Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Raimeter

Hey guys,

Really important post today - Giving you an intro into the use of Rainmeter to add unique skinable gadgets to your desktop, to keep you informed of all your PC particulars, or simply to make it look AMAZING!

First step, head over to rainmeter.net and download it for your system!

Here are the samples they provide as to how you can make your desktop look:



And, here's how mine looks with my personal touches!


All you need to do is install Rainmeter, find it in the taskbar (near your clock on the startbar), change the skins, and open and close modules as you see fit - Hardly anything for me to explain really, and their forum and readme files are fantastic.

Make sure to check the Raimeter forums for custom gadgets and skins - The Circular clock, the calendar and the CPU/RAM/Network meters are all custom! If you want details of these, feel free to ask

Till next time,


Mike.

30 comments:

  1. Thanks for the info, it's downloading now.

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  2. I used to use Rainmeter, and it was awesome. Unfortunately, my laptop didn't enjoy the energy hog, so I got rid of it. If I ever get a desktop though, I will be sure to pimp it out.

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  3. with the right kind of add ons, rainmeter looks very beautiful. :D

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  4. I like the style, i would make it look more like the last 2 pics, it's not good to clutter too much.

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  5. Looks pretty cool dude, I'm gonna have to try this out - thanks! :D

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  6. I use Rainmeter on my PC

    It's much prettier as well as less clustered than Window's plain interface

    you can do all types of customizable things with it which effectively makes it 'your' desktop.

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  7. With my rainmeter I only use a few things I like to keep my desktop nice and clean. good post

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  8. dude, i dont care about rainmeter! but your desktop looks amazing!

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  9. looks like it uses a lot or resources

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  10. cant u post a tutorial on how to make a desktop look sexy like yours?

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  11. Rainmeter, have been using it for a while, it's really nice.

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  12. Rainmeter looks awesome, I'll probably get it.

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  13. Wow nice find! I'll have to try out rainmeter when I get a new computer!

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  14. Rainmeter is impressive, will use it now to pimp up my desktop thanks

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  15. Those look awesome

    Followed.
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  16. that looks amazing man
    i might have actually change my background now

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  17. And I thought my desktop looked cool... already knew rainmeter, but I will definitely try some fo your tips¡¡

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  18. I use rainmeter myself. I wish i knew how to make custom themes though :c too much time and work to learn it though

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  19. Love rainmeter's look, hate rainmeter. I guess I just couldn't figure it out, which is odd since I'm no novice at the computer, but I just couldn't work with it. Props to anybody who can use and customize it, looks great.

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  20. Excellent! Totally getting this. Freeware software like this is fantastic.

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  21. Those backgrounds are a beauty!

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  22. The third one (ABP) is simply amazing. I downloaded it just for the background lol. The gadgets are pretty good, too.

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  23. I am using rainlendar, cool desktop calendar.

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