With T42s: The New ThinkPad theme for Windows XP

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fox_napier · #1 Post by **fox_napier** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:47 pm

Hello all,

Just thought I'd share the fun... there's a neat Active Desktop Theme and a screensaver shipping with new T42 laptops:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/thinkpad/commu ... nload.html

The included items are the ThinkPad features screensaver and two of the three IBM themes.

They're pretty useful, especially the Active Desktop. As Active Desktop entities they update the battery life, new email, hard drive space information on your XP desktop's background.

(I still haven't got the email monitor working.... anyone know if it is IMAP or POP? Where does it look for new mail?)

Leon · #2 Post by **Leon** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:59 pm

what is the icon with binary numbers (100010101) on the desktop for?

eriqesque · #3 Post by **eriqesque** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:14 pm

Leon wrote:what is the icon with binary numbers (100010101) on the desktop for?

Ethernet conection

Daniel · #4 Post by **Daniel** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:16 pm

Nice link. I'm wondering the same thing about the email. Also, I'm wondering if there is any way of customizing it. The HDD indicator is almost useless. Editing the wallpaper would be nice as well..

ian · #5 Post by **ian** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:03 pm

As a general rule, e-mail will be found on a POP server.

(OK so shoot me down...)

G-Man · #6 Post by **G-Man** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:58 pm

I think that icon is not for emails, but for the IBM Message Center. Will try it later.

Regards,
G-Man

Kenn · #7 Post by **Kenn** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:38 pm

Too bad the Thinkpad theme doesn't have the calendar from the Desktop activedesktop theme.

Kenn · #8 Post by **Kenn** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:50 pm

G-Man wrote:I think that icon is not for emails, but for the IBM Message Center. Will try it later.

Regards,
G-Man

According to the screensaver, the icon is "received email indicator."

The HD space thing is worthless, would have liked "Free Physical RAM" instead.

ian · #9 Post by **ian** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:57 pm

I ran this a few months ago - and yes, it does reflect 'messages received' - though I'm not sure how it knows which pop accounts to scan - more than likely just an indicator of unread mails already resident in in-box

G-Man · #10 Post by **G-Man** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:36 am

Then I guess it uses MS Outlook to scan for new messages.

Regards,
G-Man

ian · #11 Post by **ian** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:41 am

Careful - it'll probably start replying to them too - and picking up all the best girls...!

gosha16 · #12 Post by **gosha16** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:06 am

i noticed you guys are talking about this active desktop and thought i would recommend a tool that some of you might like. its called coolmon and can be found at http://www.coolmon.org , you can use it to monitor all the things you guys listed plus almost anything else you can think of with the extensions on the site. here a screen shot of it running on my desktop (bottom left corner)

click

G-Man · #13 Post by **G-Man** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:11 am

Sorry, but can't see much of it. I had to use the on screen magnifier.

What resolution is that? Is it running on your TP?

Regards,
G-Man

gosha16 · #14 Post by **gosha16** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:48 am

ya, im sorry about that, i was hoping peple would be able to see it, but i guess not. thats running on my desktop at 1600x1200 (the image is scaled down). when i get home from work, ill post a good pic of it running on my thinkpad. the tool is really great and can do anything in terms of information that you can think of

byron · #15 Post by **byron** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:03 pm

how do you get it to check your mail.. i use eudora for my work mail (IMAP) and outlook 2003 for home mail (POP)... i sent both accounts a test message and it didn't notify me.. how do you configure it? i figured it just used whatever you had set as your default mail client but that doesn't seem to be the case... tried leaving the client open and minimized.. still nothing.. hrmmm.

byron · #16 Post by **byron** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:57 pm

so no one knows how to tell it what account to check for new mail?

jkirch · #17 Post by **jkirch** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:51 am

gosha16 wrote:i noticed you guys are talking about this active desktop and thought i would recommend a tool that some of you might like. its called coolmon and can be found at http://www.coolmon.org , you can use it to monitor all the things you guys listed plus almost anything else you can think of with the extensions on the site. here a screen shot of it running on my desktop (bottom left corner)

Hello,

what motherboard did you choose in the MBM Program for your Thinkpad?

Regards,
Jens

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