Look what bordom leads aphex to do... Im turning my XP into a MAC

[aphex]

Yea, i know im not the first to do it... but hey... im bored...

aphex's wannabe mac

Im almost there... Just got a few other things to change, but otherwize it looks pretty darn simular....

 

[notfred]

The shadows too dark, the trash is in the wrong spot, and I can't beleive you still use napster.

 

[sohdahere]

cool.
which program?

 

[sohdahere]

I can't beleive you still use napster

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Tyler
The shadows too dark, the trash is in the wrong spot, and I can't beleive you still use napster.

its not... i didnt have a nice kazaa lite icon, so i used a napster one

 

[raptor13]

What do you do to get the desktop icons, like the recycle bin, larger than normal?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: raptor13
What do you do to get the desktop icons, like the recycle bin, larger than normal?

Desktop Properties, Appearance, Advanced.

Choose Icons, and set the size to 72 (if you want up to 128, you need to find the registry patch)

 

[igowerf]

Foood.net has some pretty good XP-ish icons. He has some for common apps here.

Here's a pic of my desktop. I stole the background and theme from Mavis at the rage3d.com forums.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: raptor13
What do you do to get the desktop icons, like the recycle bin, larger than normal?

Desktop Properties, Appearance, Advanced.

Choose Icons, and set the size to 72 (if you want up to 128, you need to find the registry patch)

Is there a way to make ONLY my desktop icons larger?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: aphex
Yea, i know im not the first to do it... but hey... im bored...

aphex's wannabe mac

Im almost there... Just got a few other things to change, but otherwize it looks pretty darn simular....

Poser.

 

[datalink7]

Heh... I did that a while back. Not quite as nice as you though, but I did have the dock thingy on the bottom and the colors correct.

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: raptor13
What do you do to get the desktop icons, like the recycle bin, larger than normal?

Desktop Properties, Appearance, Advanced.

Choose Icons, and set the size to 72 (if you want up to 128, you need to find the registry patch)

Is there a way to make ONLY my desktop icons larger?

Me too. I wanna know.. as well

Is there a way to implement FOOOD's icons without manually setting each one? If it was like in a package (eg: Iconpackager) it'd be much more efficient.

 

[igowerf]

Foood's site links to a program called Icon Phile. That lets you quickly edit your icons and then save them to a single file.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Dude, why are you giving your desktop teh gEy?

- M4H

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: igowerf
Foood's site links to a program called Icon Phile. That lets you quickly edit your icons and then save them to a single file.

Cool. That still requires me to set all the icons to each individual icon tho, right?

 

[igowerf]

Yeah, but after that, you can save the config into a file. You can also tell it to "import" icons where it'll associate icons with the correct names to a set of file types. Like zip.ico will be associated with zip files. I guess after that, you just have to load the file and Icon Phile sets everything for you.

 

[Jugernot]

So, does the dock size like the mac version? I've been looking for a dock for PC that works like the mac one and can't seem to find one.

Jugs

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
So, does the dock size like the mac version? I've been looking for a dock for PC that works like the mac one and can't seem to find one.

Jugs

http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzdock/index_en.html

there you go. JUST like the OSX one. works great also
only works for XP tho

get dock icons from here

http://www.jonmega.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=4

 

[loup garou]

I did this along time ago. That Y'z dock sucks...it disappears, doesn't pop up again, won't hide, etc.

 

[bleuiko]

Originally posted by: igowerf
Foood.net has some pretty good XP-ish icons. He has some for common apps here.

Here's a pic of my desktop. I stole the background and theme from Mavis at the rage3d.com forums.

What is that application you use for your notes?? It looks nice

ICAM? Are you a UCSD student? =)

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

there you go. JUST like the OSX one.

I can tell just by looking at it that it's not JUST like the OS X one.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Jugernot
So, does the dock size like the mac version? I've been looking for a dock for PC that works like the mac one and can't seem to find one.

Jugs

http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzdock/index_en.html

there you go. JUST like the OSX one. works great also
only works for XP tho

get dock icons from here

http://www.jonmega.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=4

Heh, I remember that proggie. I tried it out quite a while ago and it sucked.... I just installed it and it's very nice now. A lot better than it used to be at least.

 

[Chrishuff1]

I agree with Jugernot, that YZ program is VERY nice now! Cleaned it up a lot!

 

[Booster]

May I wonder what do you need a wannabe Mac for?

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: bleuiko

Originally posted by: igowerf
Foood.net has some pretty good XP-ish icons. He has some for common apps here.

Here's a pic of my desktop. I stole the background and theme from Mavis at the rage3d.com forums.

What is that application you use for your notes?? It looks nice

ICAM? Are you a UCSD student? =)

I use a program called Stickies and I made a Watercolor skin to match my desktop a little better.

Yep! I'm a UCSD student and an ICAM major. I should put a reminder to myself to declare my CS minor...