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2
Oct

My office desktop view

   Posted by: Ryman    in Mundane Life

As I was browsing my old posts here on my ‘personal’ blog I stumbled upon the Desktop Free View post I made last year, which I was tagged by someone. Since I have a free time here at the office, I made a screenshot of my desktop. And here it is…

My office desktop wallpaper

My office desktop wallpaper

(click image for a larger view)

I’m using a wide screen monitor here at the office and it has a resolution of 1440×900 so if you clicked on the image for a full view, it may stretch out a bit, specially if you are using a standard 1024×768 monitor.

I’m using the same Black Vista theme on my Windows XP. I like the theme, but I don’t like running Vista on my machine, that’s why I still use Windows XP. The background wallpaper is a familiar sight if you’ve been to Hong Kong (or watched Tomb Raider 2 or The Dark Knight). That is the International Finance Centre, and is the tallest structure in its local area. I was reminded of the scene when I was there and the tour guide was explaining to us (tourists) about the structures there. I remember that he said something along the lines of… “it is like two hands that were clasp together praying to the sky” or something like that.

Like my PC at home, I don’t have any icons on the desktop itself. And I make use of the Quick launch toolbar for easy access of my most used applications. Now let’s see what programs I have running based on the screenie.

On the system tray from left to right:

  1. VNC Server. I think the former System Admin here at the office used that application to administrate the computers over the network. I don’t really know how/when to use it because he didn’t showed me how to. Anyways, I can pretty much administer all the computers in our network through my own skills.
  2. uTorrent. Yep, it’s a peer-to-peer download client. I’m downloading a movie if you’re asking.
  3. Yahoo! Messenger. We use that for office communication both here at the Manila office, and to the other group at Los Angeles.
  4. Another Yahoo! Messenger. This is logged-in to my personal account. For additional chat hours. Haha. And yes, my YM is hacked that’s why I can run multiple versions of the client.
  5. Autorun Virus Remover. Licensed and registered full version. I really like this program. It is not an alternative virus scanner for your PC, but it blocks those annoying autorun viruses that came from most USB devices, and that includes flash drives, digital cameras, mobile phones, MP3 players, etc. I really recommend this to everyone, since most trojans and worms nowadays came from USB devices.
  6. ESET Smart Security. I replaced BitDefender as my primary anti-virus because of its mediocre performance last year. It is normally colored light blue when active, and red when inactive. It is orange because my trial period is nearing its end.

And on the immediate right of the Start menu is the Quick Launch Bar. The first three app shown are (1) Firefox, (2) Microsoft Outlook, (3) Yahoo! Messenger. And the rest not shown apps are: uTorrent, AutorunRemover, Cabos (a good free lightweight P2P client like Limewire/Frostwire), CCleaner, FlashGet, Google Chrome, IrfanView, Malwarebytes’ Anti-malware, QuickTime Player, Remote Desktop Connection, Spybot Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster, Winamp, and Windows Media Player.

If you notice most of the applications I use are either an anti-virus (security) software, or a download client. I love both. Downloading stuff and computer security.

^_^

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25
Oct

Desktop Free View

   Posted by: Ryman    in Net Escape, Things Forwarded

Finally I got some time to do this. I was tagged by Sarah to do this desktop screenie thing. And to those I mentioned after this, you’ll have to do the following.

  1. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by:
    1. Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).
    2. Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).
    3. If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.
  2. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.
  3. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.
  4. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.

Ok, so here’s my current desktop…

(click to enlarge)

I don’t have any shortcut icons on my desktop, that’s because I don’t like it messy and I don’t want to cover Belldandy. Yes, that’s her from the manga/anime Ah! My Goddess (Ah! Megami Sama). It’s somewhat childish or girlish, but hey she’s my most favorite anime character. That wallpaper has been in my desktop for, I think, more than two years now. The screenshot is recent, but I’ve already posted that on the “Post Your Desktop” thread at Darkmoon since April last year, so it hasn’t changed until now. The Belldandy on the right is the skin of my Winamp media player.

There are no desktop icons, so I should just name the icons on the system tray and quick launch toolbar.

I don’t want many programs running in the background that’s why my system tray has only a few items (from left to right).

  • That blue monitors is my uber-slow Internet connection at home.
  • The smiley is the Yahoo! Messenger. I’m always online. Well, not really.
  • Winamp media player, it’s open 95% of the time my computer is running. It’s always playing even when I’m downstairs or sleeping.
  • The red circle is my anti-virus/firewall software BitDefender.
  • Lastly, the volume controls. I just use it to adjust the Mega Bass function of my soundcard because when I play a DVD video, the audio sounds like its breaking… sometimes.

My quick launch toolbar contains programs that I mostly use when I’m connected to the Internet (from left to right).

  • Mozilla Firefox. My most used and favorite web browser.
  • Internet Explorer. Just to check and view my website if IT IS PROPERLY ALIGNED AND THE LAYOUT IS NOT MESSED UP. Stupid IE.
  • Outlook Express. This is where all my POP3/SMTP email accounts are contained. I’m planning to switch to Mozilla Thunderbird, because you know Microsoft products contains lots of security risks.

Other shortcuts that are found in my quick launch toolbar are: Azureus, Bit Che, RapidUploader, MSN/Live Messenger, Frostwire, ImTOO YouTube, FeedReader, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, FlashGet, and Website Submitter.

Done. Now I’m tagging Gwacie, Erika, KC, Khate, and Randy it’s your turn.

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