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OS Re-install Tips?
tomos:
What kind of tweaks? ;D
-CleverCat (April 04, 2009, 02:56 AM)
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well I removed Windows Media Player (you can remove IE as well, but that seems risky to me)
I really hate the default xp theme so I removed that (I know it wasnt necessary to actually remove it but I enjoyed that :))
I set it up so as on start that it would logon directly (probably not secure but ..)
I cant remember the rest ... I thought I had some helpful links saved in Surfulater but no, dont seem to ...
cranioscopical:
I really hate the default xp theme so I removed that
(I know it wasnt necessary to actually remove it but I enjoyed that)
-tomos (April 04, 2009, 01:19 PM)
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;D ;D ;D
MilesAhead:
I really hate the default xp theme so I removed that
(I know it wasnt necessary to actually remove it but I enjoyed that)
-tomos (April 04, 2009, 01:19 PM)
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;D ;D ;D
-cranioscopical (April 04, 2009, 04:25 PM)
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Hmm seems those with XP put on a Vista lookin' theme, but if you have Vista you put on a W7 lookin' theme. Guess if you get W7 Ultimate you have to put on a Windows 3.1 theme? :)
tomos:
I really hate the default xp theme so I removed that
(I know it wasnt necessary to actually remove it but I enjoyed that)
-tomos (April 04, 2009, 01:19 PM)
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;D ;D ;D
-cranioscopical (April 04, 2009, 04:25 PM)
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Hmm seems those with XP put on a Vista lookin' theme, but if you have Vista you put on a W7 lookin' theme. Guess if you get W7 Ultimate you have to put on a Windows 3.1 theme? :)
-MilesAhead (April 04, 2009, 04:43 PM)
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actually ... :-\ I was always very tempted to try a vista look, but not enough to go to all the effort. I now use Classic Look
and
the Tango Patcher [edit] which replaces default system icons [/edit] and am quite happy with the look ... (really though, I wish I had been into computers when they had black backgrounds and glowing green type...)
MilesAhead:
I came after the green... my first monitor was 12" amber. At least it wasn't teletype. It did graphics, as long as you really like yellow. :)
Since I put up with all the hassle of Vista I figure that entitles me to the exploding windows and transparencies. So I usually go for a theme with glass. I use VistaGlazz and pretty much keep to .msstyles files. Substituting too many system files can get you hosed. I did try W7 beta and like everybody else with Vista I wish there was a way to get a Superbar that worked. Instead I use a registry MinWidth tweak to just get icons in the taskbar. I use a double-height taskbar. That gives me room to put a whole bunch of junk in my QuickLaunch and still have plenty of room. For secondary stuff that I still use a lot I have a home-made toolbar.. and of course I use FARR.
The MinWidth tweak kills off the text labels for the toolbar folders so I had to use custom icons to represent the categoies.
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