Microsoft Windows have been around for a while now. Other than just few visual effects like Aero, Windows 7 barely does something exciting for me. So, I thought of trying other third party programs to see what windows can do to have some exciting look. I tried a lot of programs so far. There a huge list of programs that I have just to give a try. Following video shows you my desktop:
There are just a few programs that I have used. They are: Real Desktop, Shockwave3D and Rocketdock. And following are just few of the programs I have actually tried:
RocketDock,
Shock4way3D
ShockDesktop3D
TopDesk
BumpTop
DeskSpace
Finderbar
Leftsider
When I had XP I tried vistart
Windows sidebar
WindowsBlinds
Bootskin
Logon Studio
LeopardXP visual style
Yahoo Widgets
and many more that I cant even remember...
So, basically I love tweaking with my computers and try new things and love to have a good look at it. In the youtube video I posted, its just a few programs that I had when I actually made that video. And my computer is not very new. Especially my graphics card is really bad. But it still is good for my computer what you saw in the video.
Now, I will talk few things about the programs I used there.
First the Real Desktop.
Real Desktop is a program that makes your desktop look like a 3D box. It will make it look like as if oyu are looking inside a cuboid box. The icons will be like a small piece of wooden, or metallic(depending upon your settings) squares. You can literally pick it and throw it anywhere in the box that you can see. You can also pick and put it in the trash can. To pick up these icons you have to click both mouse button at same time and move it. You can also decorate the box with sticky notes and soccer ball. You can stack the icons too. and stick the sticky notes on the walls. You can also change all the wallpapers of the sides of the box. If you want to download real Desktop then you can do that by clicking here: Download Real Desktop free
Second the Shock4way3D.
Shoch4way3D is the program that will give you 4 desktops!!! Isn't that amazing??? You can do different things on different desktop without even other people knowing about it. If you are working very private and someone comes to your room suddenly then you can actually change the desktop with a shortcut key and when they use it, they will not even know what were you using unless they know about it program. For me it is really handy. And best part about it is that it is completely free. And it also have have cool graphics and a lot of features that you will really enjoy playing with. There are other programs to do the same thing for you and I have tried most of them. But since my graphics is not that good, I found this program to be the best for me because it is very very light weight. I don't even have to bother about cracking for making patch for this program. So, if you want to download it, then you can do it from here: Download Shock4way3D
Third one is RocketDock.
Many people may be familiar with the rocketdock. It is present there in all Apple computers as a Dock at the bottom of the screen by default. It is the same dock for windows. You can add programs in the dock and clear all the programs the desktop and keep it clean. I personally do not like the mess in the screen. And it is really good if you are same kind and have this rocketdock in your windows computer. In this rocketdock you can also customize the icons by yourself and you can even put the animated icon for the programs. And this program is also completely free to download. And you can do it from here: Download Rocketdock
And for the icons pack and animated icons visit http://www.rocketdock.com
Brief Descriptions of programs I have mentioned earlier:
ShockDesktop3D: It is also same as Real Desktop but the difference it that this is really really light weight again. It does not have all the features of real desktop but it have few features that even real desktop doesnot have. Frankly speaking I prefer this program to Real Desktop not only because it is light weight but also because if some of its cool features like cuboidal icons and a lot of other things too. And its easy to handle according to my personal experience. You can download it from here: Download ShockDesktop3D
TopDesk: The feature this program provides is already there in Windows vista or later version of Windows(When you press Windows Key+Tab). So, basically windows XP users might be interested in it. And what it does is, just shows all the opened windows in stacks so that you can open the window that you want to work on, easily. Download TopDesk trial version from here, Problem with it is that it is not free. But if you want contact me.
Bumptop: It is also same as ShockDesktop3D or real desktop. When I used it, I had few problems with it like it is really memory consuming and really slow. But if you have better hardware, then you will definitely love it. But personally, I did not like it that much. And also it is not free. You can only download pro version now. There is no free version at all. So, if you want go give it a try just contact me again.
DeskSpace: Its also a virtual desktop program like Shock4way3D. But it have six face like a dice rather than 4 faces. I prefer Shock4way3D to Desktop for it being light weight but you might wanna have a try at DeskSpace. But it is not free again. So, if you want contact me or Download the trial version here.
Finderbar: It is like a theme for microsoft windows that will put a finder bar in your start menu like it is there in mac computers. You will need to patch a system file to do it, but if you are interested, then I put another blog tutorial on how to do it.
Leftsider: Leftsider is a small tweak for windows that will put the three windows button(at the top: minimize, maximize and close) to the left like in mac computers.
Vistart is a program for windows xp that will change the start menu that windows XP have to be like the one in vista or 7.
Windows Side bar for XP is program that will install the side bar to use on windows XP from Vista.
Bootskin is the program that will change the boring screen that you will see when computer is booting up in windows XP or vista to a custom designed picture. You can also change the picture to what ever you want it to be but you will need a lesson on how to do it. If enough number of people are interested, then I will post the tutorial on this topic too. You can download Bootskin from here: for XP, for Vista but if need more premade skins, then contact me.
Logon Studio: Change the Logon screen of the windows: the screen where you put in your password when you start the computer. Download it from here or contact me.
Thank you for reading this. I hope you liked it. And if you need to ask something please email me or put a comment below. My email is jack_store@rocketmail.com
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