Changing things in XP...

[jnick]

If I changed my boot screen, and visual theme in XP will it make it unstable, or is it ok?

[Downfall]

it depends where you got the stuff from....there is always the chance of it being unstable but more often than not..at least in my experience it ussualy works fine...im sure someone else here will be able to give you a more technical answer though

[RAY16]

I use Style-XP to change themes, wallpaper, and my log-on screen. I've never had any problems with and its very stable. But I can't help you with the boot screen.

[Hobbes874]

I've been thinking about changing my boot screen but the process kinda scares me :(

[Downfall]

yeah i dont really like the idea of having to start in safe mode and overwrite commands

[Freakonaleash89]

I would leave the boot screen the hell alone. I use StyleXP for themse and never get probs except when it puts funny themes on.

[Yian]

Any one heard Window Blinds? Is it any good?

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

yeah they work good.. Yian.. i especially hate the sun so.. they are all cool for me

[Yian]

Originally posted by WhoGivesARatsAss
yeah they work good.. Yian.. i especially hate the sun so.. they are all cool for me
I enountered the sunlight reflection with special tactics, which will be on my site soon...

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Man i hate it when the sun shines on the comp.. how did u manage to deal with it.. i mean blinds are cool but still i hate the light.. i play games and watch tv in a dark room with only light coming out the monitor or the tv.. any other light plain sucks.. is this bad for the eyes?

[Yian]

Originally posted by WhoGivesARatsAss
i play games and watch tv in a dark room with only light coming out the monitor or the tv.. any other light plain sucks.. is this bad for the eyes?
As a matter of fact, that is VERY bad for your eyes. It is okay for movie theaters to do that because its screen is big and at a farther distance. But the monitor is a lot more intense on bothing the lighting it emits, and also the framrates... I would put the light source behind the montior if the reflectio is causing the problem, but the sunlight is hard to avoid unless you do some brainstorming... it isn't really that hard, I did it with a shirt, and a CD-holder.

[cr3am]

Originally posted by Yian
As a matter of fact, that is VERY bad for your eyes. It is okay for movie theaters to do that because its screen is big and at a farther distance. actually, movies are ok because they only REFLECT the light from the projector, but TVs create a shitload of light.

[Bluu]

maybe its me but wasn't Yian talking about a certain program???

and changing the boot.ini didn't cause any problems!

[Downfall]

yeah it was about tweaking things in xp with things like Style Xp and Windows Blinds(which is where the sun thing came in)

[Yian]

Originally posted by cr3am
actually, movies are ok because they only REFLECT the light from the projector, but TVs create a shitload of light.
Yes, yes, cr3am's analysis makes more sense.

...and Bluu, yes, Window Blinds is a program, but we were talking about real window blinds there...

[Hobbes874]

yeah sitting real close to a TV can really mess up your eyes, same with sitting infront of a monitor for 5-6 hours (mine begin to hurt)......helps if you have a CRT monitor :D
Try Style XP i love it you need to have more than 256 mb of RAM to keep eveything running perfect, if you don't your comp will lag a little :(

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Ok here is my daily routine now tell me how early can i loose my eyesight.. damn now u are scaring me..

9am-615pm in front of the monitor doing software development etc.. my job but there is plenty of light - tube lights to be exact.. i dont like yellow ones.. and then i play games from about 8-11pm mostly 3d.. DUH!.. freelancer and ut kind of crap! with NO LIGHTS at all.. will this burn my eyes or something.. ?!?! and i also occasionally watch tv.. maybe from 11-12 sometimes.. how abt that.. now i am worried man.. its either gaming or my job.. damn!

[Shadow]

I have a singularity as my login screen.