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WinT - 05 Mar. 2003 - 07:59:
Ayumi : Maximum Hacking
Well, it's time to sum it all up here guys. Latest shot, latest setup, and latest hacks. I spent an unreal amount of time on this one, and got so caught up in choosing bitmaps for my dialog boxes, that I forgot to change the damn icons! So, same set that was in use last time, still match of course though, no problem there I don't believe.
Anyway, running Grigri's HTML taskswitch app here. Looks nice, runs good, and works perfect. It's rare that anything goes in that order for me on this hacked to death copy of 98, but I got really lucky on this time around. Also, the dialogs all have bitmaps on them now, and I'm loving it too. I tried to pick some reasonably good looking images to put on there, but, this mainly is an example of what can be done. Choosing the right image and overall dialog box design will from now on be an ongoing process for sure.
The wall was used in a really nice screenshot over at Customize.org. I don't login, nor do I comment, but I do look, and I had to have this wall. So, I downloaded the screenshot, edited ALOT, and made it my own. Trendy it may be, but damn she's just too hot not to have on my desktop! LOL
Ok, now for the list:
Wall: Ayumi Hamasaki (Edited by me, recieved from Customize.org)
Winamp: Milk (Trendy, overused skin, but my first time, and it's nice!)
Icons: Block OS and Simple mixture (I really did forget to change up)
Hacked Start Menu
Hacked Desktop Right Click Menu
Hacked Run Box with bitmap
Hacked Open/Save Box with bitmap
Hacked Taskbar Properties box with bitmap
Running Tclock 2
Running Grigri's Taskswitch app
No Eppie set yet again, still using Grindlestone's Marlett, and love it!
Ok, that should cover it. Hope you guys like.
http://www.modzine.net/zoom.php?image=ayumi.jpg&id=193
Ayumi : Maximum Hacking
Well, it's time to sum it all up here guys. Latest shot, latest setup, and latest hacks.
I spent an unreal amount of time on this one, and got so caught up in choosing bitmaps for my dialog boxes, that I forgot to change the damn icons! So, same set that was in use last time, still match of course though, no problem there I don't believe.
Anyway, running Grigri's HTML taskswitch app here. Looks nice, runs good, and works perfect. It's rare that anything goes in that order for me on this hacked to death copy of 98, but I got really lucky on this time around.
Also, the dialogs all have bitmaps on them now, and I'm loving it too. I tried to pick some reasonably good looking images to put on there, but, this mainly is an example of what can be done. Choosing the right image and overall dialog box design will from now on be an ongoing process for sure.
The wall was used in a really nice screenshot over at Customize.org. I don't login, nor do I comment, but I do look, and I had to have this wall. So, I downloaded the screenshot, edited ALOT, and made it my own. Trendy it may be, but damn she's just too hot not to have on my desktop! LOL
Ok, now for the list:
Wall: Ayumi Hamasaki (Edited by me, recieved from Customize.org)
Winamp: Milk (Trendy, overused skin, but my first time, and it's nice!)
Icons: Block OS and Simple mixture (I really did forget to change up)
Hacked Start Menu
Hacked Desktop Right Click Menu
Hacked Run Box with bitmap
Hacked Open/Save Box with bitmap
Hacked Taskbar Properties box with bitmap
Running Tclock 2
Running Grigri's Taskswitch app
No Eppie set yet again, still using Grindlestone's Marlett, and love it!
Ok, that should cover it. Hope you guys like.
http://www.modzine.net/zoom.php?image=ayumi.jpg&id=193
You have a site of your own with her being the content Dejitary? Is that what you meant? Or you know of a good site? Either way, link me up man. I've been hunting her down and not much luck. Her name pulls up maybe a few hundred on Google, and by the time you filter through the forums she was mentioned on, or something to do with her music, you don't have much left to choose from. Please, link me up to whatever you have.
Glad you liked the shot, and hey LiteStep is nice, but Reshacker is so much fun! LOL
Please, link me up to whatever you have.
Glad you liked the shot, and hey LiteStep is nice, but Reshacker is so much fun! LOL
nice job. too white for my taste, though.
too white for my taste, though.meh. It's okay.... 
Nice job WinT!
Nice job WinT!*WinT slaps Explicit for his comment, as he is supposed to appreciate this kind of thing! LOL Just kidding.
Tcm, thanks, and I love white.
Dejitaru, thanks for the link man. Will put it to use for sure. And hey, don't get me wrong, I wasn't knocking LS in anyway, as it does make for some nice screenshots. If you're limited on hacking abilities due to your computer situation, I'de certainly go with LS.
Tcm, thanks, and I love white.
Dejitaru, thanks for the link man. Will put it to use for sure. And hey, don't get me wrong, I wasn't knocking LS in anyway, as it does make for some nice screenshots. If you're limited on hacking abilities due to your computer situation, I'de certainly go with LS.
Ok. You have to be in 9X/ME for it to work, not sure what you're running, but, you'll need to pull up Tclock 2's properties box, then hit the FORMAT tab, then type the following line in:
h:nn |SyS RG%|GDI RU%|CPU CU%|
Oh, and don't forget, you'll need to have the CUSTOM FORMAT box checked, and then type that line above in in the field provided.
The % and the | marks I put there myself. Tclock will display the stats without seperators or titles if you wish, but I prefer to have them seperated. So,, do as you wish with it, as it's pretty much unlimited.
At the end of the line, if you wanted some personalized text that says just anything, you can have that also, just be sure to use quotation marks " " at the beginning and end of your personal statement.
h:nn |SyS RG%|GDI RU%|CPU CU%|
Oh, and don't forget, you'll need to have the CUSTOM FORMAT box checked, and then type that line above in in the field provided.
The % and the | marks I put there myself. Tclock will display the stats without seperators or titles if you wish, but I prefer to have them seperated. So,, do as you wish with it, as it's pretty much unlimited.
At the end of the line, if you wanted some personalized text that says just anything, you can have that also, just be sure to use quotation marks " " at the beginning and end of your personal statement.
Good, I'm glad you didn't take me wrong on the LS thing It's been known to happen before! LOL
And the source of the code information for Tclock was from none other then the man himself, Plastic. Plastic is one of those guys that just knows things you know? And he just happened to know that.
Is it working for you? Let me know.
It's been known to happen before! LOL
And the source of the code information for Tclock was from none other then the man himself, Plastic. Plastic is one of those guys that just knows things you know? And he just happened to know that.
Is it working for you? Let me know.
You know, I think that's it man on the formats. In fact, in the older versions of Tclock, Plastic told me that RAM usage was available, which CPU and RAM usage are my most needed. i don't really need to monitor anything else besides those two things. Unfortunately though, Two_TonE took the RAM code out of Tclock 2. Hopefully, he'll put it back in.
Glad it's working for you though, really glad, it's nice to have in the systray, and looks nice too.
Glad it's working for you though, really glad, it's nice to have in the systray, and looks nice too.
I don't think Two_toNe took the RAM code out, he worked on older source files with it not in yet, I presume. Added all code available here; I'd like and use RAM available indeed, will alert Two_toNe, as he problably doesn't read all threads here .
.Ah, good Plastic. Didn't mean to misquote you up there, I got mixed up. A habit of mine lately. But yeah, Ram and CPU, those are the best two, for me anyway, although, I suppose the option to monitor any and all would be good too.
A habit of mine lately. But yeah, Ram and CPU, those are the best two, for me anyway, although, I suppose the option to monitor any and all would be good too. Foobar2000? I don't even think I've heard of the one Grindlestone. You use it? LIke it? Does it work well? Look better then Winamp? Hmm, new thoughts
Thanks for the comments though, and yeah, I had no idea about those stats either until just recently when Plastic let me in on it. I can't be without them now.
Thanks again.
Thanks for the comments though, and yeah, I had no idea about those stats either until just recently when Plastic let me in on it. I can't be without them now.
Thanks again.
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