Post Your Desktop?

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by @theCBE

What kind of affect does running a program like windowblinds have on your computer, I imagine it makes it run a bit sluggish but is it really noticeable?

Well I have a 1.6ghz and 1024 megs of ram, and run a minimal install of windows xp sp2 (about 300 megs installed), so I might not be the person to ask.

The only time I've really noticed a slowdown is accessing opera through the widgets for the first time after startup. Graphically, I notice a fps lag when playing cs:source on servers with over 25 player while having all the desktop graphics running, so I usually turn off objectdock and the widgets before I play. Even then, it isn't really a big deal unless I'm high gunning for 44-4 score, then it can get frustrating.

[REDVAN]

Thanks for that site- I just got the windowsblinds after seeing all the cool ones here, and now I have a place to find some more

[@theCBE]

Thanks Flash..

I'm not a gamer so half of that was right over my head.. but I got the info i needed

[Eddie Bronze]

Hey Flash, what's that thing in the top left corner?

Stephane Yelle's Left Ball
Stephane Yelle's Right Ball
Bionic Regehr Files

???

[REDVAN]

what site can I use to host my image files? I'm sure this has been gone over many times but I never paid attention.

[STeeLy]

my Desktop
Note: I didn't make this desktop bg, I just found it somewhere...

[Inferno]

Mine's nothing flashy. Just the logo for the FEAR mod I'm currently working on:

[Flash Walken]

for image files, I'd use photobucket

About the things in the corner, that's how I access all my folders and apps.
It sits on my desktop all collapsed like this:


And fully expanded looks like this:



My computer name is "Gritty" and my username is "Bionic Regehr v1.0" (little joke between my brother and I, for instance, it's funny to see "Bionic Regehr's Running Processes", my other laptop is named 'Bionic Regehr v2.0').

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

for image files, I'd use photobucket

About the things in the corner, that's how I access all my folders and apps.
It sits on my desktop all collapsed like this:


And fully expanded looks like this:



My computer name is "Gritty" and my username is "Bionic Regehr v1.0" (little joke between my brother and I, for instance, it's funny to see "Bionic Regehr's Running Processes", my other laptop is named 'Bionic Regehr v2.0').

what shell replacement is that? unless you're on a mac

[Flash Walken]

it's a konfabulator widget that I built myself.

ANd when I say built myself, I mean altered for my specific needs from an existing widget.
http://widgets.yahoo.com/

[REDVAN]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...23/desktop.jpg

I can't seem to make it bigger. I figure most of you will get the idea haha

[@theCBE]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...23/desktop.jpg

I can't seem to make it bigger. I figure most of you will get the idea haha

mmmmm.... got love desktopgirls.com

I've got that one pegged for next week

[Flash Walken]

I formatted a post, but I guess I must've bluescreened or something while I wasn't at my computer because everything is gone, so here goes again.

Apologies to AlphaQ and Flames89 for not posting their desktops yet

AlphaQ:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...s89desktop.jpg

Flames89


flames89, I also have a desktop you might be interested in ... im sorry dave ...

[TimSJ]

mine for the last while.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by TimSJ

mine for the last while.

it looks like your company probably has an IT person already, so I don't know if I should be commenting, but i believe that's a windows messenger icon in your taskbar, which is a pretty big potential security hole just waiting to be compromised.

http://www.its.caltech.edu/its/secur...essenger.shtml
http://www.auburn.edu/oit/support/em...enger_flaw.php
http://security.duke.edu/disable-messenger.html

(academia makes it seem important )

[Flames89]

Walken - you have mine and Alpha's mixed up. ... no biggy though ....

[Alpha_Q]

Originally Posted by Flames89

Walken - you have mine and Alpha's mixed up. ... no biggy though ....

First off, thanks Walken, and yeah Flames89 and mine are mixed. No prob, though my computer shut off the heat in my house when it noticed.

[Hakan]

That's not a Windows Messenger icon that's an MSN Messenger icon. Two entirely different programs.

[arsenal]

This is mine right now:

Desktop Image

[mykalberta]

With windows messenger, depending on the size of network you have you would want its service running for NOC messages etc.

Just make sure you direct it to use an ephemeril port in your DMZ and then if you follow Cisco laws of practice all ephemeril ports are blocked. Thats all I do - if you are a Network Engineer, log the events on that port and watch the number of hits and misses. Its actually quite funny - and yes it is a potential security breach - IP traces of hits normally come from either Arizona(4th), NY State(3rd), Montreal(2nd), Germany (1st), and Belgium(5th) (not alot from Asia surprisingly given the media's recent attempt to make the public afraid of Chinese hackers).

Edit. - If you are a Sys Admin you could simply push out a domain policy (Server 2K3) that restricts access of that program as well. Also if you are a large company set up SystemRoot %user% to log attempts to use the program (could also do it on the network side but that only logs IP and note %user%s). Its very handy if you have a computer user access policy in case a manager needs to "let someone go" and needs something more compelling in case you get a wrongfull simissal suit.

MYK