Desk Tops

[Thermodyne]

Anyone can make changes to the way the desktop looks. All you need to do is hack the explorer.exe file and change the settings. It’s a binary, so it’s easy to unpack and edit. Just copy and rename it, open and edit the copy, save it with the new name. Then go to the registry and change the key to reflect the new file name.

[Ragnarok]

Thermodyne said:
Anyone can make changes to the way the desktop looks. All you need to do is hack the explorer.exe file and change the settings. It’s a binary, so it’s easy to unpack and edit. Just copy and rename it, open and edit the copy, save it with the new name. Then go to the registry and change the key to reflect the new file name.

True, but how many average computer users will know how to do something like that? Most people don't even know what explorer.exe is. So typically only your advanced users will attempt to hack an .exe and then edit the registry; which I do on a regular basis.

[Thermodyne]

These guys around here cand write mods, so i would think that they can hack a binary.

[Fyron]

It's a hell of a lot easier to just use a better shell that is designed to be configurable than to go through the hassle of hacking the binary...

[Thermodyne]

Imperator Fyron said:
It's a hell of a lot easier to just use a better shell that is designed to be configurable than to go through the hassle of hacking the binary...

What hassle? Open a program-type in the target and click a button. As to being better, that's probably true. We make some changes to explorer to limit what people can do to screw up the systems, but it doesn't change what they see.

[Thermodyne]

Here's my workstation at home.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Like the picture. Where did you get it?

[Thermodyne]

Not exactly sure, I was just surfing Google images and dl'd the ones that caught my eye. If you want the jpeg, I can send it to you.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nah, I was mostly wondering if you had a link to one of those cool places to get pics, like nasa.