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SWB · #31 Post by **SWB** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:18 pm

Excellent; thanks! That's the best looking black style I've seen. And of course, black looks much better with a ThinkPad than bright blue.

RCube · #32 Post by **RCube** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:39 am

This is my fav (dpi at 101...biggest you can go without messing up the icons):

qubix · #33 Post by **qubix** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:53 am

im also on the other side...

GL-G20 · #34 Post by **GL-G20** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:39 pm

benz wrote:

I like that desktop Benz do you mind telling me where you got it or is it a theme?

Kinda looks like Longhorn?

Oops didn't read what kenn wrote, but still wondering if you could tell me where you got it.

Thanks

benz · #35 Post by **benz** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:23 pm

Everything custom you see, I got or heard about from over on the Neowin.net forums....there's a Windows Customizing & Skinning section, it has lots of good themes and wallpapers, check it out! I honestly don't remember where I got that exact wallpaper, or the one I currently have (below)...but I DO have the original files saved on my computer so just PM me and I'll be glad to email them to you!

New desktop: Large fonts, different wallpaper (soooooo beautiful, not just the car but the hills of Italy), but theme and all are the same as last time (Royal Four VS):

GL-G20 · #36 Post by **GL-G20** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:40 pm

benz wrote:Everything custom you see, I got or heard about from over on the Neowin.net forums....there's a Windows Customizing & Skinning section, it has lots of good themes and wallpapers, check it out! I honestly don't remember where I got that exact wallpaper, or the one I currently have (below)...but I DO have the original files saved on my computer so just PM me and I'll be glad to email them to you!

Thanks Benz!

roibm · #37 Post by **roibm** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:52 pm

well, I'm new here, so first.... HIIIIIIIII!!!! how're ya? wie gehts? cum merge?
here's my desk, big and empty, with shortcuts for everything, VWM(4), clean and extremely fast...

#38 Post by **daeojkim** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:56 am

Thanks benz. Beautiful wallpapers..

lilserenity · #39 Post by **lilserenity** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:26 pm

My T23's desktop, nothing special

g8ina · #40 Post by **g8ina** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:00 pm

This is in keeping with the Chinese philisophy part of my website, and I love tigers ! 158kb, 800x600.

valdi · #41 Post by **valdi** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:46 am

dear benz,

i was impressed by your desktop theme. so, i went to the website to download the royalfour theme, but i couldn't figure out how to install it. i've just become a thinkpad (t42) owner, and i am absolutely new to windows xp. could you perhaps help me out a little?

benz · #42 Post by **benz** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:14 pm

Sure, since several people have been asking, here's a little tutorial for installing the Royal Four theme onto your Thinkpad:

1.) Download and install the UXTheme multi-patcherto safely mod your uxtheme.dll file, so that you can install custom themes such as this one.

2.) Download the Royal Four visual style and unzip the files onto your desktop.

3.) Copy the folder "Royal Four" to the directory "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes" or whatever your main windows directory is.

If you have done everything correctly, the theme should show up under the display properties dialog box, and you can switch to it immediately. If it's not showing up, I'd try to restart first and then consult some of the threads on Neowin.

Another addon that makes this theme complete is LClock, which you see in my system tray replacing the standard windows clock. For us SXGA+ users, it is a blessing to have such a readable clock. Also the quick calendar comes in quite handy. It's a simple install, download from here: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=157465
And what's better is that if you have any questions about LClock, the creator (RCube) posts here on Thinkpads.com!!

Hopefully this guide works for some people, I just kind of made it based on what I remember doing to my virgin install of XP....please let me know if there are any errors or something I left out.

nikemen · #43 Post by **nikemen** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:52 pm

you know, I tried doing all these steps, and the royal blue, doesn't really change anything.

r there other options one needs to change?

valdi · #44 Post by **valdi** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:36 pm

dear benz,

thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

the secret was in the "uxtheme multi-patcher". wow, i'm just lost for words. the only word that poping up in my mind is "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

w/ much appreciation and admiration,

valdi

p.s. i hope you don't mind my making some enhancements to the tutorial

- after step 1, one has to reboot
- link to royalfour theme didn't work. i think one would first have to go to "http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10955957/"
- instead of copying "royal four" folder, one should copy "royalfour" folder and "royalfour.theme" file (both of which are inside the "royal four" folder) into the "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes" folder

dexta · #45 Post by **dexta** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:51 am

My current dtop:

benz · #46 Post by **benz** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:08 pm

dude, what the F**K is that a video of???!?!?

dexta · #47 Post by **dexta** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:16 am

The video is from the anime Naruto. More info: www.narutofan.com

Torque · #48 Post by **Torque** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:17 pm

Here my desktop:
No fancy stuff here.

Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting

jjackson02 · #49 Post by **jjackson02** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:30 pm

nikemen · #50 Post by **nikemen** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:40 am

nice customization dude,!!

Kenn · #51 Post by **Kenn** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:22 pm

After going with bluecurve and LunaVX (both of which were recommended by people here, I decided to to find something new. My requirements were simply:

1) Similar to Luna/Aero - didn't want it to be too "out there"
2) Not as punchy/saturated as Luna
3) Thin taskbar

I had seen "Luna Element" on DeviantArt before, but it didn't look like it had a thin taskbar. I decided to try it out anyways - not only did it have a thinbar version, it has two, with a traditional green start menu button, as well as a subtle, smaller aero flag (the one in the picture). The minimize/maximize buttons are also more integrated and subtle. So far this looks like a keeper!

RCube · #52 Post by **RCube** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:18 pm

ah yes "Luna Element" kicks [censored]! I used it for like 6 months. Really well done and simple.

But now I am trying something else... using 96dpi with Tiger theme..nice mac fonts. Really easy to read even at 96dpi. I had to use 101dpi with element.

Kenn · #53 Post by **Kenn** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:39 pm

I like the subtle, soft look of OS X, still working up the "courage" to try using one in public though

Two quick points:

First, you think we don't notice, but we all see the "LClock2" label, and we will badger and torture you until it is released!!!

Second, is that really a Tiger theme? I ask only because I thought the pinstripe look was dropped with Panther.

Can I ask which skin/conversion pack you're using?

RCube · #54 Post by **RCube** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:23 am

here is the theme, I really dig the fonts it uses:
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthre ... ight=tiger

haha, I always had LClock2 as the project name...it isn't LClock 2.0 .. sorry :p
But I am working on a "spotlight" module, hopefully using google desktop search engine. And also going to fix some of the bugs you guys have.

nikemen · #55 Post by **nikemen** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:01 am

Kenn wrote:After going with bluecurve and LunaVX (both of which were recommended by people here, I decided to to find something new. My requirements were simply:

1) Similar to Luna/Aero - didn't want it to be too "out there"
2) Not as punchy/saturated as Luna
3) Thin taskbar

I had seen "Luna Element" on DeviantArt before, but it didn't look like it had a thin taskbar. I decided to try it out anyways - not only did it have a thinbar version, it has two, with a traditional green start menu button, as well as a subtle, smaller aero flag (the one in the picture). The minimize/maximize buttons are also more integrated and subtle. So far this looks like a keeper!

I really like this luna element theme?
can someone mail it to me.? I don't seem to be able to find my deviant password, and they have closed off registration from sbcglobal domains for now!!

Edited by Moderator: Please don't put the image in your quotes.

RCube · #56 Post by **RCube** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:45 am

luna element:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s ... hl=element

element wallpaper:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s ... hl=element

Kenn · #57 Post by **Kenn** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:48 am

nikemen wrote: I really like this luna element theme?
can someone mail it to me.? I don't seem to be able to find my deviant password, and they have closed off registration from sbcglobal domains for now!!

How about I just point you to http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/11860228/ directly

Edit: Heh, looks like RCube beat me to it...

nikemen · #58 Post by **nikemen** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:25 pm

brilliant, thank you gents.

mad_medic77 · #59 Post by **mad_medic77** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 1:06 pm

Hi,

played around a little and I like it

Probably all Pink Floyd fans out there will too!

benz · #60 Post by **benz** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:16 pm

RCube - Is Matlab for fun or school? Please don't say the former. And if you aren't having enough fun with that, try Maple sometime....

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