Guide to: Style your XP Desktop!

[Lysvir]

In this guide, we wil take a closer look on how we can tweak and style an Win XP desktop to the ultimate, and how to use less CPU!

First off, you wil need this:
Mirrors:
http://tnet.no/bin/evelens.desktop.m...%5d-Evelen.rar
RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting
http://wotlkbeta.hyperphp.com/evelens.desktop.mod.guide.[files.only]-Evelen.rar

Scan picture:
Coming right away !

The Parts:
Part 1 - Emerge Desktop
Part 2 - Background image
Part 3 - Samurize

Part 1 - Emerge Desktop:
Install EmergeDesktop_3.1
Restart your computer when the installationwizard asks you about it.
After the restart, your desktop wil look like this:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/02.jpg

The upper, white square showes the applications that normaly would be on your taskbar in XP.
The lower, white square showes the processes running, normaly beside the clock.
If you want to move the sqaures, you should hold the CTRL button in while you click the square(s) and move them were you want.
Example:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/03.jpg

Then you can change the size of the squares; hold ALT button in while you move the squares around, like this:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/04.jpg

Hold in CTRL while you rightclick one of the appletlines (the "squares") and choose "Load Scheme".
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/05.jpg

Browse to the folder: C:\Program Files\Emerge Desktop\schemes\default.eds and choose Open:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...rgeDesktop.jpg

Then while you hold CTRL in while you rightclick the same appletline(square), you choose "Edit Current Scheme. Then a notepad window wil open up:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/07.jpg

You should make a backup of this file at once before you start ****in with it.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/08.jpg

Now, if (when) you edited this notepad file, you save it. If you want to use it, click "Reload Current Scheme" when you rightclick an appletline.
If you dont know / dont want to edit it, you can use the Evelen.eds that is in the folder that you downloaded.
The result if you want to use Evelen.eds;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/09.jpg

But theres not just 2 (two) applets that is in Emerge Desktop,
rightclick at your desktop and choose "settings ->" "Edit Launch Applets".
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/10-1.jpg

Then this wil show up.. Click the button to your very left "Add Launch Applet":
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/11-1.jpg

You can choose between alot of applets here, forexample;

EmergeTasks.exe ---The Windows Processes (Normaly at the taskbar in XP)
EmergeTray.exe --- The Windows Processes (Normaly beside of the clock in XP)
EmergeVWM.exe --- Choose between "4 screens", you can run different applikations on all of them.
EmergeCommand.exe --- Clock, Date + Commandline (cmd)
EmergeCore.exe --- *Dunno what this is*
EmergeDesktop.exe ---*Dunno what this is*
EmergeHotKeys.exe ---*Dunno what this is*
EmergeLauncher.exe ---*Dunno what this is*

Paste button to the left to paste, and when you have added those you want, click OK:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/12-1.jpg

We have now made those applications start automaticly when the computer starts.
Now you can restart your computer!

Now, when your computer has started again, you can configure the applets by holding CTRL in and rightclick the applet you want to configurate, and choose "Configue",
Right now it looks like this:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/15-1.jpg

Up to the left; EmergeTray.exe
Up to the right; EmergeTasks.exe
Lower left; EmergeLauncher.exe
Lower right; EmergeCommand.exe


Part 2* - Background Image
Rightclick the desktop and choose "Run";
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/16-1.jpg

Write "Control Panel" and the control panel wil pop up. Choose "Screen" with classic something.. (sorry about this, but my english sucks xD).
Choose the background image you want under the tab Desktop (or something) and click OK.
You can use the image in the folder you downloaded, called 1680x1050.jpg;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ingss/17-1.jpg

Part 3 - Samurize
Install Samurize, samurize_1.64.3_3.exe wich is in the folder.
Restart your computer after the installation, wheter the Wizard asks you or not.
After the restart, Samurize is (in);
C:\Program Files\Samurize\Client.exe ..
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/18.jpg

Rightclick and choose "Run on Startup";
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/19.jpg

Copy GetRssFeedV1.vbs from the folder, and in too C:\Program Files\Samurize\Scripts\
Rightclick the Samurize Icon again and choose "Edit Config File...".
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/20.jpg

If theres something there, delete everything, rightclick and choose "Add Active Script";
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/21.jpg

Choose the tab "Source" to your right and choose the script "GetRSSFeedv1.vbs" or whatever its called, and under that, "GetNews". Then theres a box poping up.. Write the number you want, forexample 5 if you want the latest 5 news and click OK;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/22.jpg

Then there wil be a new box poping up.. This box contains the line were you are going to write the RSS feed link in, forexample a news feed or the feed to a torrent tracker.
Click "OK" and go to the tav "Display" and remove the "ActiveScript:" text;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/23.jpg

Remember to drag the scripts so it gets as much space as it needs.
Click Save;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/24.jpg

Rightclick the Samurize Icon and choose "Reload Config File..", then you wil get the RSS feed directly to your desktop;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/25.jpg

After we added some RSS feeds, it looked like this;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...6_Samurize.jpg

You can drag it around on your desktop by holding CTRL in while you drag it around.
Inside the Samuzire editor, theres alot of fun to do, and at Samurize.com - Website News - Mail issues - News you can find alot of awesome scripts to add to your desktop!
You can also choose different INI files, by rightclicking the Samurize Icon and "Select Config File", then you can choose some other INI files;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/27.jpg

You can also combine the INI files by copying from one to some other;
to do this, use CTRL+C,X,V, Copy, Copy and Earse, Paste.
As you can see, iv changes the colour in the Samurize Editor, this is just because I love working while I got that backgroundcolour, this does not affect the result!
You can choose the background colour by clicking the "Design BG Colour..." in the Samurize Editor;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/28.jpg

You can see at the example below, that I use things I copyed from media\advmediainfo.ivi to the evelen.ini (default.ini);
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/29.jpg

Inside the editor, you can choose things from the menu to the left, forexample rename if you want, this is so you can keep order in your stuff;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/30.jpg

Below, you can see that iv been adding RSS feeds to torrent trackers, CPU status, Harddrive status, "On TV now", "Winamp, Playing Now" etc, from the configfile "advmediainfo.ini", wich is in the \media\ folder in Samurize folder.
You can add the TVguide (Whats on TV now) by running the NorskTV1.1.sam from the folder. WARNING; This wil show shows on Norwegian TVchanals
Harddrive, CPU status etc can easily be added by rightclicking in Samurize Editor.
My config, as its shown on the pic below, is Evelen.ini in the folder. (Without passkey to the SweBits torrent tracker, one or more of the RSS feeds wil get an error, but this is easy to fix by using the method iv allready written about how to add RSS feeds";
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...mmingss/31.jpg


Result;



Written by Evelen2 - Norsk Freakforum.nu
Translated and edited by Lysvir - MMowned.com

Disclaimer;
None exept yorself is responsible if you **** up your computer by using this!

[Demonkunga]

Looks pretty badass

[Lysvir]

I love my desktop now xD!
Its ALOT faster then it was when I didnt use EmergeD and Samurize,
so realy, you get a better desktop AND a faster computer

[Mr. Moose]

Not bad,I'll use this right away,+rep for contributing

[Lysvir]

Status;
Uploading the files to two new mirrors!

Thanks to Fury for the notice that two of the links were broken !

[Mr. Moose]

Hehe No problem,Hope i can use this guide quick

[Lysvir]

2 new mirrors are up.
Took me about an hour to get the finale result for my desktop !

[Mr. Moose]

Using it to make a new desktop atm,Hope it will be nice.

[Lysvir]

Post your result when you are finished then x)?

[darbdavys]

yes, i know it's old thread. i haven't tried this yet, and want to ask, will i be able to reset it to normal windows desktop? if yes, how?