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Quote (MidnightRider @ Aug 23 2010 09:40pm)
What OS? 
Typically one customizes one's wallpaper, visual styles, and icons.
From there one can also add and customize third party applications (dock, cd art display, etc) 
More in depth customization involves customizing your shell, dialog boxes, windows animations, etc.


vista

where does it start getting complicated? i would like a cleaner cooler look but i dont want to have to put in a huge effort to do it you know
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Quote (mamllee @ 23 Aug 2010 21:52)
vista

where does it start getting complicated? i would like a cleaner cooler look but i dont want to have to put in a huge effort to do it you know


only thing u need to do is replace 2 system datas (explorer.exe and one more i forgot about the name)

its pretty simple and mostlikey there is aa tut linked to the theme. you cant really fuck it up anyways...
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Aug 23 2010 01:56pm
Quote (MidnightRider @ 23 Aug 2010 20:51)
Litestep is my favorite shell replacment.
I've heard nice things about blackbox as well.



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yeah im using blackbox. works nicely
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Quote (mamllee @ Aug 23 2010 02:52pm)
vista

where does it start getting complicated? i would like a cleaner cooler look but i dont want to have to put in a huge effort to do it you know


Well, the easiest customization is obviously the wallpaper ^_^
Docks can really change the flow of your desktop as well, if you're into that kind of task management.
It's start getting a bit more complicated with Visual styles and icons; however, visual styles act as a powerful source of custom material, so I'd definitely look into it.

To be honest I'm not too familiar with how to install visual styles on Vista since I never used it, but I know there are tutorials online.

Quote (sgtSlotte @ Aug 23 2010 02:56pm)
yeah im using blackbox. works nicely


Blackbox is pretty minimal isn't it?
I think it would be a nice choice for something like a netbook.

This post was edited by MidnightRider on Aug 23 2010 02:05pm
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Quote (MidnightRider @ Aug 23 2010 10:04pm)
Well, the easiest customization is obviously the wallpaper  ^_^
Docks can really change the flow of your desktop as well, if you're into that kind of task management.
It's start getting a bit more complicated with Visual styles and icons; however, visual styles act as a powerful source of custom material, so I'd definitely look into it. 

To be honest I'm not too familiar with how to install visual styles on Vista since I never used it, but I know there are tutorials online.



Blackbox is pretty minimal isn't it?
I think it would be a nice choice for something like a netbook.


thanks, ill do sum research tonight


last little question- I downloaded cs4 and i only have the blue icon with Ps on it but i see other people with more icons like Br and Pr and such. what are all those other programs?
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Aug 23 2010 02:17pm
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thanks, ill do sum research tonight


last little question-  I downloaded cs4 and i only have the blue icon with Ps on it but i see other people with more icons like Br and Pr and such. what are all those other programs?


Other Adobe programs..

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Other Adobe programs..


for some reason i thought they were extension of photoshop or something >.<
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Other programs..


Haha, aptly stated :lol:
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