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[Tbone]

np

[Thordic]

<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Flip540:
Welli guess i shouldve waited to ask xtwo for help, but cannot find....please re-install windows. good thing i have win2k on my machine. what can i do without reinstalling. i cant make a bootdisk because my floppy died on me. please help

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LiteStep crashes all the time when you are setting it up. It takes a while to get it running smoothly sometimes, but once you do get it running right, its great.

Anyway, if LiteStep is messed up, Ctrl + Alt + F1 brings up the emergency menu.

If you download LSEnabler, it will let you switch between LiteStep and Explorer easily. Download that using 2K, and then run it under LiteStep.

I think thats what you needed to know, anyway, you weren't very descriptive.

LiteStep has come a long way. The first time I used it was back in Sept of 1998, and it was much harder to work with.

[Xtwo007]

Reboot, but before Windows starts bring up your boot options, this is normally by pressing the F8 key.
From the list of options, select 'Command Line Only' and you'll be booted into DOS.
At the command line type edit C:\Windows\System.ini
The DOS text editor will appear with the System.ini file loaded.
Alter the line that starts Shell= so that it reads Shell=C:\Windows\Explorer.exe (if your Windows directory is not called Windows, change it to what your directory is called).
Save the file and exit the text editor
Reboot
You'll be booted back into your standard Windows Explorer shell. You can now check your settings to make sure everything is ok before trying again.

Also Thordic - what distro do u use - or did u just start from scratch ?

[This message has been edited by Xtwo007 (edited 08-23-2001).]

[jcarkeys]

Is setting up and running LiteStep really hard or anything, because I don't want to have to do a terrible amount of editing. I don't mind some and all, but my lack of computer experience prevents me from being able to do a lot. Also is it ABSOLUTELY neccesary to have Win 9x, or would ME or 2k work on it.

[Zo]

it screwed up my comp =( had to reformat but i learned from the experience...

[Flip540]

hmm...i think im going to stay away from it...thanks tbone that worked.

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[Tbone]

I changed my desktop the other day in preparation for college.

Hmmm...sorry the picture isn't here, I seem to have misplaced it....sorry..

[prikkaboo]

hey tbone, what resolution are you running your litestep at? i got mine at 1280x1075 and the icons are super small. do you know how to make em bigger without running a higher resolution? i just got it running yesterday and im only learning it so im probably gonna be asking for alot of help over the days. is there a way to skin internet explorer and other programs? im sure ill have many more questions as the days go by, but for now im just trying to get comfortavle with it. thanks

[Tbone]

Depending on what LiteStep release and theme you have, different options are available. I run mine @ 1280 * 1024 except that my theme was made for that resolution so the icons are not extremely small. If I ran my theme at 800 * 600, the icons would be very very big because the theme was not made for that resolution; you get the idea. Check any readme files that came with your theme/version and see if they have any notes for what resolution it was made for. Some themes include zipped files of different icons for different resolutions; some do not.

Also, all the editing of LiteStep is mainly done in the "step.rc" file. Open this file to change the major settings in litestep, i.e. links on the desktop, sounds, etc. Just be careful or you could mess something up, but usually it's reversable.

[Tbone]

As far as skinning Internet Explorer and the other programs, you'll have to search the internet and find skins separately. If you look in the most recent picture of my desktop above, I have winamp running in the top right, but the skin on it is a Netscape skin that just happened to match my LiteStep theme.

[prikkaboo]

tbone thanks. where do you go to find your themes? i was running the themes that came with the lsd4p. any sites that have good themes, also is windowblind a good program for skinning? thanks

[prikkaboo]

also, can you set your theme to higher resolutions, or do they only run well at one set resolution?

[Tbone]

I use litestepgl from http://www.litestep.com

It's a great version of litestep that's:

a) VERY easy to install
b) VERY east to un-install
c) Comes with 10 preset themes + a theme switcher to change with
d) Doesn't come with a background, but it's okay because almost all of the themes will match with any high-resolution image you select. The themes are diverse and will cover many people's preferences.

The background I'm running is made for 1280 * 1024. The theme is made to run at this high resolution as well.

[Tbone]

I usually goto http://misery.subnet.at for my graphics/backgrounds

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