Weekend Open Forum: Your desktop's looks

User Comments: 58

1. April 8, 2011 8:29 PM
   Guest said:

   Being I still use XP and will for sometime, I like the option of turning off the Desktop Icons and placing the Desktop to the side and set it on Autohide. I have a totally clean Desktop just the way a Desktop should.

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2. April 8, 2011 8:30 PM
   ess333 said:

   i use interfacelift too ... awesome site

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3. April 8, 2011 8:45 PM
   Meteorix said:

   I have posted mine but can´t see it in the site...

   By the way, mine is AWESOME !!! XD

   [link]

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4. April 8, 2011 8:50 PM
   lawfer, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Ha, mine is a mess, so no showing! It doesn't look too much different from the one on the article though, with the exception that mine is much more cluttered, I have FF as primary browser, and instead of that aurora boreal as background, I got hot/cute women (which is also the preferred topic of argument with my girlfriend -_-).

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5. April 8, 2011 8:54 PM
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   Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

   I've added the link to your post Meteorix.

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6. April 8, 2011 9:10 PM
   gwailo247, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   I've been using a theme called Windows Live Clouds, got a bunch of nice pics.

   [link]

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7. April 8, 2011 10:04 PM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   I have 2 PCs with Win 7. The Wallpaper is a nonstop slide show display of female "art photography".

   Beyond that, I always install the "Zune" theme in my XP boxes. I think the steel gray is much more tasteful and relaxing than the stock "Royale" theme.

   I'd like to get rid of the orange start button in Zune, but it's always seemed like more trouble than it was worth.

   In Firefox, I always run a theme by Frank Lion, (from the UK), called "300". It's maroon & gold basically, very relaxing, especially when coupled with the battleship metallic gray of Zune. Mr. Lion has been writing skins for FF since he was 15, (at most), and has always shared them freely. For some reason he no longer participates in Mozilla's add on pages. Go here instead: http://franklion.blog.co.uk/

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8. April 8, 2011 10:46 PM
   lipe123 said:

   Just realized I still have the default win7 "flag" background, never really thought about it till now XD.

   I have groups of icons all over for games/work/etc.

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9. April 8, 2011 10:52 PM
   Guest said:

   Here's my okay desktop:

   http://i.imgur.com/f22k3.jpg

   I have a second monitor hooked up but this one sums up just about everything. I'm running rainmeter and an itunes skin mod. I'm using a theme package for ObjectDock and I'm rotating the wallpaper for both monitors randomly.

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10. April 8, 2011 11:07 PM
    rustomac said:

    I just realized I posted as a guest...

    My Okay Desktop

    I created the wallpaper myself taking the high res Okay face straight from reddit. I'm using the Token Icon Set, for any of those who are interested.

    For more info on how I created this look, I have a couple more pictures in my gallery as well, with descriptions.

    Every time this one pops up I still laugh....

    Beaker

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11. April 8, 2011 11:42 PM
    ET3D, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    I selected a nature scene from the default wallpapers, and I have a bunch of icons which I rarely use and are there just because applications install them (when there's no option to not do that). I rarely view my desktop, so that doesn't matter. It's always overlayed with browser windows and such.

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12. April 9, 2011 12:07 AM
    

    St1ckM4n said:

    I run a very minimal setup. Neutral-ish brown/cream colour for Aero, only Recycle Bin on desktop, clock + default CPU/RAM monitor as gadgets.

    I change wallpapers manually every 1-3 months - I opt for ones that don't clash with the aero colour (I change if necessary) and ones that don't have hard edges that I can see through taskbar and Opera's aero interface.

    Pinned programs on taskbar are also minimal - I just use start-bar pinning and search. Icons (on bottom right near clock) are also mostly hidden.

    I guess I just like to view my stuff without excess clutter. :P

    [link]

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13. April 9, 2011 12:26 AM
    Guest said:

    Is that yellow icon in your taskbar VMware player? Just curious =o

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14. April 9, 2011 12:30 AM
    

    St1ckM4n said:

    Me? On bottom-right? That's a star-icon, and it's my university documents folder, along with Downloads folder link. :P

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15. April 9, 2011 1:12 AM
    Punkid said:

    heres mine...

    [link]

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16. April 9, 2011 1:33 AM
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    Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

    Is that yellow icon in your taskbar VMware player? Just curious =o

    Yep.

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17. April 9, 2011 2:38 AM
    wardogz said:

    Meteorix said:

    I have posted mine but can´t see it in the site...

    By the way, mine is AWESOME !!! XD

    [link]

    Noooo it's not

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18. April 9, 2011 2:48 AM
    

    Benny26, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    Unfortunately, Googling something like "screensavers" usually returns low quality sites, so it can be tough to find the gems out there.

    Damn that's so right...

    I keep my desktop icon layout as strict as possible (I always have OCD when it comes to computers for some reason) My wallpapers are fantasy and sometimes good NASA space shots...On my XP desktops i always go for the Zune theme.

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19. April 9, 2011 3:52 AM
    harsansp said:

    Here's mine.. Was using this for quite a while.. recently reverted to the regular desktop due to some PC issues.. How does it look? [link]

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20. April 9, 2011 5:32 AM
    

    QuaZulu said:

    I've found some good wallpapers at vistawallpapers.com (shows I've held on to this book mark for a while).

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21. April 9, 2011 5:40 AM
    VonDisco said:

    Mine's ultra simple. Couldn't live without the wonders of Launchy!

    [link]

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22. April 9, 2011 6:37 AM
    dedparrot said:

    http://i.imgur.com/Lw1Y4.jpg

    This is my only computer and it's a gaming PC. I tend not to run anything in the background that will take up resources.

    Up until recently I wasn't running any anti-virus software, but II thought having one just in case was the sensible thing to do, even though I now have Avast disabled as you can see on the bottom right. The other three icons are Fraps and Gamebooster and Catalyst Control Centre.

    And yes, I still use Gmail Notifier.

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23. April 9, 2011 6:46 AM
    

    BMfan said:

    I normally change my desktop picture every day,ranging from cars,earth,space and girls,just depends on mood and i only have the Computer and recycle bin icons.

    I also get most of my pics from Wallbase.net,i also sometimes use ewallpaper or HDwallpaper.

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24. April 9, 2011 7:15 AM
    Guest said:

    Before I gave my Acer Ferrari One a format I used to have the Ferrari calender background that came free with it.

    After I formatted it I haven't bothered to reinstall the software.

    However,

    Netbook

    http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo60/GeneralAtrox/Desktop
    9-04-2011.jpg?t=1302351100

    Old Desktop snapshot from 2008

    http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo60/GeneralAtrox/Mydeskt
    p.jpg?t=1302351100

    An unbelievable change if I was honest. I can't bare a messy desktop anymore!

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25. April 9, 2011 7:17 AM
    nismo91 said:

    black wallpaper. black logon screen. everything is blank and clean, to accommodate my clutter files at desktop.

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