Tag: CUSTOMIZATION

Looking for a way to customize your Windows Vista boot experience? Ok, you probably weren't, fair enough. However, if you want to spend a few minutes tinkering to while the day away, here's a great time waster. Windows Vista has a "hidden" boot screen, and you can enable it in a few easy steps. First, type "msconfig" into the search box. Second, Once MSconfig starts, click the "Boot" tab ...

Pimp out your ride, without having a knock on the door from X to the Z (Xzibit). If you aren't familiar with MTV's Pimp my Ride series, it features rap superstar Xzibit surprising viewers owning junky cars with a fresh custom ride from customization specialists GAS. This little flash eCard builder plays off the Pimp my Ride series. Choose your ride, Ol'Skool, Coupe or SUV. Slap on paint, wheels, ...

For power users (read: those of us who sit in front of a computer for 8+ hours a day), keyboard shortcuts can be a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that using the keyboard is much quicker than using the mouse or trackpad. The curse, of course, is repetitive stress disorder, but that's not what this post is about. If you want to assign a shortcut to a particular task (for me, it's "Crop" in ...

Object Desktop 2007, described by its maker Stardock as "a suite of desktop enhancement utilities designed to allow users to turbo-charge their Windows experience," is probably best known for WindowBlinds, a program that allows Windows to be "skinned." Object Desktop really is a suite, though, and includes a whole pile of programs like IconPackager for replacing your icons in one fell swoop and ...