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C'mon guys..im gonna need some help here..LoL
First of all..are you using Windows XP for your operating system?
Thats important because if you are using older versions of windows bad things can happen to your PC that will be tricky to fix without losing everything..
First of all..are you using Windows XP for your operating system?
Thats important because if you are using older versions of windows bad things can happen to your PC that will be tricky to fix without losing everything..
You need the Sysmetrix program to use the skins you download from the Sysmetrix library. Get it here http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/download.html It comes with a few skins...start it, right click on the skin and select "Sysmetrix configuration" . At the bottom right, click "Import Theme" and navigate to where you downloaded the Sysmetrix skin from the library to. Click on it to install, and then find it in the list and click on "Load". It's easier to do than explain. To take a screenshot, get the desk setup the way you want it and hit the Prt Scr key on the top row of your keyboard on the right side. Open a graphics program, such as MS Paint or any other, click the ctrl+V keys to paste it in, then click the File menu at the top left of your window, click "save as" ....give it a name and save it as a .jpg. I'm a lousy teacher, but that should give you an idea..I'm sure someone else will explain it better...good luck 
I don't use Sysmetrix, but I know this much: If you have XP SP2 (you can tell by right clicking on 'My Computer' and then 'Properties.' It will be at the top of the page) compressed files will automatically be downloaded as a ZIP file, if it does this when downloading click 'Save' and select 'All files' under file type, and put the sysmetrix file extension (whatever it is) behind the name with a period before it. Example: example.fileextension
You definitely need to install the Sysmetrix program first from here.. Link
to use Sysmetrix skins.
Boss019 has it right about making screenshots.. it's very easy the way he described it..
to use Sysmetrix skins.
Boss019 has it right about making screenshots.. it's very easy the way he described it..
If your having problems with SP2 give this a read:
https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=187&AID=66020#537775
https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=187&AID=66020#537775
If you import from the Sysmetrix configuration window, it imports .zip files also and installs them...then you can just load them from there and exit the window
| C'mon guys..im gonna need some help here..LoL First of all..are you using Windows XP for your operating system? Thats important because if you are using older versions of windows bad things can happen to your PC that will be tricky to fix without losing everything.. |
Clever trick is never to offer help when you do not know how to help....only confuses the issue...
| Clever trick is never to offer help when you do not know how to help....only confuses the issue. |
Isnt that I do not know how Jafo, If I do not know something I am not afraid to admit it, because then I may learn something new. It seems as though he may require quite a bit and im not going to be here to offer it, all the time, I was just getting peoples attention to help him out..plus I felt as though people were a little hesitant due to the age of the person.
I am quite familiar with Sysmetrix, Rainlender, Windows, Windowblinds,not to mention a TON of others..as you should know by now..at least I would hope..
I wanted to begin with the OS since I have had 3 different people that I know personally have trouble installing Sysmetrix on Win98, it seems the program corrupts an OCX file and totally freezes the OS, even though on the site it claims to have been tested on the OS..it just doesnt work with windows98.In each case I have had to walk them through reinstalling the file through system file checker and their Win98 installation disk to get them up & running again.
I have been meaning to leave feedback at the site about this, I just havent yet..
What led you to assume I couldn't help?
Zero.
(may be spelling errors, im sure I will pay the price for that..LoL)
| What led you to assume I couldn't help? |
Oh....starting with a comparatively unrelated question.
You may as well have started even more obscurely with 'you DO have the computer turned on?'...
There are two questions.
Answer to the first....you need the Sysmetrix Program to run the skins...it's available at... http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/ .
Answer to second....there is a 'print screen' button on your keyboard [top row...to the right of the Function keys....'Prt Scr'] that will capture your desktop to the clipboard...open a graphics proggy and 'paste to' and you will have your image.
It is better to help than to confuse. there's no prize for feeling compelled to comment on each and every thread, no matter what...
| I am quite familiar with Sysmetrix, Rainlender, Windows, Windowblinds,not to mention a TON of others..as you should know by now..at least I would hope.. |
I think Jafo was trying to point out that there are others with far better and more experience than you Zero...
C'mon dude
I'm 11 and i can do that easy!
lol
, you can't even do that! sorry i couldn't help myself
I'm 11 and i can do that easy!
lol
, you can't even do that! sorry i couldn't help myself
| Answer to the first....you need the Sysmetrix Program to run the skins...it's available at |
I'm not sure any of the answers given are correct. The young man wishes to know HOW to skin Sysmetrix or what program he needs to SKIN it.
You need a graphics program such as Paintshop Pro, Photoshop or just MS Paint to create the pieces (background, dials, graphs, bars, buttons etc.)
The easiest way to start is to make a rectangle the size you wish your skin to be and then right click on the current sysmetrix skin - choose Sysmetrix Configuration - Theme Settings - and click the Create New Theme button. If you go through all the different options under Theme Settings you will see some "built in" graphics for graphs and bars. Most other items can be done just with text. Of course it would be useful to read the Documentation.
| Answer to the first....you need the Sysmetrix Program to run the skins...it's available at... http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/ Link . |
And by directing this person there, armed with a link but not with all the knowledge of what may happen if installed upon the wrong OS, might I not be somewhat responsible for something that may or may not happen to the machine due to my own negligence to find out all the facts before saying "yeah, go ahead and install this, this is what you need"
The question was *very related to the answer, I suppose it depends upon your point of view..First things first, find out if the user has a compatible system, then give him/her the information/answer to the question..
If he/she is running a Win98 OS Jafo then - Answer to the first....you need the Sysmetrix Program to run the skins...it's available at... http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/ Link . is the *Wrong answer.
Granted, I could have answered the second question, there was no harm in that one at all, but I find it generally (with some people at least) a good idea to begin with *Step 1 and *1 step at a time* to prevent confusion and the possibility of something going wrong. It really sucks when your machines down and it could have been avoided had the person/persons been a bit more patient and clear in the way they handed out instructions.
I mean to say that alot of this stuff we take for granted because we have just done it all to often, sometimes details are left out, not on purpose, and not because we do not know, it's because to us it's redundant..Put yourself in the person's place who is asking, this may be a completely different world to them and it shall take a bit more time and explaining than it would to someone who is "Savvy".
So on that note. I disagree Jafo, your method is incorrect and rather dangerous as it moves past the basic first step and assumes the person is using an OS capable of running Sysmetrix when all you had to do was ask..or at least warn in your answer as you hand out the link.
As for this..
| It is better to help than to confuse. there's no prize for feeling compelled to comment on each and every thread, no matter what... |
I dont reply to every thread, and I certainly am not doing it for any prize other than just being helpful, if I can. There is much I dont know about the other Stardock programs and all I do is read the threads and learn from the answers.
I would not have answered this particular thread had it not been for the fact it had been sitting for awhile and it looked like it would slip away un-answered.
::sighs::
If what you want is for me to stop offering any advice/ help..Just say so Boss and like you have said in another thread, "I will make it so" not a problem.
Zero.
LoL..Your right Lantec..Sheesh!..I missed that..apparently I am not the only one..
::sighs::
::sighs::
Oh great....cache fun....#7 was in fact #2.... when it was typed.
Makes little sense now....
Oh my! a thread post by Zero where he actually DIDN't sigh his name?
Will wonders never cease!
Will wonders never cease!
Get a life Kona..if your impressed by that then you obviously dont have one..
Zero
(Happy now?)LoL
Zero
(Happy now?)LoL
| whenever i download any thing all i get is a whole bunch of .gif and .txt things what do i do!!!!! |
I tend to believe he was looking for the program, not how to skin it
| Oh my! a thread post by Zero where he actually DIDN't sigh his name? Will wonders never cease! |
| Get a life Kona..if your impressed by that then you obviously dont have one.. Zero (Happy now?)LoL |
Who's 12 years old here???
::nods:: I agree, thats why I didnt acknowlege the Skin question, apparently..
He's looking at the skin files wondering what he needs to make them work...
Which would be Sysmetrix...
Ah well, at anyrate he has the info he needs now, hopefully it all goes smooth, it probably will..::nods::
Zero.
He's looking at the skin files wondering what he needs to make them work...
Which would be Sysmetrix...
Ah well, at anyrate he has the info he needs now, hopefully it all goes smooth, it probably will..::nods::
Zero.
| Get a life Kona..if your impressed by that then you obviously dont have one.. |
Zero - no need to resort to personal attacks or insults. I was just having a bit of fun since I am accustomed to you signing your name.
LoL Boss..Hmm..Guilty?..Guess I will have to agree again..
I'll work on it..::nods::
I'll work on it..::nods::
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