Make a boring desktop better?

[TheNemesis]

My desktop is extremely boring and I was wondering how I could make it look better...and stuff. I was also wondering if anyone knows how this guy got that toolbar on the left side of the screen:
http://www.geocities.com/bsmoor01/desktop.jpg

 

[Imported]

Skinz.org

Have fun.

 

[FrogDog]

Linked

 

[GreenBeret]

And a chick. That's what everyone else seems to do.

 

[palad]

Check out Digital Blasphemy for some cool wallpapers.

 

[BiggieN]

to move the start menu / task bar to the left or anywhere else on the screen, just drag the bar to the disired location. hte task bar can go on all 4 sides on your screen in case you wer ewondering but i like it best on the bottom.

 

[goophie]

if you really want to go nuts, i suggest litestep, it's a total shell replacement, that means no more windows explorer gui

here's a link... litestep.net

careful though, its a bit tricky at first and i had to go into safe mode to change my system.ini plenty of times to get explorer.exe back

 

[nullshark]

You can even put the QuickLaunch toolbar on a different edge than your task bar. That first screenshot looks lke that's what he did.

 

[Wedesdo]

did anyone actually notice the back ground in TheNemesis's first post?

it was hilarous

 

[TheNemesis]

Oops

 

[TheNemesis]

"to move the start menu / task bar to the left or anywhere else on the screen, just drag the bar to the disired location. hte task bar can go on all 4 sides on your screen in case you wer ewondering but i like it best on the bottom."

I know, But he has the one on the bottom, plus a shortcut ones on the side. How can this be done in Win 98 SE?

 

[ArkAoss]

i want to know how he made the icq multi user thing..

 

[Lord Evermore]

Why does everybody think it's bad to have a boring, single color desktop? I can't stand having background images on mine.

ICQ multi-user thing? You mean the floating names? Just click somebody in the contact list and select 'Floating On'. That pops up an always-on-top icon of their name so you don't have to bring up the ICQ window to message them or see their status, and you can drag it around.

I believe he may have Active Desktop turned on. The bar on the left is only a "New Toolbar" that represents specific folders on his hard drive, where he has stored shortcuts. However, I can't find a way to break that off as a separate toolbar from the main one. I know it's possible, but I think it may require active desktop. I only tried it once WAY back when IE4 first came out and multiple toolbars became available, and I never did it again.

 

[hubbs]

Ark. You can download programs to have more than one icq on at a time also. If that is what your wondering.

 

[rootaxs]

Hey i'm with goophie, check out Litestep.net/org - now *that's* customization
If you're not that techie check out windowsblinds

 

[andrey]

That's in ICQ2000 Preferences

 

[Brandino]

The background is from Fightclub... didn't anyone else recognize that?

 

[nullshark]

Just grap the little "ridge" on your quick launch tool bar and drag it onto the desktop... It becomes a window. Then drag it to any edge.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

WOW that actually worked, gracias

 

[nullshark]

 

[Lord Evermore]

DOH! That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen...

And you can then put ANOTHER quick launch bar back in your normal taskbar...