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  1. Replacing icons in imageres.dll in win 7

    by VivCham
    • 2 replies
    • 4.8k views

    please someone tell me how i can change the icons in imageres.dll with my custom icons ......... OS is Win 7

    Last reply by +Gary7,

  3. Registry fix to stop Windows from making copies while dragging

    by Appzalien
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views

    I don't use Win 8 or 10 so you would have to check if the registry entries are still there, I know it works up to Win 7. While highlighting multiple files in a folder if you accidentally drag one of them to much while doing so holding the Ctrl key, Windows will automatically start making copies of the highlighted files in the same folders with the tag "copy" attached. It can be irritating if your trying to move a group of photos or songs from one folder to another. In the registry is a drag height (up and down) and width (left and right) that are set to 4 pixels. If you accidentally drag more than that (which can happen if your speed highlighting) the auto copy feature ki…

    Last reply by Appzalien,

  4. Customizing Aero Win 7 's Start Menu Beyond MS Limits

    by BadDudesVsDragonNinja
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views

    hi, could anyone recommend any tool/editor or hack guide, to customize Win 7 Aero's Start Menu, beyond the default programmed limits? Not one that designs new themes, but one which can hack your currently applied theme. Also not start menu replacements like Start X, DisplayFusion, but one which modifies win7's existing explorer shell and the standard menu. stuff out of the ordinary, like splitting columns in the left side of start menu, moving and resizing the search box to another location on the menu, freely resizing the width of the start menu, raising the height of the menu to hit the top even if u are on aero theme (the profile frame normally sticks out and forms …

    Last reply by BadDudesVsDragonNinja,

  5. Windows Aero (Tahoma Font) 1 2

    by Eric G.
    • 41 replies
    • 68.2k views

    Windows Aero (Tahoma Font) (Completely disable ClearType and remove Segoe UI from the Windows interface.) In Windows 7 and Vista, one has the option to change portions of the user interface (UI) to whatever font one desires. Unfortunately it is not an option to change the font on certain parts of the interface. Segoe UI, the default UI font in Windows Vista and Windows 7, looks particularly bad after ClearType is completely disabled. However, ClearType itself looks very bad on older and/or cheaper monitors, previously forcing users with such monitors to either deal with the ugliness of ClearType or the ugliness of Segoe UI when ClearType is disabled. That's where Window…

    Last reply by The Evil Overlord,

  6. Wallpaper management — Does such an app exist?

    by dragontology
    • 1 reply
    • 2.8k views

    I have hundreds of wallpapers. Maybe thousands. Yet, I've been using the colored Windows "Hero image" since Windows 10 came out. The blue one, but with the four colors. My wife has a folder of anime desktops on her desktop in a folder, and cycles through them. What I'd like to do is, install a program that looks at all the wallpapers I have. It would be nice if it had a feature to Google Image search anything below my desktop size (1080p) and try to find a better quality image. But I'd like it to let me categorize the images. For each one, click the relevant tags. So maybe one day I want wallpapers with cities, whether they're photographed or drawn. Maybe I wa…

    Last reply by Xahid,

  7. Large icon for win32 apps on Start menu

    by +Zagadka
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views

    Getting kinda frustrated, I've tried several techniques (including the VisualElements.Manifest method). I quite like the live tiles, but MS made a mistake in making Win32 apps have a tiny icon. It looks stupid. Is there anything that can be done to use a larger icon to fit better with the Live Tiles?

    Last reply by +Zagadka,

  8. is there a way to set a sound for startup login off and shutdown windows 10?

    by drugo
    • 5 replies
    • 2.3k views

    hi is there a way to customize and add a sound for startup,shutdown, login and off for windows 10 ? would really appreciate it , without messing up w10 thanks

    Last reply by Raa,

  9. Metrocharm

    by Ramcee
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views

    Follow the progress on my deviantart: If people have idea's or wanna help out? Mail me: Ramcee@live.nl http://rsrmusic.deviantart.com/art/Metrocharm-20-01-2016-580774347

    Last reply by Sekyal,

  10. Darkling by The Skins Factory

    by The Skins Factory
    • 10 replies
    • 13.4k views

    Requirements: Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition, Windows XP & Windows Media Player 9 Series. Description: Available only when you buy the new Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition. Microsoft chose The Skins Factory to create, for the first time ever, skins for their brand new media application, Plus! Party Mode for Windows Media Player. This is an UPDATE. If you've purchased DME you can download this version which allows the user to toggle the visualization screen on or off. About Plus! Party Mode for Windows Media Player: Party mode is the ultimate media application for those of you who want to enjoy all your media files but not allow people access to your c…

    Last reply by +warwagon,

  11. Windows Holographic / Concept

    by fediaFedia
    • 11 replies
    • 3.5k views

    Hey guys, been a while Thought I'd share something I put together recently: To view it, open this page on a Desktop or on a Phone: http://fediafedia.com/holo/ NOTE: You can use WASD keys and mouse to navigate (click and drag) Works with Google Cardboard, GearVR and Oculus Rift

    Last reply by +Dick Montage,

  12. Win10BGChanger1.2.0.0

    by chrisj1968
    • 0 replies
    • 4.3k views

    Source link: Right Here I found this neat, easy to use program/app that allows me to use my own photos I've shot to create backgrounds for the login screen where we type in our password. its pretty straight forward and easy to use. you can even set it for a simple color of your choosing as well instead of a picture. this little program can be found as well as the link at: First the interface with numbered steps on changing the picture. I placed the small program right on the desktop and here is the list of files contained within programs directory I hope I found something useful for others to use. after…

    Last reply by chrisj1968,

  13. Generating PDF thumbnails with chrome as default PDF viewer.

    by compl3x
    • 1 reply
    • 9.8k views

    (Windows 10 Home x64) (Google Chrome x64 48.0.2564.82 m) OK, this is kind of an odd one: I have lots of PDFs and sometimes it is a lot easier to recognise which one I need to open by seeing a thumbnail of their cover instead of scrolling or search by name. However, when you have a web browser as the default viewer explorer doesn't generate thumbnails. I would really prefer not to have to install a standalone pdf viewer to generate thumbs, so if anyone know how to do this I'd be super appreciative.

    Last reply by Seahorsepip,

  14. Ways to Hide The Look of Win10?

    by +Steve B
    • 23 replies
    • 3.8k views

    I've always hated how they made Win8 and Win10 look like it was designed by some kid. I found the look of Win7 a lot better. However, I also realize Win10 provides speed benefits and other things. So my question is, is there ways just hide what I think is the ugliness of Win10? What about fonts? I know they do rendering differently but, the system fonts looks horrid and jagged. I know in the past Windows Blinds and such was the norm. I thought I would get some input here.

    Last reply by Seahorsepip,

  15. Patching DLLs in general, and specifically user32.dll to prevent FlashWindow(Ex) on Windows 10?

    by Ciantic
    • 4 replies
    • 4.5k views

    Has anyone patched DLLs in this era where Windows includes anti-malware and other measures to prevent tampering? My problem is that on Windows 10 the Flashing taskbar buttons appear on all virtual desktops, and interrupts my work on another virtual desktop. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1276378-windows-10-virtual-desktops-and-flashing-taskbar-buttons-on-all-virtual-desktops-still-on-insider-builds/ I can't come up a better solution than preventing whole flash window thing happening, I have not yet tried to patch this, I have ran dumpbin for the user32.dll and original code for FlashWindow(Ex) function is following, if I'm not mistaken: user32.dll 10.0.10240.16384…

    Last reply by mrexodia,

  16. Windows 10 Transformation/UX Pack 6.0 Released - Threshold 2 update is here

    by Windows X
    • 2 replies
    • 4.4k views

    Sorry it took this long. There was November Update while I was on a trip with my dad and I was very busy after getting back from the trip. I’ve checked out November update for new resources and implemented them in this release. It may not sound big but at least we finally get to see new tray eject icon. Windows 10 Transformation Pack 6.0 Changelog -Added Hidden wallpapers from Windows 10 and Windows 10 v1511 (Threshold 2) -Added OldNewExplorer on Windows 8/8.1 for slim Explorer like Windows 10 -Fixed system files modification incompatibility -Fixed theme engine not working properly after reboot -System files modification wi…

    Last reply by Windows X,

  17. theme doesn't run properly in windows 10

    by John_Thomas
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views

    I followed all the steps on http://www.suck-style.net/p/tutorial-windows-10.html I downloaded the theme and installed it. But it doesn't work. It only changed my cursor, some of my icons, and the color of some stuffs. Someone help me please.

    Last reply by Seahorsepip,

  18. Samurize

    by Raiderman
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views

    For anyone interested in Samurize, I have created a forum to discuss it www.samurize.org. I was a forum moderator back in the day, and noticed samurize.com discussion board is no longer functioning. It is nothing special, but I would like to see the project continue. I am looking for any of the old crew members that have knowledge of the source code, or can get the original source code, as it needs to be updated badly. Neowin being a long time partner of samurize, I thought this would be okay to post here. Thanks

    Last reply by Raiderman,

  19. TWEAK: Enable HPET (in BIOS and OS) for better performance and FPS 1 2 3 4 7

    by hardbag
    • 160 replies
    • 818.6k views

    By default Windows 7 uses different timers in the CPU to calculate stuff. HPET is the newest and best of these timers, but because of default combination of timers it takes longer time for CPU to keep up all the timers and sync between them. Forcing Windows to use HPET only improves performance and leads to greater FPS. Steps to enable this tweak: 1. Enable HPET in BIOS. If you have HPET option in BIOS then your hardware can support HPET. 2. Enable HPET in Windows by giving this command in admin credential CMD: bcdedit /set useplatformclock true 3. Reboot

    Last reply by dzareba,

  20. Windows 10 skinning?

    by patseguin
    • 6 replies
    • 9.1k views

    Anyone know of a good program to skin Windows 10? Windowblinds still does not work. I tried looking for UXTheme but couldn't find it.

    Last reply by Seahorsepip,

  21. The unofficial Windows 8 themepacks thread 1 2 3 4 14

    by Sergey "hb860"
    • 333 replies
    • 122.2k views

    I use Windows 8 as well as many other users here, so I want to offer you to share here the beautiful themepacks for Windows 8 you find or create. I will start with the Space themepack: Download link Flight Over the City theme for Windows 8 Visions of Romania Theme for Windows 7 and 8 via 7 tutorials

    Last reply by Sergey "hb860",

  22. Mac os X LynX Theme for Windows 8.1 by ZEUSosX

    by idas
    • 16 replies
    • 23.7k views

    Mac os X LynX theme is made for using ONLY to a WINDOWS 8.1 system OsX LynX was a name on past pre decided from S.Jobs's Apple, for a future version of mac osX that never came. LynX word originated from the Greek word "????". The use of white Text color to the main window Titlebar area gives a different look than Apple's osx versions, white text on transparent background as experimental challenge. Depending the background, please use the sliders of Brightness and Color intensity, so to fit to your taste. This is a theme for WIndows 8.1 , made by Pavlos Pitselas (ZEUS osX ) January 2015. MADE IN GREECE (Hellas). Mac os X LynX is a theme with d…

    Last reply by idas,

  23. Mac os X LynX style theme for WINDOWS 10 RTM Build 10240 system.

    by idas
    • 0 replies
    • 5.9k views

    My work is based on the spirit of os X, and not a copy of it. So, based to forms but the final approach is different, AND anyone from 2006 here to DeviantArt can see this. To those who like the original Apple's stuff, then use the original Apple's mac os x. For those like mimise Apple's styles there many styles / themes from others, for windows and other os. This is a complete different and personal approach and work. ---------------------------- Designed, under my personal taste, with new kind of navigation and of traffic buttons, and much more in many sections. Also the use of white Text color to the main window Titlebar area gives a different look than App…

    Last reply by idas,

  24. Edge Tips

    by seta-san
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views

    I'm going crazy. I don't know where the setting is. I just want edge to stop giving me tips on reading mode or how to make a webnote all the time. it's driving me insane.

    Last reply by HawkMan,

  25. [Wallpaper] Baby Behind :p

    by -ExiTjen-
    • 22 replies
    • 5.1k views

    here you go :alien:

    Last reply by Micky Barish,

  26. Steam VS - Windows 10 Edition

    by neiio
    • 1 reply
    • 7.9k views

    A Steam themed visual style for Windows 10. The visual style incorporates the appearance of Steam with a functioning Windows 10 visual style. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS THEME IS PART OF THE CORE MEMBERSHIPS GIVEAWAY CONTEST (read journal for details). STEAM VS - WINDOWS 10 EDITION

    Last reply by redrumy3,

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