some gorgeous themes for litestep if you look for them, I feel it runs slower than the explorer shell though. It also seems to depend on what theme i'm using. Maybe its just me.

On another note... l'm so used to my mac that it took me forever to figure out how to get a screen capture in windows lol. Forgot that i had to paste the image in to something like paint.

slytherock

01-05-2007, 04:50 PM

I saw something in the sky last night...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/slytherock/thbcsly.jpg?t=1168030141"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/slytherock/thbcsly.jpg?t=1168030141
sorry not full res... Damn photobucket

SgtM

01-05-2007, 05:30 PM

Indybird

01-05-2007, 10:35 PM

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/Indybird/screenie2.jpg
Yay! heres mine :dead:
By the way, anybody else here love Porsches?:banana:

Mitternacht

01-05-2007, 11:01 PM

Yo yo yo I do loves 'da Porsche

[/gangsta]

Ah-erm, that toolbar on the left side, what is that?

SgtM

01-05-2007, 11:09 PM

Yo yo yo I do loves 'da Porsche

[/gangsta]

Ah-erm, that toolbar on the left side, what is that?

Looks like object dock (or star dock) to me.
http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Mitternacht

01-05-2007, 11:18 PM

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/dragondesktop.png

SgtM

01-05-2007, 11:21 PM

is that a skin or the real thing?

Mitternacht

01-05-2007, 11:31 PM

is that a skin or the real thing?

Unfortunately, its just the skin. I'd have Vista if I had a DVD burner.
I see you have Vista.

SgtM

01-05-2007, 11:39 PM

Yeah, it isn't bad. Are you going to install it on a separate drive? If so, then you can just use daemon tools to load the iso, and then tell it where to install. I didn't feel like using a DVD when I installed, so that's what I did.

Mitternacht

01-05-2007, 11:45 PM

Mitternacht

01-05-2007, 11:56 PM

Where do I find the Vista beta?

armadilloben

01-06-2007, 12:30 AM

i would give it (im im the beta) but im willing to bet (since i didnt read the eula) its probaly illegal to distribute it and since i dont have the $ to back up a lawsuit like that so it isnt coming from me

sry ma friend

Aero

01-06-2007, 02:58 AM

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/screenshots/litestepdesktop.jpg

Xp running litestep. I dont really remember were i found that background. Any way... you can get some gorgeous themes for litestep if you look for them, I feel it runs slower than the explorer shell though. It also seems to depend on what theme i'm using. Maybe its just me.

must be your theme. I'm running lightstep on 2 PC's and it boots up a thousand times faster than explorer. Of course I'm just using a simple Mac like interface, so about nothing has to load.

ESX

01-06-2007, 04:01 AM

Aero

01-06-2007, 04:09 AM

I've used it before, but didnt like it much. And you mean litestep :)

psssh, yeah. Its been a long day.

Indybird

01-06-2007, 04:11 PM

Its y'zdock. And I wouldn't recommend getting it. For some reason I haven't gotten rid of it yet...

luciusad2004

01-06-2007, 07:30 PM

must be your theme. I'm running lightstep on 2 PC's and it boots up a thousand times faster than explorer. Of course I'm just using a simple Mac like interface, so about nothing has to load.

Its not the boot times that take a while its when i right click to bring up the program menu and whatnot, it takes a while for all of that to load. But like you said its most likely my theme because when i use the default theme it usually runs pretty fast.

ps: If you have a link to that Mac interface could u pm it to me? Don't go out of your way to find it if you don't have it on hand though, thanks :)

.Maleficus.

01-06-2007, 07:44 PM

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l257/andypwnsall/screenshot.jpg

There you go.

Scotty

01-06-2007, 08:12 PM

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1869/mywallpaperka5.png

My current one, found it on DeviantArt, all photoshop work, tis sexy.

tybrenis

01-06-2007, 08:21 PM

Scotty my boy, where've you been?

Slug Toy

01-06-2007, 08:55 PM

wow, that phoenix is something else. i can see what they did with it... i can pick out some wind, radial blurs, lots of brushing, and probably a lot of blending options and other things that you dont know until you experiment. i would imagine that one took forever to do.

Indybird

01-07-2007, 01:15 AM

Can you give me a link to that phoenix picture?
Thanx,
Indybird

Scotty

01-07-2007, 05:31 AM

Here on DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10789155/?&q=evoke+the+fire+within&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5)

xmastree

01-13-2007, 11:21 AM

Somebody say wallpaper?

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/5087Screenshot.png (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/5087Screenshot.png)

AJ@PR

02-11-2007, 10:27 AM

Somebody say wallpaper?
w00t w00t :santa:
Yeah... :)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o196/45NN2121/ScreenShot11.jpg

Gohan

02-12-2007, 12:00 AM

Here is my latest desktop

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8903/desktop6ru3.jpg

Mitternacht

02-12-2007, 12:10 AM

Jonny Axehandle got me into the whole Rozen Maiden series.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/maidendesktop.png

Spawn-Inc

02-12-2007, 02:01 AM

here is my desktop...

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/1900/2152511800100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

also a i get alot if not most of my backgrounds, skins and what not from www.wincustomize.com

DaJe

02-12-2007, 02:13 AM

I have this centered on a black background

http://codeinsurrection.com/pics/flcldesktop2.jpg

GT40_GearHead

02-12-2007, 10:40 AM

i second Minty, what can we get that's free and gets the job done ???

luciusad2004

02-12-2007, 11:44 AM

i second Minty, what can we get that's free and gets the job done ???

I have a link to a patch that lets you use unsigned theme files. Give me a minute and ill get a link up.

Link: Click Me (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707)

You might want to do some research on it before you use it. I only used it briefly so I'm not sure if there is any negative side effects. I'm also unsure as to what files it can be used with. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or not but when i had it installed i had a direct x problem. I uninstalled without really doing any trouble shooting.

As far as free options, the only other free options i personally have come across is shell replacements. They tend to change the functionality of your desktop though and im not sure if that is what you are looking for.

xmastree

02-12-2007, 01:33 PM

but I don't want to have to PAY to ALTER an operating system I ALREADY PAYED FOR, lol..You need linux, you do. :)

Spawn-Inc

02-12-2007, 02:38 PM

well i have 4 mods on my system , 1 bootskin (it changed the splash screen), logon studio (it changed the screen where you login), cursor xp (changed mouse), and windowblinds 5 (changed the start bar and stuff like that)

bootskin, logon studio, and cursorxp aare all free
windowblinds is about 20 bucks also cursorxp has a pro version for i think 20 as well i used torrent to get them,

and as for ram and how much they take cursorxp show up on my taskmgr taking about 4000k as for the others not sure i can't seem to find them in it so i'm not sure how much mem it hogs but when i play games like battlefield it doesn't seem to be bad (i've never seen its full potential for myself so my idea of running good could be different from yours but i do have a separate logon that has nothing running so i can have more ram available

here are links to bootskin, logon studio, cursorxp, and windowblinds

http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/
http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/

http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/ (http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/)
http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

windowblinds will let u try for i think 45 days but u can just uninstall and then reinstall as it remembers you

luciusad2004

02-12-2007, 08:22 PM

I had a trial version of windows blinds, and i must say it did slow down my system, my parents told me to take it off because the system was acting funny. While it was on i couldnt even run halo.

I will say however that its not a powerful PC, I have to run most games on low settings as it is. (Most games meaning halo, which from what i understand doesn't take a powerful computer.)

That being said, if you have a powerful computer, i don't know that windows blinds (or other skinning programs) would really hurt performance, but for me it did.

If i get on the the PC later ill update with the specs on the machine.

.Maleficus.

02-12-2007, 08:33 PM

WindowsBlinds hurt my computers speed, and I don't have a bad computer by any means (check sig for details)! I could barely render anything in Blender (with Indigo) and IMO, wasn't very good anyways. There are much better skinning programs out there.

Omega

02-12-2007, 09:05 PM

They're a waste of system resources, every single theme.

I run WinXP, completely unskinned. Not even the fancy ass bubbly windows xp default ****.

Spawn-Inc

02-12-2007, 11:12 PM

.Maleficus.

02-12-2007, 11:17 PM

Right now i have the XP Zune skin. It's a nice break from the crappy blue/green ****. Orange and black... nice.

Spawn-Inc

02-12-2007, 11:37 PM

got a screen shot ? or somewhere i can see what i tlooks like i tried to look but couldn't find one

CanaBalistic

02-13-2007, 01:43 AM

huh. the only problems i've had with windowblinds as of yet is that i can't do anything in goldwave if i try to use any of the options like make a new recording or open a file or anything it says it won't work i think its beucase windowblinds wants to skin it but forsome reason goldwave won't let it do it as for screwing up my games i have run half life 2 with pretty high settings and i haven't had any problems i've only got 36fps but it still seems fine for me ohwell

With WindowBlinds, you can turn off skinning for any program you select. I had a problem with a selection box being blacked out by the theme. A quick hit to the options fixed that.

Has anyone tried Aston Shell?

Scotty

02-13-2007, 10:22 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k128/ArtByScott/bg.png

My latest work, bigger one can be found Here on Deviant ART (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/48627052/)

.Maleficus.

02-13-2007, 10:58 PM

Zune Theme Screenshot.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l257/andypwnsall/screenie.jpg

Link to theme.

http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm

To download, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find a little box on the right.

xRyokenx

02-13-2007, 11:32 PM

Thank you .Maleficus., my theme now matches my black monitor, I knew it was missing something.

luciusad2004

02-14-2007, 02:55 AM

Whats this zune desktop theme? Does it run through some sort of skinning application, or is it actually a native theme released by Microsoft. (for free at that?!?!)

It is pretty nice looking, and if it runs natively that means it would probably be the best option, as far as not hogging my system resources goes.

a.Bird

02-14-2007, 03:25 AM

They're a waste of system resources, every single theme.

I run WinXP, completely unskinned. Not even the fancy ass bubbly windows xp default ****.

You are quite the resource master.

Omega

02-14-2007, 03:28 AM

You are quite the resource master.

Considering I don't even use the audio application for my onboard (which I am using), I guess that's a fair assumption.

I really don't like my processes to be dawdling around skinning programs in real time, they have better work to do like display dancing banana gifs.

:banana:

.Maleficus.

02-14-2007, 06:12 PM

luciusad2004

02-14-2007, 07:02 PM

It is a theme released by Microsoft. Use the link I provided, download it, and run the installer. No theming programs required :up:.

Awesome, thanks for that. Im so happy to have a different theme on my xp box. +rep

.Maleficus.

02-14-2007, 07:38 PM

Awesome, thanks for that. Im so happy to have a different theme on my xp box. +rep
No problem man.

Also, you might look into the Zune Theme themes. That may sound funny, but some people have skinned the theme to have different colors. Want black and purple? They have it. Blue? Yep, it's there.

Here's a link (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44934523/) to the DA page. I haven't used it myself, but they look very nice.

luciusad2004

02-14-2007, 09:45 PM

No problem man.

Also, you might look into the Zune Theme themes. That may sound funny, but some people have skinned the theme to have different colors. Want black and purple? They have it. Blue? Yep, it's there.

Here's a link (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44934523/) to the DA page. I haven't used it myself, but they look very nice.

Thanks, ill bookmark that link for future reference. :)

Edit: are the modded zune skins based on the revised version? I read some where that the first version had some bugs so microsoft put out a second.

.Maleficus.

02-14-2007, 11:20 PM

I thought they meant the skins were revised from a previous version, but if it was an error on Microsoft, then the version you have is probably the latest so I wouldn't worry about it.

CanaBalistic

02-14-2007, 11:43 PM

Here's my new desktop.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/Snap5.jpg

DeathCrush

02-15-2007, 12:21 AM

Here is one of mine. I had to shrink down the image because it's 2048x1536 (yikes!) It actually looks a bit more purple on every screen but the machine it runs on, go figure. Click on the link under it for the full image if you'd like (56K BEWARE!):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/DeathCrush904/screenshot-20071402a-small.jpg

To see it full (not 56K friendly approx 2.7M): http://www.xmail.net/bigfoot/screenshot-20071402a.jpg
You may have to hit enter in the URL box as the server does not allow you to link to images outside their own server

And just for the people who care: it's running Gentoo Linux with Fluxbox for the WM. Gkrellm is running there on the right side, gnome-alsamixer on the bottom, a few Eterms, and Totem streaming an online radio station on the top left (LiquidFM - techno trance if you're really interested)
The translucencies work pretty well too :)

EDIT: What the heck so long as we are at it, here are the other two:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/DeathCrush904/screenshot-xev20071402a-small.jpg
(56K beware) full 1600x1200:http://www.xmail.net/bigfoot/screenshot-xev20071402a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/DeathCrush904/screenshot-guybrush20071402a-small.jpg
(56K beware) full 1280x800:http://www.xmail.net/bigfoot/screenshot-guybrush20071402a.jpg

all are running Gentoo Linux with Fluxbox for the WM as stated before. And if you couldn't tell, I have a strange fascination with space :)

Spawn-Inc

02-15-2007, 03:29 AM

Here's my new desktop.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/Snap5.jpg

hey cana do you have a copy or a place where i can get that background i love stuff like that as you can see in my desktop...

luciusad2004

02-15-2007, 12:10 PM

Here is one of mine. I had to shrink down the image because it's 2048x1536 (yikes!) It actually looks a bit more purple on every screen but the machine it runs on, go figure. Click on the link under it for the full image if you'd like (56K BEWARE!):

Looks really good. I like the purple look. But then again, its one of my favorite colors. Every time i see something like this, it just makes me want to try linux to see if i can get it to look this beautiful. Im just so used to seeing old outdated looking graphics on most linux machines. Very gorgeous, nice setup.

DeathCrush

02-15-2007, 12:14 PM

Looks really good. I like the purple look. But then again, its one of my favorite colors. Every time i see something like this, it just makes me want to try linux to see if i can get it to look this beautiful. Im just so used to seeing old outdated looking graphics on most linux machines. Very gorgeous, nice setup.

In all honesty, it's very easy to get a cool looking desktop on Linux. Most of my friends here at the CS department here at school just use the default setup that comes with most distributions and leave it at that, maybe because they haven't figured out how to do anything different to it.
http://www.lynucs.org/ has some really cool Linux desktop setups at it.

Thanks for the compliment by the way :D

xmastree

02-15-2007, 04:52 PM

And if you couldn't tell, I have a strange fascination with space :)
You'll have seen this (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0602a.html) then?

Drew

02-15-2007, 06:13 PM

That space pic is like :eek:

Here's mine:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/drew555/desktop.jpg

And yes, I know I have issues.....

GT40_GearHead

02-15-2007, 06:19 PM

mmhhhhmm nice ouu.... wallpaper :D

Drew

02-15-2007, 06:20 PM

mmhhhhmm nice ouu.... wallpaper :D

We think scarily alike......

GT40_GearHead

02-15-2007, 06:25 PM

shhhh don't tell anyone

xmastree

02-15-2007, 06:26 PM

Here's a screenshot of an old laptop I had. The screen was only 800x600.

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/7357sammy.jpg (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/7357sammy.jpg)

Drew

02-15-2007, 06:29 PM

GT40: I can keep a secret........

Xmastree: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

xmastree

02-15-2007, 06:36 PM

Xmastree: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yeah, she's hot. It's worth watching The Time Machine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268695/) just to see her. :rolleyes:

DeathCrush

02-15-2007, 06:41 PM

You'll have seen this (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0602a.html) then?

Wow very nice indeed! :D

GT40_GearHead

02-15-2007, 06:45 PM

there is nothing better than a sweet woman !! mmhhhhmmm

CanaBalistic

02-15-2007, 11:02 PM

hey cana do you have a copy or a place where i can get that background i love stuff like that as you can see in my desktop...

Pm me and we'll figure a way to get it to you.

Omega

02-17-2007, 01:43 AM

The full size of this is freaking huge (2560 by 1024) and it's NSFW.

My Wallpaper (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/4219Smallresgocry.jpg)

xmastree

02-17-2007, 04:00 AM

With linux, a lot of things are done with a terminal (think DOS box). It's possible to assign a background to the terminal

Here's mine:

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/5461cj.png (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/5461cj.png)

Omega

02-17-2007, 04:16 AM

Yeah, Linux is cool and all, but if I'm doing some sweet terminal action, I don't need half naked women in the background, thanks.

That being said, I keep a few apps fullscreen almost all the time, so I hardly see my wallpaper.

agnat

02-20-2007, 07:00 PM

I personnaly have pics of babes in bikinis as my desktop and screen saver. I got them from www.wickedweasel.com and www.the-bikini.com - they are awesome

luciusad2004

02-20-2007, 09:09 PM

I think this changed from the "show your wall paper" thread to the "find the hottest girl you can, put a pic of her on your wall paper and show it" thread.

Omega

02-20-2007, 10:26 PM

I think this changed from the "show your wall paper" thread to the "find the hottest girl you can, put a pic of her on your wall paper and show it" thread.

xD

That's not always the case. Like, after I get bored with my current wallpapers I have some Skyline GT-R action lined up.

luciusad2004

02-21-2007, 11:44 PM

With linux, a lot of things are done with a terminal (think DOS box). It's possible to assign a background to the terminal

I can do that in OS X but i never really use the terminal because i don't know how. I just liked trying to make it pretty. I would usually turn on transparency and anti aliasing. But as i said, i cant use it so i stopped messing with it. I was trying to learn but i never really found a great resource geared towards newbs.

AJ@PR

02-22-2007, 11:44 AM

The picture is one my wife took of me when we went to the butterfly house. Funny thing is I remember sitting there thinking as I stared at that butterfly. I must have sat there for 20 minutes. One of the groundspeople came up and asked if I was OK. I asked her what type of butterfly it was, and she said it was an ITHOMIINE butterfly (ftfw!)

Ithomiine is my daughters middle name. The butterfly we named her after just happened to land and chill on my hand that day.

[my]God works in mysterious ways, my friends. :up:

-Jeremy

Beautiful story dude... didn't know. :)

Drew

03-15-2007, 09:06 AM

Had a change, Linux is working w00t!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/drew555/Screenshot.png

Love that penguuuin.

Drew

03-15-2007, 09:21 AM

I'm running Ubuntu Dapper (upgrade from Breezy) and was quite impressed with what it came with...damn sight more than XP...

How to play a DVD in Linux? Don't be silly. Use your telly.

I think all linux distros have driver problems... but touch wood I seem to be OK this time, apart from my printer. And my DigiCam. Oh, and my scanner. :p

And I'm getting the hump with programs crashing with no discerable pattern, although XP did use to do it too... maybe it's hardware related...

But Linux is working w00t w00t my first (legal) free O/S!

xmastree

03-15-2007, 04:35 PM

apart from my printer. And my DigiCam. Oh, and my scanner. :pDigicam ought to be ok. It should just show up as removable media, like a flash disk. Failing that, there is an app, gphoto (http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php) which connects to various different cameras. Or, just use a card reader. Cheap as chips these days.
Printer, what is it?
Scanner, you might need to use a file from the windows driver. I can't remember exactly, but it's somewhere in the xsane manuals. Or the ubuntu forums, natch.

Drew

03-16-2007, 07:36 AM

Printer is a Lexmark Z735, and I'll have a look for gphoto.

And take a squiz for scanner stuff on the forums.

Whats natch?

+rep for helpfulnesses

xmastree

03-16-2007, 02:41 PM

natch = naturally...

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990607

AJ@PR

03-16-2007, 02:45 PM

natch = naturally...

We learn something every day.

I would have called 'natch' the ... well... you know...

A woman's natch.

HAhahaaHAa!

Drew

03-16-2007, 03:02 PM

We learn something every day.

I would have called 'natch' the ... well... you know...

A woman's natch.

HAhahaaHAa!

Thats what I thought.

Oops.... we both meant **atch...or **atch.......

or summat.

Thanks for the clear up.

:edit: I censored myself.....

PauL

03-17-2007, 05:21 AM

Full size image takes up to much of forum.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9906/deskcm7.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deskcm7.jpg)

Drew

03-17-2007, 06:04 PM

I'm soooooo jealous of all you lot with your mahooooosive screen resolutions.

I'm stuck with a slightly impotent feeling 1024 x 768 :(

But I've got an Acer 19" widescreen LCD being delivered soon w00t!

SgtM

03-17-2007, 10:52 PM

I'm using this stretched across 4 19" monitors at work:
http://www.dualscreenwallpaper.com/wallpapers/space/chandra-xray-center.jpg

Drew

03-18-2007, 08:03 AM

I'm soooooo jealous of all you lot with your mahooooosive screen resolutions.

I'm stuck with a slightly impotent feeling 1024 x 768 :(

I'm using this stretched across 4 19" monitors at work:

Was feeling impotent, now just out and out pathetic.

Yes, I have monitor envy :(:(:(

luciusad2004

03-18-2007, 01:15 PM

Was feeling impotent, now just out and out pathetic.

Yes, I have monitor envy :(:(:(

Don't feel bad Drew I'm in the same boat as you. Ive got a choice of

My parents computer with a 19 inch 1024 x 768
My small CRT, same resolution
My Girlfriends 13 inch Macbook which is at 1280 x 800. Text looks a bit small sometimes.

Drew

03-18-2007, 02:25 PM

I'd find room, if I could find the money.....

Omega

03-18-2007, 08:32 PM

For those that don't know, I'm running dual 17-ers (A CRT and an LCD, great for graphic work and gaming) at 1280*1024 each.

Spawn-Inc

03-19-2007, 01:16 AM

i'm not running dual moniters becuase of desk space but how does it help to have 2 with gaming? what game are you playing that uses it?

Omega

03-19-2007, 01:50 AM

i'm not running dual moniters becuase of desk space but how does it help to have 2 with gaming? what game are you playing that uses it?

The game only displays on the main (CRT) monitor, but while gaming, I can have Ventrilo, FireFox, and other applications open on the other monitor. It helps a lot because in Vent, a bunch of my guildies sound the same or I don't know them by their voices.

Mitternacht

03-25-2007, 03:21 AM

http://wm18.inbox.com/thumbs/3_8fe80_774133_oP.png.thumb
Cortana wallpaper I stretched from a PNG file.

Zephik

03-25-2007, 03:54 AM

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/MitaPi/MyKillerDesktop.jpg

Redundant

03-25-2007, 02:54 PM

Mitternacht, anime-lated Cortana? Nice.

SnowFire, the edge of the World? Awesome.

I'll upload my desktop when I get a chance.

Gohan

03-25-2007, 06:34 PM

Here is my latest

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2140/desktop7ky1.jpg

Mitternacht

03-25-2007, 06:37 PM

Mitternacht, anime-lated Cortana? Nice.

Haha, yeah. Before I had an R34 skyline pic I took at an event here in Pittsburgh. In fact, in the last car show season it pulled up into the car show; drove right into the show in Irwin. It was awesome. Right-hand drive, RB26; everything.

I was looking for a decent Cortana background because she looks amazing in the Halo 3 screenshots. I didn't find wallpaper-sized ones, so I managed to stretch it from a small png pic.

Redundant

03-25-2007, 08:51 PM

Here's my background:

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2483/desktoppicyc4.jpg
Whaddya think? 8)

W I D E S C R E E N :p

Omega

03-25-2007, 10:01 PM

Here's my background:

*LOL IMAGE*
Whaddya think? 8)

Too busy.

New Wallpaper (Finally, I got tired of my USS Iowa/M198 wallpaper), and it's slightly NSFW. No nudity, but suggestive positions and communism.

Wallpaper! (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/4143Wallpapah.JPG)

And yes, my desktop is always this clean (it's normally cleaner)

AJ@PR

03-26-2007, 02:02 AM

New Wallpaper (Finally, I got tired of my USS Iowa/M198 wallpaper), and it's slightly NSFW. No nudity, but suggestive positions and communism.

Wallpaper! (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/4143Wallpapah.JPG)

I click on the link... and I see the red... and I'm thinking like...
This is safe for work... I mean... what the heck...

Then I scroll to the right.
:eek:

:think:

:up:

:D
;)

Whatever foats your boat buddy!

..:=:.. ..:=:.. ..:=:.. ..:=:..
Redundant,

Wow!!!

Super cool image man! :)
Halo 3 ! w00t!

Omega

03-26-2007, 07:10 PM

AJ: Yeah, the right side (That's my secondary monitor btw, I just like wp's that transition well like these two) is one of my favorite wallpapers. Ever.

b4i7

03-26-2007, 09:20 PM

i like that folder omega apps n ****

SgtM

03-26-2007, 09:26 PM

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3402/desktopoi5.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopoi5.jpg)

8) :up:

-Jai

DMB! I just might have to get that wallpaper for work. Imagine being surrounded by 4 monitors with that on each of em!

Reyer

03-27-2007, 01:51 AM

Before http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MyDesktop.jpg

current

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/untitled.png

Drew

03-27-2007, 04:18 AM

Got a Halo thing going on?

Again, jealous of mega res.

LiTHiUM0XiD3

03-27-2007, 05:59 AM

heres my current.... and no im not running vista....
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7359/tehshiznatqx2.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tehshiznatqx2.jpg)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7011/currentdesktopog6.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=currentdesktopog6.jpg)

(lolz dont mind the shameless plug :P TBCS RULES :D )

the BG was a white pic of Mariah Carey that i didnt a lil irfanview work on...
turned out nice i think...

Drum Thumper

03-27-2007, 02:54 PM

I was playing around with the brushes in GIMP and came up with this:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/screenshot.jpg

I switch between that and this one:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/drumthumper5150/desktop.jpg

Redundant

03-27-2007, 06:36 PM

Too busy.
I personally like it because of the hurricane cloud in it. 8)

Reyer, do you have enough icons?! lol :p Nice wallpaper too.

Ichbin

03-27-2007, 06:45 PM

mines just a Mr.Rogers that i photoshopped.

http://a53.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/53/m_31a393aaf58ac71eff10504698256394.jpg

Reyer

03-27-2007, 07:18 PM

i love my wallpapers, and i love my icons. i probably should organize them tho

Omega

03-27-2007, 07:53 PM

i like that folder omega apps n ****

Yeah. Well it has Apps and Game shortcuts (or rather, it did, I took the RA2 and WoW out of there).

xRyokenx

03-27-2007, 08:04 PM

I was disappointed with Red Alert 2, it's just lame, and I love the C&C series, but EA just kinda ruined it there... sorry to go OT, but I had to say that, I get pissed off when stupid giant companies ruin games after buying out the company that made them... although, Generals isn't that bad with the expansion, and C&C 3 looks like it's gonna be awesome...

Omega

03-27-2007, 09:31 PM

xRyokenx

03-27-2007, 10:07 PM

It just seemed a bit cheesy and too Hollywoodish to me. TS was quite fun though.

Omega

03-27-2007, 10:57 PM

It just seemed a bit cheesy and too Hollywoodish to me. TS was quite fun though.

Ah, well, I don't often play through campaigns. I just do skirmishes until I'm hella good (Like playing soviets and getting a nuclear silo within about 5 minutes, and before the hard-mode computer)

xRyokenx

03-27-2007, 11:02 PM

I'll have to try that... but I tend to build for too long and then take out the AIs after they're broke. :D I pretty much modded the first Red Alert to a totally different game... hacked the .ini file to where it was more realistic and fun to play, and tank rushes were pretty much ineffective, and the LR stuff actually shot more than one space longer than the defenses. I had fun doing that too.

xRyokenx

03-28-2007, 10:41 AM

I actually had fun playing it for a while, I played a ton of skirmishes and crap over the LAN, and that's all we would do, it just looks a lot cheesier to me now than it used to, and believe me, I had fun playing it, it just doesn't appeal to me at all now. I still think it should've been an improved version of RA1 though... there weren't (m)any of the same units from before, although it _was_ creative, they could've just made a different game with those ideas, or added them and improved the original. I still play RA1 occasionally too...

...and congrats on the new apartment, hopefully it fits your family better. Speaking of which, I have a pile o' crap in the corner here which needs attending to, after I do my English crap. You know how in class they go over the stories and explain it all? Well, my "tutor" (just the special ed woman) talks to you while you're reading through the story again, and doesn't help at all, just the opposite... man, got way OT here, but stuff's just annoying me today. :neutral:

AJ@PR

03-30-2007, 10:03 PM

New one....

I realized I have like, crap-loads of Quick Launch shortcuts.
So, here's a screen shot, and a short description of the screen.
Please don't pay attention at the wallpaper...

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o196/45NN2121/00screenshot3.jpg

Over on top, some icons that have their days numbered.

START button: It's the "small icon" version... Classic if I'm not mistaken.
The order of the stuff on the top of the list is because those things, I usually access with they keyboard rather quickly.
Just what works for me. :)

Quick Launch:::
(upper row, left to right, one to eleven)
1 Show Desktop
2 My Computer
3 Opera
4 FireFox
5 TrueCrypt
6 KeyNote
7 NotePad
8 Vim
9 WinAmp
10 VLC Player
11 Nero

(lower row, left to right, twelve to twenty two)
12 Easy CD-DA Extractor
13 AutoCAD
14 MS Office
15 Open Office
16 Business Plan Pro
17 OutLook
18 SyncToy
19 Visual Studio
20 Dev-C++
21 batch
22 Daemon Tools

And... on the right of the task bar...
- Messenger
- Network icons
- Windows' volume speaker thingy
- Asus mobo panel
- Avast
- google desktop
- Realtek audio panel
- nVidia settings

That's it! :)

luciusad2004

03-30-2007, 10:53 PM

Whats that search bar looking thing on the top right of your desktop?

-lucius

xmastree

03-31-2007, 03:22 AM

Please don't pay attention at the wallpaper... But this is a wallpaper thread...

I must say that all those quicklaunchers are a lot better (IMO) than some previous screens we've seen with a myriad shortcuts cluttering them up. I like a clean desktop.

Now, how did that styrofoam taste?

AJ@PR

03-31-2007, 03:34 AM

Whats that search bar looking thing on the top right of your desktop?

-lucius
Ooops... forgot that. :)
Google desktop.
I have it in 'docked' mode or something.
I still have mixed feelings about it, as I don't like "stuff" running on my computer without being necessary.
But, to be honest, when I've had to search for stuff, it's helped tons.

But this is a wallpaper thread...

I must say that all those quicklaunchers are a lot better (IMO) than some previous screens we've seen with a myriad shortcuts cluttering them up. I like a clean desktop.

Now, how did that styrofoam taste?
Wow... amazing that you like the quick launchers.
I though they would get a negative review.

All those buttons I commonly use.
To me, they're mighty useful.

As to the styrofoam... LMAO!

I was at a gas station, waiting for... I don't even remember what.

But this dog, I saw him from before beginning operations... to right in the middle of operations... all the way to the ending of operations.

He snatched that piece of styrofoam from a trash bin... and just started working it... and working it... and working it some more.

I was laughing my butt off... he was reeeaallly into it.
I even shot a video of him!

When I most laughed was at the end, when he left this H U G E mess all over the place.
He smiled, and walked away.

AHaAHAHaha!!!

A dog's life. :D :D

Glad you people liked! :)

Reyer

03-31-2007, 03:40 AM

hers my first attempt at making a simple sleek wallpaper

it has some wierd green color in it but i like it.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/Halo2wallpaper.png

CanaBalistic

03-31-2007, 03:19 PM

Reyer, you need more pratice.

Omega

04-02-2007, 12:00 AM

My wallpaper. It's finally non-commie and safe for work!

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/9587WP.JPG (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/9587WP.JPG)

The left side is a photograph of the US FIRST Robotics Regional Engineering Inspiration award on top of my team's flag, the right side is a team photograph at UC Davis after the event was over.

EDIT: It's a clickable thumbnail, btw

Drew

04-02-2007, 05:22 AM

Reyer did say it was his first attempt....

I like the look, but I do agree it needs a bit of 'tarting'.

Fair play for having a go.

And a suggestion: If you're using XP, you might wanna raise the HALO2 logo up by a few pixels (can't say offhand how many - trial and error usually works), so the taskbar doesn't hide it.

Mitternacht

04-02-2007, 01:37 PM

Something kinda random on my work computer, and at the same time funny:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/leet.jpg

luciusad2004

04-02-2007, 03:58 PM

Something kinda random on my work computer, and at the same time funny:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/leet.jpg

what is it? Is it a special app that combines all of those annoying small icons in to one easy to manage button? I would love that... i hate all of those little buttons down there. I hate them with a passion.

Mitternacht

04-02-2007, 03:59 PM

what is it? Is it a special app that combines all of those annoying small icons in to one easy to manage button? I would love that... i hate all of those little buttons down there. I hate them with a passion.

haha, sorry it's not; SQL Server.

CanaBalistic

04-02-2007, 07:35 PM

Mitternacht

04-02-2007, 08:26 PM

no one said anything, so I might as well say it.

The time was leet

luciusad2004

04-02-2007, 09:27 PM

Well i feel like a complete moron now... :dead: lol Oh well.

I still hate that area of the taskbar and all of those little buttons.

*crawls away in to a cave to hide until people have forgotten about my act of complete idiocy*

Redundant

04-03-2007, 07:54 PM

no one said anything, so I might as well say it.

The time was leet

How do you get the clock to military time?

I think we should take one minute out of out day to do some kind of "leet dance" at _exactly_ 1:37 (13:37 in military time). lol :p Oh, the look on people's faces... lol

luciusad2004

04-04-2007, 12:40 AM

How do you get the clock to military time?

I think we should take one minute out of out day to do some kind of "leet dance" at _exactly_ 1:37 (13:37 in military time). lol :p Oh, the look on people's faces... lol

As long as this 1337 dance doesn't involve the kind of dancing that happens to my body whenever one of the 1337 5|\|1|>z0r5 on xbox live kill me.

XcOM

04-04-2007, 12:02 PM

new system install,

and i have modifyed it MAJORLY. system files edited manually.

Pics:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/8614/desktoprc6.th.png (http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktoprc6.png)
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4536/mycompat3.th.png (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mycompat3.png)
Also i edited the bars where it has the windows XP logo, to add my own to match my wallpaper:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7650/shutdownvw2.th.png (http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shutdownvw2.png)

What do you guys think, i can tell you how i did it later if you like and/or modify the files for you to suit your needs.

XcOM

Tate

04-04-2007, 12:19 PM

rendermandan

04-04-2007, 01:34 PM

XcOM, can you tell us how you changed that background image? Thanks.

XcOM

04-05-2007, 10:35 AM

will tell you, will do a tut and post the link here for you all, any help needed will be provided.

Ticien

04-05-2007, 10:52 AM

that is really cool...was going to wipe my drive soon but i think ill wait until i see this tutorial

XcOM

04-05-2007, 11:27 AM

here you go, first part up:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87463#post87463
this shows you how to edit the System title Bars. Enjoy, I will make this a PDF for download when i finished it.

Two more parts to add, Hard drive icons, and start menu.

ChevronX

04-06-2007, 05:39 PM

Awesome XcOM!

Scotty

04-06-2007, 08:17 PM

Nice will be following that tut later.

Only problem i see is the ugly blue and green theme. I change mine too much but ah well, my theme is a hacked msstyles so no extra programs required just like a normal windows theme.

And my minimal background cus i felt like making a cool but simple background.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4337/untitledmn6.th.png (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledmn6.png)

.Maleficus.

04-06-2007, 08:37 PM

*pic*
Terragen FTW.

Scotty

04-06-2007, 08:45 PM

Oh yeah lol.

Haven't done much in terragen recently about 2 weeks ago i was creating images in PS and loading them in it worked pretty well, now just to master how to do that, get some textures and ill be good. But before those 2 weeks it was good 3/4 months before i last used it lol.

Soo many programs kills this hard drive, might uninstall some of the Macromedia suite as i don't use Freehand MX or Fireworks that often. But Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Imageready, Dreamweaver and Flash get alot of working. Just realised After Effects is on there and that was only a 30 day trial uninstalled last year, stupid windows lol.

Eclecticos

04-06-2007, 09:14 PM

Anyone got a wallpaper for 1440x900? Got a 20" widescreen Ben-Q

ChevronX

04-06-2007, 10:33 PM

Here is mine. Click here to visit (http://www.chevronx.com/files/images/Desktop_07-04-07.JPG)

SgtM

04-06-2007, 11:04 PM

I need something 5120*1024. (no I'm not kidding) Any suggestions?

Drew

04-07-2007, 08:23 AM

Google images this:

5120 x 1024 wallpaper

and see what comes up.

:edit: Just did that, not much came up. What did was from matrox.com.

How about making your own?

Get a mahoooosive pic and crop to suit?

Or a not so big one, resize and crop to suit?

I'm running 1440 x 900 now, and got a 1024 x 768 I liked, resized it so it was 1440 wide and cropped the top and bottom off to 900.

Works for me.

Scotty

04-07-2007, 08:53 AM

I need something 5120*1024. (no I'm not kidding) Any suggestions?

Why do you have 4 monitors! Can you send me some lol.

As for wallpapers look on DeviantART although there probably isn't many for that res, so you'll have to make your own.

SgtM

04-07-2007, 09:10 AM

Why do you have 4 monitors! Can you send me some lol.

As for wallpapers look on DeviantART although there probably isn't many for that res, so you'll have to make your own.

I'm spoiled at work, what can I say? I wish I had that setup at home. lol.

Cagedconnerman

04-07-2007, 09:35 AM

lol, for a day i stole my moms, dads, and sisters monitors and ran 4 monitors, it was hell on my frame rate though :)

.Maleficus.

04-07-2007, 01:01 PM

LiTHiUM0XiD3

04-12-2007, 12:27 AM

luciusad2004

04-12-2007, 01:18 AM

heh heres my new desktop..... its been resized.... but the actual res is 3200x1200
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/sketchymodder/new_screenshot.png
im running ubuntu ultimate 1.3 now... it totaly PWNs...

Ubuntu ultimate 1.3 ...? Is that something new. *goes to do a google search*

Edit: google answered my queries

anyway, You desktop looks pretty cool.

SgtM

04-12-2007, 01:30 AM

Ubuntu ultimate 1.3 ...? Is that something new. *goes to do a google search*

Edit: google answered my queries

anyway, You desktop looks pretty cool.

I'll have to agree. Love the desktop.

</downloading Ubuntu Ultimate>

XcOM

04-12-2007, 07:43 AM

OMFG,,,,WAFFLE, Ubuntu Ultamate has everything i want from linux. Plus more, no more needing to mess about with terminal to get things to work, there already here!!!!

YAY
/Thanking for introducing me to ubuntu ultimate.

LiTHiUM0XiD3

04-12-2007, 08:23 PM

lolz np... i found it by fluke... its awsome... comes with everything preloaded.... and its simple to try it out... pop it in the drive... and load up the live cd feature... if u dont like it... meh toss the disc.... if u do... u can install it while still using the live cd

CanaBalistic

04-12-2007, 10:39 PM

I'm going to try and download the ubuntu ultimate gamers edition. I never wanted to try ubuntu because i thought it would be hard to find software. Problem solved i guess.

blk03MitsuES

04-13-2007, 12:05 AM

Jonny Axehandle got me into the whole Rozen Maiden series.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/gigaglytch/maidendesktop.png

where did you get the wallpaper from?

Scotty

04-14-2007, 11:10 AM

Hey Scotty, how did you import the textures you made to Terragen? I'm on my mom's computer right now so I can't try it yet, but do you just make the texture, and choose some option in the program? And what makes the best result, just natural colors in a texturized manner?

Can't remember i read some tutorials, just search in google for terragen textures ot tutorials its difficult to understand at first.

Omega

04-15-2007, 10:54 AM

not my computer, but it is my picture. It's a long-exposure of me waving a pen around.

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/362New Bitmap Image.JPG (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/362New Bitmap Image.JPG)

btw, it's a thumbnail.

jdbnsn

04-15-2007, 11:37 AM

That is cool, nice effect. I would have never guessed that was a photo.

Canadian Eh?

04-15-2007, 01:02 PM

I've seen stuff like that on Make: It's cool sh**. BTW, Can you like upload the actual BG onto imageshack or something? That's a cool pic i'd like to use it!

Scotty

04-15-2007, 01:43 PM

Theres loads like that on DeviantART, i've wanted to do some but i need a camera thats decent.

progbuddy

04-15-2007, 03:51 PM

Here's my first contribution to this page. Hope you like it :D

Link (http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m29/vashthstampede98/Desktop.jpg)

Mitternacht

04-15-2007, 08:14 PM

where did you get the wallpaper from?

I can't remember if it was an image search with google or yahoo, or if it was from 4chan.

CanaBalistic

04-15-2007, 08:18 PM

Thoes wallpapers are a dime a dozen. Just do a search for magnacarta or war of gennisis wallapapers.

Wasabisam

04-16-2007, 03:12 AM

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6881/desktop1dk4.th.png (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop1dk4.png)

Me= Red Dwarf Fan :D I found this background on some German site couldn't understand the website lol but i liked the background.. I also edited it in paint i added the bottom bit " I am Holly this ships computer, with an IQ of 6000, the same IQ as 6000 PE teachers." :twisted: Also forget about all the icons they stock up every couple of months i cant get rid of them i always seem to get more lol.. This is my 19" screen my other screen has more icons.

Cheers

Sam

XcOM

04-16-2007, 03:43 PM

Icon happy?

Mines full about 2/3 full!!!!!!

I clear it it about every month

Wasabisam

04-16-2007, 05:35 PM

Yeh Soon i will make a folder called "Old Desktop" and bonk that somewhere on my desktop now with all my old stuff. I moved the icons so you could read the picture though :)

xRyokenx

04-16-2007, 05:44 PM

The icons on my desktop are located (most of them anyways) on the outer edges, with a few in the middle region in places they look good. Yeah, that's me, the guy all about aesthetics, until it comes to something that isn't to do with the computer, lol.

CanaBalistic

04-16-2007, 11:07 PM

I've done away with all my icons. I switched my shell to Aston :)

XcOM

04-17-2007, 01:15 PM

i would use aston but can't find a relly nice theme/shell i like

Silenced_Coyote

04-17-2007, 02:45 PM

I can't remember if it was an image search with google or yahoo, or if it was from 4chan.

Not sure if you found that Rozen Maiden wallpaper yet. I found it, but you have to be a member to view it. It is only 1280x1024 too...
http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/Rozen-Maiden/item25960/

I'll keep searching though.

Omega

04-19-2007, 07:07 PM

Just the source, but there's nothing else interesting on my desktop (aside from that fact that it's normally covered with iTunes, lolifox, and some other stuff)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5631/wswpkz9.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wswpkz9.jpg)

LiTHiUM0XiD3

04-21-2007, 10:15 AM

my laptops new setup.... catalyst theme with modified pink floyd wallpaper
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/sketchymodder/hammer-top.jpg

.Maleficus.

04-21-2007, 11:34 AM

I'm loving the background.

Indybird

04-22-2007, 02:00 AM

I've posted here before, but heres my new Vista background:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/Indybird/desktop4-22-07.jpg

Reyer

04-22-2007, 03:06 AM

one i had a week ago
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/200desktop-1.jpg

one i have now
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/Wallpaper.png

Omega

04-22-2007, 05:07 AM

not quite what I'd call NSFW, but it's risky.

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/1787wp.jpg (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/1787wp.jpg)

it's a thumbnail, btw.

LiTHiUM0XiD3

04-23-2007, 10:44 AM

heres an update on my theme... got bored and found a new WP...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/sketchymodder/newsetup.jpg

Silenced_Coyote

04-23-2007, 12:32 PM

not quite what I'd call NSFW, but it's risky.

http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/thumbs/1787wp.jpg (http://www.lotechdesigns.com/host/images/1787wp.jpg)

it's a thumbnail, btw.

:eek:
You keep posting hot wallpapers. Where do you get them?

dfigravity

04-23-2007, 02:03 PM

my laptops new setup.... catalyst theme with modified pink floyd wallpaper
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/sketchymodder/hammer-top.jpg

ok...so how did you make your desktop look all super duper cool like that...the red toolbar, CPU gauges etc...It says catalyst theme. I just bought an x1950pro...how do you do it? :?

CanaBalistic

04-23-2007, 07:33 PM

Silenced_Coyote: Thoes are renders you can get anywhere. Try, www.gamerenders.com . Paste them onto whatever background you'd like.

dfigravity: WindowBlinds or AstonShell. Thousands of diffrent themes. His theme is not actually part of the Catalyst software. Its was given that name because it fallows the colors and form of the Catalyst program.

The Floyd BG is quite nice and fits with TBCS :)

dfigravity

04-23-2007, 10:05 PM

The Floyd BG is quite nice and fits with TBCS :)

I totally agree...I'm jealous :) It's a great wallpaper. Thanks for the info!

LiTHiUM0XiD3

04-23-2007, 11:50 PM

Omega

04-24-2007, 12:57 AM

:eek:
You keep posting hot wallpapers. Where do you get them?

The most recent version are from nekochank.deviantart.com.

I get most of them from DeviantART or 4chan's anime wallpaper/wallpaper general boards.

dfigravity

04-24-2007, 06:46 PM

actualy.... its Style XP... the window blinds catalyst theme blows...
the side bar is a vista side bar... u can get it fer XP tho... (which i am running)
look fer thoosje vista side bar...
its rather nice

Awesome...I'm using it now...It seem slike a pretty simeple program to use...were you able to create your own skins with your own colors? I like the red themed skin you have, but I dont want to hve to pay $20 for it off their site...