Futuristic desktops

NoQuarter

Hey all,

I was just wondering is there any way to make XP dsktops look really futuristic, bar getting a spacey type wallpaper but is there any way to perhaps have some sort of interactive desktop and when you minimize windows they minimize in a weird way and have interesting icons or whatever!

sorry that post isnt the clearest but i'd love something really interesting. So far i have an automatic wallpaper changer that rotates wallpapers every few seconds!

Anything else??

Thanks!

Dingatron

Take a look at this thread for a few ideas. Some good stuff out there and some of the desktops in the thread should give you a good idea what you can do easily enough.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055332212

Professey Chin

Buy a MAC by the sounds of it :pac:

*Disclaimer. I hate apple....mostly

calex71

how about a nice black theme http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/

needs no additional applications or hacks as it is a MS theme :cool:

stevire

Not really mentioned in the other thread. But the bar with all the applications and stuff is called RocketDock.

http://www.rocketdock.com/

YouTube vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UVb15it6A

Try it out!

NoQuarter

Cheers fellas,

Id install some of them now only the wallpaper canger i got last night has caused a software error and i can get my laptop back on! looks like a complete windows re-install for me!

Heres a question, the laptop is stll under warranty and when i took it to the place today they were gonna charge me, they said the warranty covers hardware but any software issue is up to me??

Does that sound right??

iggy

calex71 wrote: »

how about a nice black theme http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/

needs no additional applications or hacks as it is a MS theme :cool:

nice one thanks..it looks pretty good

yoyo

king-stew wrote: »

Cheers fellas,

Id install some of them now only the wallpaper canger i got last night has caused a software error and i can get my laptop back on! looks like a complete windows re-install for me!

Heres a question, the laptop is stll under warranty and when i took it to the place today they were gonna charge me, they said the warranty covers hardware but any software issue is up to me??

Does that sound right??

Try a system restore, choose the option "Loads last known good configuration" when the machine shows the boot options screen with safe mode etc...

Nick

Nerin

iggy wrote: »

nice one thanks..it looks pretty good

You can get the microsoft official zune theme,its pretty good,i like it

NoQuarter

yoyo wrote: »

Try a system restore, choose the option "Loads last known good configuration" when the machine shows the boot options screen with safe mode etc...

Nick

I have already im afraid! There is no hope of it starting, there is a registry error, it wont start in safe mode or command prompt or nothing!

yoyo

Try a repair install is possibly the only option then

Nick

iggy

Nerin wrote: »

You can get the microsoft official zune theme,its pretty good,i like it

just downloaded it..

It looks pretty good especially the orange... thanks

JonathanAnon

yoyo wrote: »

Try a repair install is possibly the only option then

Nick

In my experience repair install NEVER works.
How far are you getting when you boot, I assume you are getting to the advanced windows startup screen when you hit F8 on startup (and have tried all the options)?

Gurgle

king-stew wrote: »

Heres a question, the laptop is stll under warranty and when i took it to the place today they were gonna charge me, they said the warranty covers hardware but any software issue is up to me??

Does that sound right??

Yes, that sounds right.
The supplier can't take responsibility for the multitude of ways people screw up their computers trying to make them look cool.