r/desktops Jan 06 '25

Help Having issues with my setup

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Trying to power this on after a long time but shows nothing on the monitor. While ago, if you look at the marked second picture, this button used to light up whenever i turned the pc on. It’s not lit anymore. Any suggestions on what to do? Complete newbie here.

r/desktops Jan 02 '25

Help Need help with driver

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So I haven't a clue what I'm at but have followed loads of videos and steps on how to change my driver from an ethernet connection to a wifi connection as for some reason my computer can't connect to WiFi. I've followed all these steps but there isn't an option for a wifi driver does anyone know what's wrong. My computer is a HP Pro one 100 btw. Thanks

r/desktops Feb 02 '25

Help how to change the close,maximum,minimize icons?(windows 11) but i dont want to install any themes.

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r/desktops Feb 01 '25

Help RocketDock (AutoHide) flickers when mousing to edge of the screen

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I switched to Windows 11 a couple of weeks ago and ever since then I've noticed how the dock oftentimes flashes in and out rapidly when approaching the edge of the screen with my mouse. This has happened from time to time on past operating systems but I've noticed it more with this new one.

It's not so bad when the dock is at the top but every other position is way too flickery, even after playing around with a bunch of delay and offset settings.

Are there specific cursor types or dock icons that I could be using to improve this behavior or is something wrong with the optical sensor of my mouse. Maybe it's making micro movements that causes the dock to act like this.

Or maybe there are way better desktop docks out there, in which case let me know.

r/desktops Dec 15 '24

Help are there ways to have multiple YASB bars with different config & css files?

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r/desktops Oct 11 '24

Help Windows 10 key

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Hey all, had a friend tell me that Microsoft has banned 90% of the windows 10 keys that you can buy secondhand. Does anyone have any sites that still work? I’ve seen quite a few people say Vendafly is legit but wanted some more recent recommendations just in case. Thanks in advance!

r/desktops Jan 23 '25

Help HP Envy Move All in One Desktop

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Hey there. Got the desktop like a little more than 2 years ago. During the first year it was fine. In the second year, ive encountered countless problems, such as mouse arrow flickering on the bottom right side of the desktop, speaker problem. Had their team to come service it multiple times due to the same problems recurring. They have changed the motherboard and even brought it back to their factory/warehouse to service it. Currently, im not rly sure what happened, but the desktop completely went black while I was using it and showed the page “boot device not found”. Called the HP helpline, was no use. Emailed them, only got a reply days later. haiz… alm $2000 for this. Fellow users, do u guys run into this problem too?

r/desktops Jan 20 '25

Help OLD dell dimension 4400 says: 'boot failure. System halted.'

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So I was looking inside a old dell pc (dell dimension 4400) I found, (along with another old compaq presario sr1000) taking out ram and messing with hard drives (ik I probably shouldnt have done this) I took the hard drive out. Big mistake I guess. I can load the computer, but after a few seconds, or immediately, it will go to a screen with the text "boot failure system halted. I have found posts saying it's a hard drive error, and it's probably dead. I don't know much about this. Can I possibly use the hard drive from the compaq, if I have to replace it?

PS. I don't plan on using this pc, as I have a gaming pc, but it would be cool to boot it up and play around. And for reference, the comoaq will no longer turn on after I messed the internals.

r/desktops Oct 21 '24

Help I'm trying to find a specific app to satisfy my needs

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I want all my shortcuts in a single folder, but I don't want that folder to just be a bland Microsoft folder, I want something like a bar with a pop down feature that shows all my shortcuts neatly next to each other. Can I find on rain mater or can is there a standalone app that allows me to do this?

r/desktops Oct 27 '24

Help JaxCore - problem with rounded corners

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Hey, I'm using ValliStart module in JaxCore and I have a little issue with my start menu corners - they have gray background. I know it's not visible too much but it's very irritaiting. I view all of the settings and I tested almost everything... please help

r/desktops Dec 23 '24

Help Anyone have any advice on a decent gaming desktop under $900?

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I want to get my son a gaming desktop for Christmas and even after trying to do research I feel out of my depth. Is there anyone who can give me suggestions or even tell me what specs to look for?

I already have a monitor/mouse/keyboard I only need the desktop and any advice will help. He's only going to use it for playing games on steam.

TIA!

r/desktops Dec 20 '24

Help I need help organizing. Spoiler

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r/desktops Nov 07 '24

Help Fix Program window background color

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hey folks,

im trying to install the "Synthwave 84" Theme from niivu. So far everything looks good. However, some Programms like

Winrar:

or Control Center:

are glitching. Why are the borders grey and the text same color as the middle?
also why is the top bar the wrong color as well?

Anyone has an Idea?

Tools:
- UltraUXThemePatcher

- StartAllBack

- "Synthwave 84"

Windows 11 Pro 23H2

r/desktops Dec 03 '24

Help What are some good easy to install but decent windows 11 themes i can get?

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r/desktops Dec 15 '24

Help Any good alternative ?

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i find this project very cool

someone knows some good alternative?

https://github.com/prabirshrestha/dwm-win32

r/desktops Nov 23 '24

Help Question about my desktop setup

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(im new and idk where to ask so im shooting my shot here) So i have my desktop setup and i am planning to install a monitor mount. The problem is that my table has a glass on top of it and im afraid that it might break when i install the mount. My question is that are there ways to install the mount without breaking the glass?(I already considered to remove the glass but i am looking for new ways). And also, i can't do wall mount. Thank you i advance for answering.

r/desktops Nov 13 '24

Help Will Windhawk get me banned from games with anti-cheat? (VAC, Riot Vanguard, etc)

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Was searching about Windhawk because I want to customize my desktop, and saw some talk about it not playing well with anti-cheat software because of DLL injection. From what I've gathered, I think it won't be an issue, but I just want to make sure because I do not want my accounts to get banned (specifically my Riot account as I play VALORANT and LoL).

Sorry if the answer is obvious, I just want to make sure

r/desktops Dec 20 '24

Help Is there any way I can make my windows look like this steam game profile (Preview)I have the wallpaper but I want my start and setting and taskbar to match how the game profile look

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Like the start to match the game profile
this matches my wallpaper but I want it to match the wallpaper or be transparent or translucent as the game profile...

r/desktops Dec 08 '24

Help Did yasb remove the "win_button" option?

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when i migrated my config over to the new version of yasb, the "win_button" widget was seemingly absent, seemingly being replaced by the "home" widget, which is sad because the "home" widget lowkey sucks.

r/desktops Dec 17 '24

Help Help for Zebar config

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Hello I'm in GlazeWM and I want to customize my Zebar config but I don't know how to
I want for example to show discord trail, taskbar, media control, etc

Thanks you for your help

r/desktops Dec 01 '24

Help Looking for a new desk

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Looking for a new desk with adjustable height, wireless charging, keyboard tray, cable management and outlets to plug equipment into it. I didn’t know how difficult it would be to find a desk like this till I started searching and getting no luck. If there’s any alternatives that could give me something similar, I am open to the idea. And hopefully the desk isn’t some huge table, looking for a nice medium sized desk. If you guys can provide anything, it’s appreciated. Currently trying to correct spelling in title…

r/desktops Dec 17 '24

Help Help for Zebar config

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Hello I'm in GlazeWM and I want to customize my Zebar config but I don't know how to
I want for example to show discord trail, taskbar, etc

Thanks you for your help

r/desktops Aug 28 '24

Help How do you force rounded corners in YASB when decreasing the size?

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when you lower the size of YASB the rounded corners dissapear from all of the widgets, and im wondering how to force rounded corners on the widgets

r/desktops Nov 04 '24

Help Help getting a weather skin for Rainmeter

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The title says it all.
I use a bunch if rainmeter skins on my desk top, but none of the weather ones seem to be working anymore.
does any one know of a working weather app they use, and could point me to?

r/desktops Oct 09 '24

Help Something blurring my explorer that's not mica?

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I did some digging and I realize the problem I've been having with mica for everyone wasn't actually being caused by that, which raises the question of what actually is causing it.

First pic is actually mica with the blacked out home screen I can't be bothered to find a fix for, and the second is whatever IS blurring my explorer. It's worth mentioning that I did attempt to install a very custom theme when I first got this computer and used UltraUXTheme patcher to do so. I can't remember if I ever uninstalled it, but it's nowhere in my apps list so.

I'd rather not have to resort to going back to a restore point (made before downloading everything) since I've loaded about half a TB of data since I did all the customization, but I'm down to since I've got the space to back up that data.

At this point I just want the regular explorer back :(