Post Your Desktop "Background screenshot"

tlarkin said:
oh man, users like bootup drive me freaking bonkers when I work on their computers. It makes it impossible for me to find stuff. I always drag all those icons and toss them on a folder on the desktop and call it "stuff."

Speedy,

Those your puppies?
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I think I would go insane with a desktop that looked like that:(
 
LOL :D

That's not my desktop :P

It's my step-bro's I've been on his computer for a bit (he was here for the weekend as we were LANing) thats how his desktop was when I first logged on, thought it was a treasure so saved it to the network ;)

I'll post mine in a bit once I've cleaned it up a bit :)
 
ScOuT said:
I think I would go insane with a desktop that looked like that:(
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Oh man I cringe when I see stuff like that. Luckily, out of muscle reflex I just select everything and toss it in a folder, then tell them that those icons eat up resources and take a bit away from a computer's performance.
 
I also do this.

If I have a computer to sort out an there's a few more icons that I'd expect (even say 5) or just mesilly placed like above. I'll stick them all in a folder called shortcuts. So it looks neat and they're out of mind.

The guy'll come back and be like, Um dude where are all of my icons? What did you do to my computer?.....

I usually simply say it'll increase your startup time :P
 
MY CURRENT SYSTEM SPECS
AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core processor..6000+AM2
asus m2n-mx SE Plus motherboard
4gb ddr-2 800mh pc6400 ram
320gb sata2 7200rpm h.d..16mb cache
WIN XP HOME W SP3 OS..32 BIT
22x DVD-RW DUAL LAYER W/LIGHTSCRIBE
NVIDIA GE-FORCE 6100 VIDEO(ON BOARD)
6 CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND(ON BOARD)
450WATT POWER SUPPLY
SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 22 INCH MONITOR

I am a new member and i dont know if i am doing this correctly,but i have listed above the specs of a custom desktop i bought about a year ago from a small company which builds them. Prior to buying this unit i had a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop which i used as my desktop hooked to my Samsung monitor and an external mouse and keyboard. I decided to upgrade because the Laptop was 4 years old and i wanted a pc that would work faster, have more HD CAPACITY AND MEMORY.

In general i have been very disappointed with the performance of this pc. It is not as fast as the laptop i had, or at least it does not "process" as quickly as the laptop did.If anything I have installed more programs, "stuff" etc on this new pc than i had on the laptop so i cant understand why it is so slow.
I am not a computer technician,but I have generally been able to repair any computer i owned over the past 10 years since I retired. I am very sensitive to keeping my computer "clean", keeping it updated and using a variety of free diagnostics and utilities which are available to prevent viruses, spam, malware etc etc.

The tech support dept of the place where i bought the computer has recently advised me that the main reason I could be seeing this pc not operate as speedily as i was used to with prior pcs is because i hav Win XP..32 bit OS in it instead of Vista which is what the level of tech specs it has should be using. When i bought the pc i specifically decided to use XP in it instead of Vista because i have heard generally negative comments about Vista since it was introduced. The folks who built the pc did not at that time try to convince me to upgrade to Vista , or i would have done so. Now with Windows Seven soon to be released I am trying to figure out two things.
A. Is my having XP as my OS the real reason my pc is so slow compared to what i expected?
B. If so should I buy the Vista Home OS...64 bit...now or wait till Win Seven comes out and just buy it instead?

i only use my pc for email, surfing, music, photos , ebay etc. I am not a gamer...just a normal albeit heavy user of a computer.

i hope this is the area of this site where some of the folks who are real computer expert s will give me some feedback, thoughts and suggestions for what i should do at this point. Any and all help will be very welcome. Thanks!
 
so here's mine

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tlarkin said:
Dude that sucks. I love dogs and will own one once I get out of my apartment and buy a house. I just can't justify keeping a dog in an apartment, I would feel too bad for the dog.
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Yeppers. Yeah, not a good idea to get a dog in an apartment. They need room to run around. Once I find a more permanent place to live i'm gonna get another rottweiler. I loved that dog to bits, they're awesome dogs.
 
I'm actually running Vista now :D (30-day trial of Vista ultimate cause I don't have a key)
I got sick of XP causing me too many problems.
Windows 7 will be slapped on here as soon as I get it (which will be as soon as it's released I hope)

 
Heres mine, Nothing special, Dual screen win7 ultimate from MSDN :)

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Just clean and simple. all programs on startmenu for quick access.
 
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