Thursday, 20 February 2014

How to make your Windows Desktop more attractive and informative

20.2.14

Every one likes to a desktop look more beautiful .So they use different backgrounds and try different themes. Whatever they do it doesn't make their desktop informative , that is , it doesn't provide them the information they want them about their pc. Here I give a some easy ways to make it look beautiful as well as informative. Below is the image of how my desktop looks like.


The left panel shows feed updates from favourite websites.You can also add feeds from a Facebook page too. At the center is the widget which can show your computer time, your mails, weather of your city, stats about your CPU, hard disk and wireless network. To show the number of unread emails and weather status, you have to provide information to set it up and most importantly your computer must be connected to the network.  The right panel shows Notes, which you can edit yourselves, CPU information, currently played music information, Google search panel, Speaker volume control and recycle bin.

Things needed: 

1.  Background : You can choose the background you want. Its good if its a solid color.

2.   Rainmeter : This is the software which is needed to run and control the following skins.

3.   Enigma : This skin has different widgets and you can choose which one must be displayed on your                                  
                    screen.
4.  Ventuz : This is the skin you see on the center of the image above.
                                                (OR)
     5.   Arcs : If you are contended you can choose this simple skin which is a digital clock.


    Setting Things Up:

       
    Well lets start setting things up. First of all, clear all the annoying shortcuts and icons from the desktop because it is on the top most list which makes your desktop awful. Apply the selected desktop background of yours. Download Rainmeter and install it. Now download the skins and open it. It opens automatically with the help of Rainmeter. Now start arranging the widgets on the place of your wish. Its easy just click and drag the ones you want to move to required place and it becomes its permanent place. To make it undraggable further right click on the widget and select "Settings" and uncheck the "Draggable" option.

    Feeding the information:

    Lets start feeding the information.
    Right click on any widget of the Enigma skin and select Enigma --> Options --> Options.ini . This would open a settings panel as follows. Informations given here would be shared by the Ventuz skin too. 



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