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« Reply #400 on: July 16, 2010, 03:58:44 am » |
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Well.. I'm sorta halfway there... SteamPunk theme.. CyberPunk background...  So I'm a GITS fan. *shrugs* I know there are better themes out there with more of a wood/brass look... but I'm frankly hesitant to fork out $30+ for the software to use them just to pretty up my desktop. |
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« Reply #401 on: July 27, 2010, 03:54:11 am » |
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I don't regret the installation of WindowBlinds.  ...and yes, my computer calls me Dave. |
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« Reply #402 on: July 28, 2010, 05:26:20 am » |
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Customising XP - the Khai Method 1: Go here and get Uxtheme MultiPatcher http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=308905 (it's free, no registration needed. it patches your XP to allow non M$ Xp themes) 2: Go here and choose the Theme you want... http://themes.belchfire.net/index.php?automodule=downloads&showcat=1 All will now work with your XP. 3: Consider a Desktop replacement like Aston or Litestep well, just did this and now my system is screwed. Any attempt to change themes or colors results in window Data Execution Prevention halting the process. I can't change a damn thing now... so any ideas out there how to fix this? |
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« Reply #403 on: July 28, 2010, 06:26:43 am » |
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you can always, go to your system restore before you used the uxtheme patcher. you could try to get the correct uxtheme patcher for the service pack you have, to find out what service pack you have go to computer>right click>properties> that should give you the system information, and will tell you what service pack you have. uxtheme patcher actually hacks your guimod registry and overrides it with a new one. you should be able to restore your computer to a earlier time.
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« Reply #404 on: July 28, 2010, 10:53:28 pm » |
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I`m not sure how much things have changed since I could properly call myself a geek, but to my memory, in order to do a restore one must have done a backup. Like many old geeks, I dispensed with this practice more than a decade ago.
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« Reply #406 on: July 30, 2010, 04:42:37 am » |
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« Reply #407 on: August 03, 2010, 07:41:13 am » |
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I have realised, whilst looking at the excellent work on this thread that, since I have windows 7 on my laptop, there is apparently little I can do to alter the appearance of my desktop short of changing the display piture, I can't even change the fonts on the screen apparently.
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« Reply #409 on: August 03, 2010, 08:09:25 pm » |
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These rock! I took some pictures of some OLD farm equipment a while back with all the gears and chains and 'stuff' I totally want to steampunk it out.... I have never edited photos before so it'll be a while, but this is inspiring....  |
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« Reply #410 on: August 03, 2010, 09:06:16 pm » |
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Ooh. They're lovely. I shall have to have a look at those. Permission to tweak colours and suchlike, for purely personal uses?
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« Reply #411 on: August 03, 2010, 09:48:40 pm » |
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sure....
i'll post some as soon as I find them at my home puter!
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« Reply #412 on: August 03, 2010, 10:49:07 pm » |
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Ooh. They're lovely. I shall have to have a look at those. Permission to tweak colours and suchlike, for purely personal uses?
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« Reply #414 on: August 03, 2010, 11:28:58 pm » |
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I believe that the question of modification was directed at Mr Gold with his embossed sheet-metal backgrounds.
Always a good idea with something like that to quote the original post, or even just a part of it, to make sure there are no misunderstandings.
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« Reply #416 on: August 04, 2010, 09:40:05 pm » |
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Ah, yes indeed I was asking Mr Gold's permission to play around with his work. Should have quoted to save the confusion.
However, I'd be very interested to see sadishappyfordeeppeople's work.
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« Reply #417 on: August 04, 2010, 10:54:36 pm » |
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yeah no worries. :-)
Now I just need to get off my butt and do something. LOL
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« Reply #418 on: August 05, 2010, 03:08:03 am » |
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Ooh. They're lovely. I shall have to have a look at those. Permission to tweak colours and suchlike, for purely personal uses?
i dont care hey, if you would post them back on here id be curious  on how you would personalize/improve them. thanks |
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« Reply #420 on: August 05, 2010, 05:20:43 am » |
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I will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread; I use KDE on Linux myself and I've had a difficult time finding nice steamy themes and icons. In the meantime, I just content myself with wallpaper. Oh, and my airship Firefox persona; I'm rather fond of that one...
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« Reply #421 on: August 05, 2010, 05:40:22 am » |
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I installed Ubuntu as a secondary OS to try it out. My XP pro is on it's last legs and I'd been considering a Linux alternative. Set up was confusing as hell, I'm not sure what I did right but I have better functionality now than I did with windows, I just need to sort out some periphrases issues (HP all in one).
Since installing yesterday I've been keeping an eye out for potentially Steampunk Themes, what is the name of your theme? I don't necessarily want to use that one but it might give me a starting point for finding one I like.
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« Reply #423 on: August 06, 2010, 01:29:36 pm » |
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« Reply #424 on: August 06, 2010, 02:34:17 pm » |
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