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7 Simple Steps To An Awesome Minimalist Desktop. Is your desktop cluttered with icons? Do you keep searching for shortcuts or documents among the dozens of icons on your desktop? And when was the last time you changed your wallpaper? The desktop is the first thing you see when you log into your account. Would you prefer to look at a stunningly beautiful desktop rather than a cluttered, ugly, and frustrating screen? This article shows you how to create an awesome minimalist desktop in 7 easy steps.

In the end, you’ll find that it’s much more relaxing to have space and a nice view on your desk. 1. There are two easy ways to remove all desktop icons for a minimalist desktop: You can manually delete all shortcuts and move any remaining documents to a new folder.You can also right-click onto your desktop, select > Arrange Icons By, and uncheck > Show Desktop Icons. If you selected the first method, which I would recommend, your desktop will look something like the screenshot below. 2. 3. And this is the perfect desktop: 4. 5. 6. 7.

Docks – The 6 Best Friends of your Windows Taskbar. This is a follow-up to my previous posts 3 Steps to an Organized Desktop and The Best Resources to Pimp Your Wallpaper. This post focuses on the pleasure of Mac-like dock programs. The one thing that has always fascinated me about Macs is their sense for style and simplicity. Although I really don’t want to switch to a Mac OS, I have always adored the program dock. Needless to say I was delighted to see dock tools for Windows finally emerge. Meanwhile there are a bunch of them and naturally they all differ slightly. Generally, docks are designed to replace or enhance your Windows taskbar and of course most of them look very cool. Here’s a list of the six most popular docks in no particular order. Object Dock I’m not entirely sure whether this was the first dock program that came out, but it’s the first I saw and tried. Features: Orbit Dock This one is completely different, very fascinating but still has a long way to go.

MobyDock This is one of two docks from the same company. RK Launcher. Top 10 Most Downloaded Desktop Enhancement Applications [Movers. CES 2010: best and worst. 6 Ways To Free Up Disk Space On Your Netbook. This isn’t a problem, though. Unlike with a desktop or a laptop, I have no expectation of being able to carry all my documents, music and videos with me on my netbook. The netbook is, first and foremost, for accessing the net (as its name cleverly implies.) If you think running a modern computer with only 4 gigs of space is impossible, I’ve got news for you: I do it all the time. I use my netbook. How do I manage this with such a small hard drive? Use Web Apps These days everything’s on the cloud, and if you can find a desktop app to do something you can probably find a web app for it. These are just a few examples, of course. Want your web apps to feel more like desktop apps? Avoid Large Programs Software can fill your hard drive up quicker than you might imagine, which is why it’s generally a good idea to avoid programs larger than is strictly necessary.

If your netbook is running out of space, take a look at the programs you have on it. Don’t Be a Pack Rat Use Dropbox Magic Conclusion. Ms-windows.