Post by Holodoc on Jul 6, 2002 15:14:59 GMT -5
Frantically reconfiguring Windows 98, I realize that if I wanted to, I could configure it to the point of unrecognizability.
But I won't go that far.
Instead, I'm making it look and act like it did as Windows 95, only with the quick program launching.
The first things to change of course were my start up and shutdown screens. You might have the Windows logo when you turn your PC on, but I have Zorak from Space Ghost with animated hypnotic eyes. The "wait till Windows shuts down" screen is our heroes from Bride of Chaotica!, and it's Seven and Satan's Robot who - when the motherboard is repaired - will tell me that it's safe to turn off my computer. This has been in place for two years (Zorak for about four actually), so it was just a matter of restoring the files from the default junk upgrading replaced the good stuff with.
Next, the whole action of the thing. For some reason they thought it would be "kewl" to make the start menu scroll up all cute like when you clicked the Start button. I'm resisting the urge to insert a Wayne Campbellism regarding flying monkeys here. Anyway, I learned how to get rid of that too, so now the windows pop open in a fraction of the time. Believe me, if I had the access, I'd get rid of the lap dissolve effect which occurs on my office Windows 2000 as well.
And don't you hate the way you want to look for a program or program folder in the start menu, and the stupid thing just shows you ONE column and you have to scroll vertically through dozens of folders? They're all out of order, because it just displays things in the order they were installed. Well, I don't have to worry about that, either. It shows me three columns across my screen, and I can locate the object in question in a split second. The icons made the transition to '98 alphabetically, and any occasional installation can easily be dragged into the correct position.
I just learned the other day I can make my own symbol for a shortcut icon. Maybe I'll design one not so big so the original icon can still be appreciated.
*Holodoc smugly sits back in his chair in the Sickbay office, leans back too far, and falls on his head.
But I won't go that far.
Instead, I'm making it look and act like it did as Windows 95, only with the quick program launching.
The first things to change of course were my start up and shutdown screens. You might have the Windows logo when you turn your PC on, but I have Zorak from Space Ghost with animated hypnotic eyes. The "wait till Windows shuts down" screen is our heroes from Bride of Chaotica!, and it's Seven and Satan's Robot who - when the motherboard is repaired - will tell me that it's safe to turn off my computer. This has been in place for two years (Zorak for about four actually), so it was just a matter of restoring the files from the default junk upgrading replaced the good stuff with.
Next, the whole action of the thing. For some reason they thought it would be "kewl" to make the start menu scroll up all cute like when you clicked the Start button. I'm resisting the urge to insert a Wayne Campbellism regarding flying monkeys here. Anyway, I learned how to get rid of that too, so now the windows pop open in a fraction of the time. Believe me, if I had the access, I'd get rid of the lap dissolve effect which occurs on my office Windows 2000 as well.
And don't you hate the way you want to look for a program or program folder in the start menu, and the stupid thing just shows you ONE column and you have to scroll vertically through dozens of folders? They're all out of order, because it just displays things in the order they were installed. Well, I don't have to worry about that, either. It shows me three columns across my screen, and I can locate the object in question in a split second. The icons made the transition to '98 alphabetically, and any occasional installation can easily be dragged into the correct position.
I just learned the other day I can make my own symbol for a shortcut icon. Maybe I'll design one not so big so the original icon can still be appreciated.
*Holodoc smugly sits back in his chair in the Sickbay office, leans back too far, and falls on his head.
