Vista Desktop Themes

Vista Sidebar for XP

sOliver — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:42:21 +0000

Do you run both XP and Vista ? Or have you tried to tweak XP to make it as beautiful as Vista?

If yes, you will be happy to hear that the Vista Sidebar Gagdet is available for Windows XP now!

Yep, this is not a screenshot of Windows Vista, it’s a tweaked XP. You can download the Sidebar gagdet at DeviantArt, thanks to joshoon!

The gadget is using the original Vista Sidebar, so you can also get more Gadgets from the Windows Live Gallery. By the way, did you know that you can convert Google gadgets to Vista or XP? This little tool (called Amnesty Generator) will help you to get all the cool Google gadgets! I am going to write a review and tutorial soon how to use it, so stay tuned!

Get a Windows 7 gadget for Vista/XP today!

sOliver — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:50:23 +0000

One of the new Windows 7 features is called AeroSnap, which improves the management of desktop windows. You can maximize/minimize desktop windows by dragging a window to the taskbar; if you drag it to the left side of the screen it will automatically fill half of the screen. This can be helpful if you have to switch between applications a lot or if you want to split windows.
For designers this might come in handy to place working tools on the right side of the screen and the image itself on the left side. By the way it will also work on two monitors!

Alright, you want to grab this Windows 7 gadget now?
Get it here! Keep in mind that this is still a beta, so please report possible errors.

Requirements:

Netframework 2
Windows Xp, Windows Vista

Windows 7 Themes

Please also visit http://windows7themes.net for more information

Windows 7 will support touch-screen systems

sOliver — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:35:07 +0000

Windows 7 will support touch-screen panning, which means that you can move objects on a desktop with your own fingers on a touchscreen-enabled device. Touchscreens have been around for probably 30 years or longer, but it is still very impressive to see it.

It has been reported that Windows 7 will support this technology system-wide, which probably means that all internal applications e.g. the Windows Explorer will support it. We are one step close to the future. Mouses will never disappear, but this way of navigating and moving objects has a lot of great advantages and brings a lot of flexibility.

If you want to see this new technology, check out this video:

Image Source: http://docinthemachine.com/

Tinker together with us!

sOliver — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:03:19 +0000

More and more tinker levels have been created. It’s actually pretty nice to see so much involvement and we definetly had some great submissions so far. You are able to find all of our tinker levels here.

Ross created two packages of new tinker levels:

I created 8 custom Tinker levels. I love this game! I was up for hours making them, they even challenged me trying to validate them all. You can view my website to get hints and to tell me what you think about my levels. I have a guestbook and a form that you can fill out. I???ll even send solutions to the levels if you want.?? Download

I finished another 5 levels. Some of them are a bit silly, but they are all validated. You can visit my website at http://webchurchnike.tripod.com/tinker and let me know how you did on each level or if you need some help. I have hints for each level on the site. I???ve even posted some videos and pictures for certain levels. Download

Unfortunately his first uploads were not working at first. As Ross stated correctly, you shouldn’t use special characters like spaces or foot signs in the filename or I will have to rename them manually.

Also TulsaDavid uploaded a new 5×5 Tinker level:

This is a small (5??5 board) but deceptively challenging level. Download

A big thanks goes out to Ross and TulsaDavid, also to b3ck, MacShrike and newman777 who uploaded new tinker levels previously.

May the Tinker be with us!

25 high-quality icons for your desktop!

sOliver — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:14:04 +0000

We have recently received a lot of freebies from Iconshock via our submit-system.

I am always amazed how much work they put into their icons, every icon has a very high quality and can be used for everything you can imagine. Style your desktop, your software, your website, your E-Mails, your IM’s, your BlogLog and much more with just a few clicks.

Aladdin Icons

Finding Nemo Icons

DJ Icons

Under Construction Website Icons

AvP Icons

If you are looking for more icons of the same quality, then I recommend to go to http://iconshock.com

They have the greatest source of icons on the net. “300.000″ Icons is definetly an incredible number! This is a great source for webmasters and developers (like me), but also for tweaking guru’s. If you are looking for icons that will fit to your desktop wallpaper then I’m pretty sure you will find at least one good set there.

Alien Vs Predator

tdomf_39495 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:43:06 +0000

Are you a sci-fi fanatic, have you seen the whole Alien Vs Predator saga? This stock is designed just for you, containing graphics that represent the main characters of this movie the unforgettable Alien as well as the predator character. Whit a glossy finished effect and a nice clean combining of warm colours and great shapes Its certain clean style makes them stand out amongst other icons.

Iconshock_vista_avp.zip (2 MB)

Aladdin Lumina Icons

tdomf_39495 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:43:06 +0000

This Walt Disney great movie is a beautiful love story about the adventures of a boy called Aladdin. In this stock you can find the main characters of the movie, Jasmine, the genius, Aladdin and also the bad guy Jafar, this wonderful set of web icons are designed in our cool Lumina style with rays of light that gives a shiny touch to the icons, comes in grey, green, orange and blue tones making them look smooth, with a 3D aspect that make them stand among other icons.

Iconshock_tiny_aladdin_Lumina_icons.zip (1 MB)

Obama Wallpaper

sOliver — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:04:13 +0000

Now it’s official, Obama will be the first black-skinned president of the United States of America.

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer”

To celebrate the election of Barack Obama here are three more Wallpaper you can use for your desktop.

Click on the images to open them in a new window. Then right-click on the image and select “Save As”.

Obama Wallpaper 1

Source: http://obama4usa.files.wordpress.com/

Obama Wallpaper 2

Source: http://obamamedia.files.wordpress.com/

Obama Wallpaper 3

Source: http://obamamedia.files.wordpress.com/

Vista Explorer consuming too much CPU resources

sOliver — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:37:54 +0000

Well recently I had some real performance problems. Vista was running fine for a long time, but then I realized that my computer was getting slower and slower.?? What can you do if you experience the same problems?

First of all open your task manager (Strg+Alt+Del) and find out which process is consuming a lot of CPU and RAM.?? In my case the Explorer was consuming a lot of CPU resources and I was idling, not doing anything at all. After doing some research I found out that this is due to a recent Vista Update.

Here is the solution:

1. Right-click on your taskbar and select “Properties”

2. Now open the tab “Start Menu” as seen on the screenshot below.

The Start Menu Properties

3. Click on “Customize” to open the advanced settings of the Start Menu.

4. Scroll down until you find the following entry:

Start Menu Search Files

5. Make sure that you check “Dont’ search for files”.

6. Done, now your explorer won’t be eating up all the CPU resources.

Should there be any other process consuming a lot of resources, simply try to identify the source. By the way I recommend to read the post “Tweaking the Windows Task Manager” in order to display the path to each process. That’s a good way to find viruses and trojans as well, should there be a Windows process not inside the Windows folder, then it’s most likely a virus.

Dj Sigma Icons

tdomf_39495 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:51:59 +0000

Professional vista icons is a set related with people who plays music recordings for a living most known as Dj???s, this art involve sound devices used in this profession, perfectly represented in this stock, using bright and vibrating colors to make contrast with some grey scale tint. The beautiful shapes used for this collection achieve to represent the cool Dj???s spirit.

iconshock_sigma_dj_icon_set.zip (1 MB)