Show us your desktop 2007

[Easy Mac]

I'll start. Running XP
http://www.thefishofdeath.com/files/Desktop.png

[PackerFanatic]

You have a network connection unplugged, might wanna get that checked.

[ISiddiqui]

But his wireless is connected...

Anyway, I'll post mine in a week or so when I get Vista :D.

[Subby]

At work...

http://www.thefofl.com/images/subby_desk.jpg

[Butter]

Which one was the beer drinker? :)

[Pumpy Tudors]

OK, I know the thread is "show us your desktop" and not "describe your desktop", but I'm going to describe. My desktop at work has the team picture of the 1994-95 New Jersey Devils team. It was the first Devils squad to win the Stanley Cup. I would describe my desktop at home, but it has so many icons on it that I can't see it anymore.

[Rizon]

Can't, I would get banned.

[Maple Leafs]

Anyone else vaguely worried that Subby has a Word document listing who he needs to kill?

[Drake]

Worried? Yes.

Surprised? No.

[MJ4H]

Every desktop element you see auto-hides. I turn off auto-hide on all the elements for screenshots or else you would just see my wallpaper.

This is BBLean, a branch of Blackbox for Windows. I use it because it is extraordinarily customizable, and extremely slim on resource-usage. For instance, it uses less than 2 Mb of memory in my most comfortable configuration of it, while the default Explorer shell uses over 31 Mb in its most comfortable configuration for me. No contest. Everything responds instantly, so no clicking and waiting. There is a bit of a learning curve with it, but it is the absolute perfect shell for me, and I doubt I will ever use anything else.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/desk1.jpg

EDIT: Also this is resized down from the 1440x900 resolution I run on my laptop.

[lordscarlet]

I'll try to remember to grab my home desktop tonight, but this is work:

(pretty boring, but I wanted to show off my dual monitors. ;) )

http://smallvillage.net/images/desktop_thumb.png (http://smallvillage.net/images/desktop.png)

[lordscarlet]

I'll start. Running XP


Why not just get a mac at that point? :)

[sachmo71]

Work desktop:

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/mistersachmo/desktop.jpg

[Toddzilla]

http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/gertjanl/hcc2003_img_large/bochs_win_win101.gif


:D

[cubboyroy1826]

I know this is gonna sound dumb but how the heck to i post my desktop?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I know this is gonna sound dumb but how the heck to i post my desktop?

Cntl-Print Screen will take a copy of whatever is displayed on your screen. Then just paste and you'll have a picture of your desktop.

[lordscarlet]

Cntl-Print Screen will take a copy of whatever is displayed on your screen. Then just paste and you'll have a picture of your desktop.

...paste it into paint and save it.

[MacroGuru]

http://www.indoorsoccersim.com/images/desktop.jpg

Running Vista RC2 right now on a laptop with just bare minimum of RAM needed, I am going to upgrade this once I get a job...

[ISiddiqui]

Thundercats!

And Vista! Very nice indeed.

[cubboyroy1826]

Okay now how the heck do i paste the image/picture.

[cubboyroy1826]

okay finally:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/cubbyroy/desktop.jpg


Nothing special. The Camaro pictured is due out 2010 and will be mine, oh yes it will be mine.

[lordscarlet]

This thread makes me think of a blog I reads sweet regular feature:

hxxp://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/001045.html

[GoldenEagle]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3033/desktoppa8.png

This is my work desktop. I am pretty simple.

[Cringer]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Cringer/screen1_26_07.jpg

[Easy Mac]

A Cringer indeed

[Easy Mac]

Why not just get a mac at that point? :)

I had a Mac, I didn't like the interface:D

Actually, it was too slow G3, so I sold it and got a thinkpad.

[Draft Dodger]

http://inthecheapseats.com/files/desktop.jpg

[Buccaneer]

You guys know about WindowBlinds, right?

[MJ4H]

WindowBlinds

ick

[Buccaneer]

http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/desktop2.jpg

[MJ4H]

Windowsblinds has come a long way since it used to be slow, buggy, a resource hog and didnt have very many good looking styles. If I used explorer shell I would use it I guess.

[Buccaneer]

Windowsblinds has come a long way since it used to be slow, buggy, a resource hog and didnt have very many good looking styles. If I used explorer shell I would use it I guess.

I've only recently got on board and I can't tell how how many countless hours I have spent this month (since building a new PC) in customizing some of the downloaded themes. I have even gotten to the point where I have different UI/look-and-feel by application. The XP themes that MS gives you for XP and for Plus really sucks (i.e., boring, unimaginative). I chose the above Cobalt Sapphire theme from xpthemes.com even though I modified it quite a bit. Other cool themes I have include an Ancient Egypt one, Rise of Nations theme (even though I don't play that, I have plans to modify to make a Civ4 themes out of it) and the awad-winning Zippo one.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I'd show mine, but it is a tasteful photograph of a beautiful nude lady featured in an old Players magazine. :D

[Tigercat]

laptop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kmahe/Misc/desktop-1.jpg?t=1169863275

[cartman]

Here ya go:

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/images/c64/screen.gif

[cartman]

The one above is my game machine. Here is the one I use for my bidness:

http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/trs80iii/screen1.gif

[Greyroofoo]

Here's my work background

hxxp://www.xtra-rant.com/photos/d/764-2/IMG_1311_2.jpg

[MizzouRah]

Here ya go:

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/images/c64/screen.gif

10 Print "Hello Cartman!"
20 Goto 10

[cartman]

10 Print "Hello Cartman!"
20 Goto 10

Strangely enough, that also works on my bidness machine...

:D

[MizzouRah]

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9451/untitledyn1.jpg

[MizzouRah]

Strangely enough, that also works on my bidness machine...

:D

Those were the days!

[lordscarlet]

I had a Mac, I didn't like the interface:D

Actually, it was too slow G3, so I sold it and got a thinkpad.

mmmm.. intel os x...

I've only recently got on board and I can't tell how how many countless hours I have spent this month (since building a new PC) in customizing some of the downloaded themes. I have even gotten to the point where I have different UI/look-and-feel by application. The XP themes that MS gives you for XP and for Plus really sucks (i.e., boring, unimaginative). I chose the above Cobalt Sapphire theme from xpthemes.com even though I modified it quite a bit. Other cool themes I have include an Ancient Egypt one, Rise of Nations theme (even though I don't play that, I have plans to modify to make a Civ4 themes out of it) and the awad-winning Zippo one.

And that hideous thing you posted is better than the XP themes? On my work machine (aka my Windows machine) I just use the classic theme.

[Alan T]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/Turlos/desktop-1.jpg

[Fidatelo]

Here's my work laptop running Vista Business edition:
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s52/Fidatelo/desktop.jpg

[ISiddiqui]

DAMN it be cold in Winnipeg!

[Fidatelo]

DAMN it be cold in Winnipeg!

Keep in mind that's celcius, so it's more like -2 or something in fahrenheit. It's actually been, aside from a week long stretch earlier this month, a pretty nice winter so far :)

[ISiddiqui]

-2 F would shut down Atlanta for a week ;).

[SackAttack]

Had to perform some temporary elective surgery, but here's mine:

http://www.filenikki.com/images/staff/josh/desktop.jpg

[daedalus]

This is BBLean, a branch of Blackbox for Windows. I use it because it is extraordinarily customizable, and extremely slim on resource-usage. For instance, it uses less than 2 Mb of memory in my most comfortable configuration of it, while the default Explorer shell uses over 31 Mb in its most comfortable configuration for me. No contest. Everything responds instantly, so no clicking and waiting. There is a bit of a learning curve with it, but it is the absolute perfect shell for me, and I doubt I will ever use anything else.I grabbed this when you first mentioned this a long time ago. I'll have to start tinkering with it again.

[daedalus]

GE - GORGEOUS background.

Bucc - As someone with some incredible photographs, you NEED to start slapping some of those onto your desktop! :D

[cartman]

What, no one has a "shemale vids" folder they accidentally left on their desktop? Or is that the elective surgery you are referring to, SA? :D

[SackAttack]

What, no one has a "shemale vids" folder they accidentally left on their desktop? Or is that the elective surgery you are referring to, SA? :D

The elective surgery to which I refer wouldn't be nearly that embarrassing, but is still something I can't reveal just yet. :D

[Buccaneer]

GE - GORGEOUS background.

Bucc - As someone with some incredible photographs, you NEED to start slapping some of those onto your desktop! :D

Thanks, I actually have some of my photos available as background (my wife uses one in a purplish theme her log on has). But as you can tell, I love unclutteredness and simple elegance and would prefer to have a background (my customized version of crystal.bmp) that blends in to the theme without becoming distracting.

[Icy]

The elective surgery to which I refer wouldn't be nearly that embarrassing, but is still something I can't reveal just yet. :D

I was going to post mine and then noticed what you are talking about... and decided to not to post mine.

[Buccaneer]

I was going to post mine and then noticed what you are talking about... and decided to not to post mine.

Gee, I wonder why.

[Icy]

Gee, I wonder why.

Sack, me and some others have something in common in our desktop right now and I would have revealed it too soon if I had not read his post, you will know in a couple of weeks max.
Nothing too important, don't get too excited :)

[Emiliano]

Here ya go:

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/images/c64/screen.gif

LOAD "*",8,1

;)

[Cringer]

Ok, so this thread actually got me to redo my desktop since I was bored with it......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Cringer/Project1.gif

[hoosierdude]

So besides WindowBlinds, what else is out there to retweak my desktop and make it better? I am bored with the one I have and I figured more ideas might be a great idea here!

[MJ4H]

BBLean (http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/)

Screenshots (http://www.boxshots.org/) of what can be done with the Blackbox 4 Windows family of shells

[lordscarlet]

So besides WindowBlinds, what else is out there to retweak my desktop and make it better? I am bored with the one I have and I figured more ideas might be a great idea here!

http://www.stardock.com

[Icy]

Do those desktop tools eat a lot of resources?

[MJ4H]

If you are asking about bblean, no. It is an entire shell replacement that replaces windows explorer shell (the default taskbar, system tray, desktop icon manager, etc). It uses considerably less resources than the default.

I suspect you are asking about stardock's suite, though. I have never used it because it is commercial, but it looks cool. I would suspect it doesn't use much until you get into the transparency and animation stuff. Also the desktop widgets would probably use up a good bit. Trust the people that have used it extensively more than me, though.

[FrogMan]

If you are asking about bblean, no. It is an entire shell replacement that replaces windows explorer shell (the default taskbar, system tray, desktop icon manager, etc). It uses considerably less resources than the default.

quick question regarding bblean. Say I try it but just can't get a hang of it, messing my desktop badly, is it easy to revert to the good old Windows desktop? Also, how steep is the learning curve?

I ask because every time I see one of your desktop, I'm always wowed by them and I always end up telling myself "I gotta pick that up and try it" but I kind of fear making a whole pile of crap with my desktop...

FM

[MJ4H]

Alright here is the deal:

If you download, say bblean:

1) Running blackbox.exe -install will set it as the default shell

2) Running blackbox.exe -uninstall will revert back to default explorer shell as the default shell.

So, as long as you know how to run commands like that at any time (you can always do this through the task manager: ctrl-alt-del once, select run from the Menus), then you are always able to revert back to the default.

It won't be too hard to figure out. I suggest learning how to run blackbox.exe from the task manager just to be safest, though.

[FrogMan]

cool, thanks for the info. :)

FM

[SteveMax58]

Here ya go:

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/images/c64/screen.gif

LOAD"MyDesktop",8,1 <<Return>> (not enter:D )

[SteveMax58]

LOAD "*",8,1

;)

Ahh...I didnt read the second page before I posted.

Still funny.

[terpkristin]

http://kristin.seidelmann-owners.com/junk/desktop28Jan2007.JPG


/tk

[sabotai]

http://www.irregardlessproductions.com/desktop.jpg

[FBPro]

What is this Front Office Football that some of you have open on your desktop?

[SackAttack]

What is this Front Office Football that some of you have open on your desktop?

I would imagine that's the web browser displaying this thread on, you know, Front Office Football Central. ;)

[Toddzilla]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3319/dtbp4.jpg

Me and Cassie

and yes, I realize that the image contains my work email address - please be kind.

[lordscarlet]

Do those desktop tools eat a lot of resources?

It's pretty much as MJ4H said.. They are fine unless you start getting really fancy with them.

[Cringer]

I would imagine that's the web browser displaying this thread on, you know, Front Office Football Central. ;)


Shhhhh! He doesn't know that this place is called Front Office Football Central! You are giving away the secret.

[MizzouRah]

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/7687/untitledau4.jpg

[JeeberD]

Screw you...I'm still a newlywed, dammit.

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/JeeberD/desktop.jpg

[Logan]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p267/terps54424/devdesktop.jpg



That's my 17 month old niece (hopefully no jealousy from my 3 month old niece). This is probably the only picture I have of her where she's not smiling. Her intent focus on her Doodlebops DVD amazed me.

Yes, it's very boring.

[Neuqua]

those are some chubby cheeks.

[MrIllini]

I'll start. Running XP
http://www.thefishofdeath.com/files/Desktop.png

<--- eediot, but how do you get the mac buttons at the bottom of windows like that?

[Logan]

those are some chubby cheeks.

You should have seen her when she was first born. Head smaller, cheeks the same size. She also has a bit of a sourpuss on her face cause she was under the weather then, but yes, they're not distorted in the picture.

[Scholes]

Nice and simple:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/DynamiteFC/desktop.jpg

[MJ4H]

<--- eediot, but how do you get the mac buttons at the bottom of windows like that?

There are lots of possibilities. Several dock programs for windows, including MobyDock, RocketDock, and YzDock (I think the latter is a bit tougher to find than the first two, though it's been awhile since I've looked).

[lordscarlet]

<--- eediot, but how do you get the mac buttons at the bottom of windows like that?

I don't know if this is what he used, but: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

[Maple Leafs]

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5719/dtrp3.jpg

[MizzouRah]

Great pic ML!!

[KevinNU7]

Sack, me and some others have something in common in our desktop right now and I would have revealed it too soon if I had not read his post, you will know in a couple of weeks max.
Nothing too important, don't get too excited :)
So what was it?

[MJ4H]

I don't know if this is what he used, but: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/


Arg I forgot the obvious one, too :)

[Easy Mac]

Using rocket dock.

Updated pic
http://www.thefishofdeath.com/files/desktop2.JPG

[Subby]

Here's my work background

OH SNAP!

edit: probably not a good idea to quote that :)

[Subby]

Just got dual monitors set up...very happy. Ultramon is the shit.

http://www.thefofl.com/subby/desktop.jpg

[JeeberD]

:confused:

What's wrong with Grey's pic of the RCA Dome?

[Subby]

:confused:

What's wrong with Grey's pic of the RCA Dome?
Clear your cache and refresh

[lordscarlet]

Ultramon is indeed the shit.

[JetsIn06]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5527/screenshot1260x788vj2.jpg

My Desktop -2008 Edition...

[Buccaneer]

I've made dramatic changes to my desktop since post #30. :)

http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/desktop2.jpg

[ISiddiqui]

Mine has no nudity, but may not be safe for work ;). Let's just say it involves Angelina Jolie on a bed.

[daedalus]

i can live with NSFW. do share. :D

[MJ4H]

Spent some time with the default xp shell with some stupid visual styles for awhile until I finally wised up and went back to blackbox for windows again. Ah, home.

http://pwatts14.googlepages.com/desktop3.jpg

[Dr. Sak]

Does that say Butt Pirate's Theme? ;)

[MJ4H]

you wish

[Dr. Sak]

HAHAHAHAH

[SnDvls]

this thread title is misleading ;)

[MacroGuru]

Mine for the season:

http://www.flfl-fof.com/desktop.gif

[JeeberD]

BARF

[Radii]

Do I win anything for worst dekstop ever? Every once in awhile someone sees my desktop and says "holy shit look at all those icons" and I spend 30 minutes cleaning it up. Obviously, I never use my actual desktop for anything except a dumping point for file downloads.

http://fbcb-fofc.com/img/desktop.jpg

[MikeVic]

holy shit look at all those icons.

[MikeVic]

Dola,

does that say "radii@wangband" at the bottom...

[MacroGuru]

BARF

They didn't have any proper UTEP ones I liked....:lol:

Hows this, I'll take a snap shot from the NCAA 09 game BYU vs UTEP....of course BYU will be winning...

[Radii]

does that say "radii@wangband" at the bottom...



I SSH into a unix box to use bitchx for IRC instead of some crappy client like mIRC. The box is named angband because it was created by a bunch of georgia tech geeks about 10-12 years ago, except someone changed the hostname to wangband which I don't understand at all....

[Logan]

I have a coworker that keeps all his files on his desktop, cleaning it up every couple months or whenever he runs out of space. Somehow he finds what he needs even if the entire desktop is covered.

[Bigsmooth]

My work desktop.

[ISiddiqui]

Ah, Angelina:

[MacroGuru]

Ah, Angelina:

Definitely a great desktop, the one at home I had a great one of her, but since the daughter started playing on it, the wife made me change it. But I think it's time to start setting up accounts.

[MJ4H]

Just because I've changed it a little bit already and I made the graphic to show someone else who was asking about it, here is another desktop screenshot with some annotations.

http://pwatts14.googlepages.com/desktop4.JPG

[twothree]

I guess this is a good thread to try attaching an image. Ah..., so that is how it is done.

[Autumn]

<img src="http://www.meadowdance.org/khww/images/desktop2.jpg">

This is the current setup.

[Yellow5]

Wow Greyroofoo has a NSFW pic on the first page, mod might want to fix that. Appears he was hotlinking an image from another host and they are not happy about it. :)

[Yellow5]

dola and my current desktop

[JeeberD]

Wow Greyroofoo has a NSFW pic on the first page, mod might want to fix that. Appears he was hotlinking an image from another host and they are not happy about it. :)

Subby brought that up last time this thread was bumped, but I didn't see anything then and I still don't see anything now. But since there are two of y'all who do, I guess I'll edit his post...

[MJ4H]

So bumping an old thread because I would like a little help.

What I'd like to do is move my quicklaunch icon spacing down to the same distance that my systray icon spacing is. Anyone know if that is possible? I can fit 5 systray icons in this width, but I can only fit 4 in the quicklaunch bars because of the ludicrously large spacing. I'd love also to be able to shrink the vertical space that start button takes. Don't know if either is possible, but I would really like it. (this is vista btw)
http://pwatts14.googlepages.com/desktop2.jpg

[chinaski]

My work desktop.

Awesome background!

[Buccaneer]

I have made some significant changes to my desktop in 2 years:

2007:
http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/desktop2.jpg

2009:
http://home.comcast.net/~ouray2/images/desktop3.jpg

[Calis]

I'd say getting Outlaws on there is pretty significant.

We need a new Outlaws btw.

[Shkspr]

I have made some significant changes to my desktop in 2 years:


What the hell did Strategic Command 2 ever do to you, anyway? It's like you've made it an ungame or something.

[Alan T]

My background is slightly more exciting than Bucc's.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/Turlos/background.jpg

[Buccaneer]

brassmonkey: I think I know that. LOL. It's just cool to see all of my Civ4 games like that. I really have nothing else to put in their places.

Calis: Again, you and I have similar tastes. Been playing Outlaws again right now, mainly to show my son what a great it was/is. I did read that a company did attempt to make an Outlaws game using one of the newer engines. I don't think anything came out of it. Too many people like the scifi/fantasy stuff.

Shkspr: I did give it a good try but if I recall, the main thing I thought about while playing it was that I wished I was playing Civ4 instead.

[ISiddiqui]

New Desktop. Added a few programs to the desktop:

[INDalltheway]

Mike Tyson FTW!

[MJ4H]

In celebration of my return to Blackbox for Windows this time with Vista (because I can't get my quicklaunch bars to work right) here is my new desktop:

It's like coming home.

http://pwatts14.googlepages.com/desktop3.png

[Recoil]

http://i41.tinypic.com/femlhv.jpg

[johnnyshaka]

Windows 7...love it so far. But, my MacBook is due to arrive any day now...we'll see if I'll become an artsie fartsie.

[Tigercat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kmahe/Misc/desktop.jpg

[TLK]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/TheLionKing/copa.jpg

Only because I'm a fan of the background...

[Cringer]

These pictures don't show everything, but it's the key stuff. New look all around, including about 80% (give or take 10%) of all icons in Vista were changed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Cringer/desktop2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Cringer/desktop1.jpg

[Drake]

That is awesome, Cringer.

[hawk4669]

Pretty boring....I have a weird pet peeve about an un-cluttered desktop.

http://home.pacbell.net/billntip/desktop.jpg

Cheers!

[Cringer]

I would love that wallpaper if it wasn't blown up to fit the screen. That is something I just can't handle very long, I have tried it.

[MJ4H]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/desktop5.jpg

Using Desktop Sidebar (Desktop Sidebar HomePage (www.desktopsidebar.com)) as a replacement for the vista taskbar. Really like this program.

[MacroGuru]

http://www.beststoreontheweb.com/images/Desktop.jpg

Figured out how to create my own taskbar in Vista without modding anything and this is how I am running it now.

[sovereignstar]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8696/win31.png

[Sweed]

Just switched to this one of our pets.

[terpkristin]

I change my desktop about once a month. Currently on a Christmas theme here at home. My work desktop has a photo I shot in Bermuda. Home computer:
http://kristin.seidelmann-owners.com/fofc/desktop20091227_small.JPG

I cropped the buggy handle out of this picture and use it as my work background: 20090905 thru 10 Bermuda 081 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin/3907984570/in/set-72157622207548083/)

I try to minimize the number of items on my desktop.

/tk

[lighthousekeeper]

mine

[mauchow]

similar to the one i just added:

[MizzouRah]

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4639/desktopzs.jpg

Just installed W7

[Neuqua]

I try to change mine about once a month too.

[Toddzilla]

I don't have a picture of my desktop 3 years ago :(