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Photo above shows the Talisman Themes Browser on @Macarlo's Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition Web IDE .(To see the images in its original size - 1024 x 768 pixels - simply click it.) @Macarlo's Websites default tools
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My entire pack of Talisman themes that I have downloaded from its developers websites and are using just fine here currently totalizes 125MB. I'm using Talisman version 2.81 and its installer is a small file: setup.exe (5.4MB). This one installs in few seconds without problems and I saw not icompabilities with any soft installed here or with a native Windows tool. Sincerely, I recommend the registration for this nice soft. You can download Talisman most recent release directly from Lighttek Softweare, its developer, at: http://www.lighttek.com/ I rated Talisman with the maximum: Five Butterflies.
DOWNLOAD THIS THEME: 82K
WHAT IS A "SHELL" What is a "shell" ? A shell is two things: the operating system's graphical user interface, and the operating system's homebase. As a GUI (Graphical User Interface), a shell draws the desktop. In other words, what one sees after Windows has finished loading is the product of the shell. The icons and their arrangement, wallpaper display, taskbar and system tray are all brought about by the shell. The other part of what a shell does is harder to explain. Basically, without a shell, the OS (Operating System) has nowhere to work. When the shell fails, the OS “crashes" and nothing happens. One could say that the shell is the OS's controller - kind of like an air traffic controller for aircraft. By default, the Windows shell is “explorer.exe”. Windows allows changing this file to another application. You can even use Notepad or Norton Commander, Word or Photoshop as a shell. The place where Windows store’s the shell’s path is in the Syspad.ini file for Windows 9x/ME or Register for Windows NT4/2000/XP. For example, look at the “system.ini” file, [boot] section. You can see the string shell=explorer.exe. When Talisman is used as a shell, this string will be changed to shell=c:\talisman\talisman.exe . You can change this string manually and restart your computer with the new shell, but it is easier to use the Talisman Shell Switcher (tss.exe). It is a small program to make these changes automatically. Remember! When Talisman is in shell mode it does not change anything in your system except for the one shell string (in the “system.ini” for Win 9x. Or it changes 3 strings in the register for Win NT4/2000/XP. A problem can occur with this shell string when this string gets corrupted or Windows can't find a file to be used as a shell. Windows will say, "I am corrupted. Reinstall me". This message is incorrect. You don't need to reinstall Windows! All you need to do is correct the one shell string and then restart system! One more thing you must know before using Talisman as a shell: Do not uninstall Talisman if Talisman is being used as your shell. In this case, the shell string will be empty and Windows will usually say, "I am corrupted. Reinstall me". You need to switch the shell back to “explorer.exe” (use the Talisman Shell Switcher for example) and only then you can uninstall Talisman. Talisman Desktop (Talisman) is a desktop alternative for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Using "Talisman", you can build any interface for your computer. "Talisman" hides the standard desktop of Windows. In the "Talisman" workspace, you can place any number of icons, buttons, pictures or other objects. These Objects can have any form or dimensions. All Objects can run external programs or internal shell commands. Any Object on the screen can be set to switch from one form to another. All settings and pictures are stored in a Theme folder. You can even make many Talisman Themes that use Objects with links to go from one Theme to another. You can also use Talisman as your default shell instead the Windows Explorer. Talisman has it’s own Startup, System Tray, Taskbar and Start Menu procedures.
Photos above and below shows the Chill Out Talisman Theme on @Macarlo's Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition Web IDE . (To see the images in its original size - 1024 x 768 pixels - simply click it.)
4 MODES OF TALISMAN 1) Application mode. Talisman is used as a standard application launched from the Windows shell (explorer.exe). If you want to execute Talisman at startup, place a Talisman shortcut in your Startup Directory (c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup). The Windows Taskbar is visible. The Talisman Taskbar, Talisman Clock, and Talisman Tray are not visible. 2) Application mode without the Widows Taskbar. Talisman is used as a standard application launched from the Windows shell (explorer.exe). The Windows Taskbar is not visible. The Talisman Taskbar and Talisman Clock are visible. The Talisman Tray may only be used in Talisman’s shell mode. The Windows Taskbar or Talisman Taskbar and Clock may be enabled and disabled in the TOE (Talisman Object Editor), by selecting the Theme tab. 3) Desktop Panel mode. Similar to application mode but not "fullscreen". In this mode Talisman creates a "desktop panel" which occupies only a part of desktop. Such "desktop panel" can be used with the standard Windows Taskbar and desktop icons. 4) Shell mode. Talisman is used as a shell replacement instead of explorer.exe. The Windows Taskbar is not visible. The Talisman Taskbar, Talisman Clock, and Talisman Tray are visible. Use Talisman Shell Switcher (Main Menu > Settings > Shell Switcher) to switch between shell mode and application mode of the Talisman. Taskbar Talisman’s Taskbar and Clock are available in both modes: application and shell. Talisman’s Taskbar and Clock are not visible if the Windows Taskbar is visible. The properties of the Taskbar window can be edited by clicking on “Taskbar” within the TOE (Talisman Object Editor) or by selecting “Settings”>”Taskbar” from the Main Menu. Taskbar may be moved by dragging of the first special element or by dragging of any element with pressed "Ctrl" button. TOE: The Taskbar Window For Talisman Taskbar, the graphics window shows a preview of the assigned graphic and five tabs below it: Normal, Highlight, Click,First and Last. Clicking on one of those tabs shows the graphic assigned to the corresponding taskbar element. The graphics window editing buttons at the right side work for the specific button state selected. The graphics editing buttons are: Open - Opens the standard Windows “Open” dialog. Copy - Copies the graphic in the window to the Windows clipboard. Paste - Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the graphics window. Delete - Deletes the graphic in the window.
Position settings: Y: - The measurement in pixels from the Y-zero coordinate of the main Desktop (desktop0). The location of the Y-zero coordinate depends on the Taskbar “Align” settings. X: - The measurement in pixels from the X-zero coordinate of the main Desktop (desktop0). The location of the X-zero coordinate depends on the Taskbar “Align” settings. Height - The height of the Taskbar in pixels. (This value is not applied if “Full height” is selected in the “Align” settings) Width - The width of the Taskbar in pixels. (This value is not applied if “Full width” is selected in the “Align” settings) Align panel – Aligns the Taskbar to the left, right, top and/or bottom side of the screen. Locked Position – Check this box to disable dragging the Taskbar. Orientation - Horizontal or vertical orientation of the Taskbar. Always on Top - Set the Taskbar above all other windows. Show Taskbar - Show or hide the Talisman Taskbar (this option does not work if the Windows Taskbar is visible). Resize Direction - Resize direction for items in taskbar. Taskbar element settings: Width - The width of a single element in pixels. Height - The height of a single element in pixels. Show text/Show hint - Shows the filename as text or as a hint. Font, Font Colors - The font and colors to be used for the text label. The font, size and color may be changed by using the button on the right. Icon Size – The size of the file icon in pixels. Icon Offset X, Y – The offset of the icon from top-left corner in pixels.
Features · Creating multi-level user defined fullscreen interfaces (desktops) which completely replace Windows desktop. · Creating multi-level user defined "desktop panels" which can work together with a standard Windows elements . · Use of any number of pictures, of any type or dimension, instead of standard icons. · Use of 32bit icons (from 16x16 to 128x128 pixels) designed for WindowsXP in any systems: Win 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. · Place free-moving and imposing Objects in the Talisman workspace. · All Objects can run external programs or internal shell commands by one click of the mouse. · The number of Forms or Desktops in one theme is unlimited. Any Object on the screen can be set to switch from one form to another. · You can create a set of independent Themes, and store them on any disk in the local computer or on a local area network. · You can easily switch between different Themes through your own Objects or through the Talisman Main Menu. · The built-in Talisman Object Editor (TOE) allows the creation, modification and removal of any element in a Theme. · Large number of basic elements (Forms, Pictures, Buttons of different types, Text Blocks, HTML objects, Input Boxes, and Menu lists including "Recent Programs" menu) · Customizable System Tray, Taskbar and Clock. · Sound support for all events. · Access to Applications, Tasklist, Theme, Foldermenu, Run, Find, Desktop, Control Panel, Network, Dialup, Documents and other internal commands. · Script language. · Customizable menus. Multicolumn menus. Big 32bit icons in menus. · Plugins. · Customizable HotKeys. · Supported languages: Arabian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italiano, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese(Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and other.
USING TALISMAN AS SHELL Using the Talisman Shell Switcher (tss.exe) The simplest way to switch from the Windows Explorer shell to Talisman shell is to use the "ShellSwitcher" command from the MainMenu of Talisman. You can also create your own Button for running the shellswitcher command. ShellSwitcher can be started by Alt+S hotkey also. When the Shell Switcher is started, it displays a small dialog box with two buttons: "Cancel" and "Switch to ...". Click on the "Switch to ..." button then select "Yes" in the appeared dialog box. When "Yes" is clicked, the system.ini file is changed for users of Windows 95/98/ME , or the registry is changed for users of Windows NT4/2000/XP. The next time you start Windows the shell of your choice will be used. Note for WindowsNT4/2000/XP: You have to login as Administrator (or user with Administrator rights) and switch shells with Shell Switcher at least once. ShellSwitcher will make all necessary changes in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key of your register. These initial changes are available only from Administrator account. Attention! Do not uninstall Talisman while using Talisman in shell mode. You must return your shell to “explorer.exe” (you may use the Talisman Shell Switcher for switching back) and only after it you can uninstall Talisman from the standard Windows shell. Attention! Please read "What to do if the system will not startup with Talisman as the shell?" before shell switching! Manual settings to set up Talisman as default shell Attention! This section is only for experienced users! ShellSwitcher does these settings automatically!
Windows 9x : Changing System.ini in Windows95. This procedure uses c:\talisman as the directory; if your directory is different, change it, but be sure to use the DOS 8.3 names. ·Open a text editor such as Notepad ·Open c:\windows\system.ini (if your windows directory has a different name, substitute that name) ·Find the section that starts with [boot] ·Locate the line shell=explorer.exe ·Put a semicolon (;) in front of this line ·Move the cursor to the end of this line and hit the Enter key ·Key in the following new line: shell=c:\talisman\talisman.exe ·Save the changes and exit the text editor ·Restart Windows. ·To return to explorer.exe as your shell, follow steps 1 - 3, then remove the semicolon at the beginning of the line shell=explorer.exe and put a semicolon at the beginning the line shell=c:\talisman\talisman.exe. Then save the changes, exit the text editor, and restart Windows.
Changing System.ini in Windows98. This procedure uses c:\talisman as the directory; if your directory is different, change it, but be sure to use the DOS 8.3 names. There are two ways to change shells: you can either use the Win95 steps above or use msconfig as follows: ·Choose Start>Run and key in msconfig ·Hit OK ·Click on the system.ini tab ·Click on the plus sign to the left of the [boot] folder to expand it ·Click new and in the textblock key in shell=c:\talisman\talisman.exe ·Hit enter ·Click the Move Down button to move it down so it is with the shell=explorer.exe line ·Uncheck the shell=explorer.exe ·Click OK and Yes when prompted to save the changes. ·Restart Windows. ·To return to explorer.exe as your shell, follow steps 1 - 3, check the line shell=explorer.exe and uncheck the line shell=c:\talisman\talisman.exe, click OK and Yes when prompted to save the changes, then restart Windows.
Windows NT4/2000/XP: 1) To make Talisman the system wide shell: ·Open up regedit and goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\system.ini\boot ·Change the value from SYS:Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon to USR:Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon ·Open up regedit and open the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell ·Remove the value of this key. Now the shell path will be taken from the current user settings (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell).
2) To make Talisman the shell for the current user: ·Open up regedit and open (or create) the key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell ·Give this key the value <your talisman path>\talisman.exe. System requirements Software Requirements Talisman Desktop recognizes and supports all 32-bit Windows desktop operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS SVGA - minimum of 64K colors (16-bit). 24-bit or 32-bit recommended. Pentium-300 CPU or higher 64 MB or higher RAM recommended 20 MB free disk space Visit Developer's Website at: http://www.lighttek.com/
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