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Pimpin' your Windows 7 Start orb

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Pimp my PC

Thursday March 4, 2010

The

Start button in Windows 7

looks a little different that you may be used to. Especially if you wisely sidestepped that whole Vista thing. Sure, it's shiny and purdy, but it's still the factory default and Lucas has no time for factory defaults. In this episode, Lucas pimps out the

Start orb in Windows 7 with a custom logo

pimp.

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Show Notes

Tweaking with Vishal

- Download Windows 7 Start Button Changer from the Tweaking with Vishal site.

- Install the program and once installed, right-click the Start Button Changer icon and select Run as administrator.

- Click on Select & Change Start Button and browse to your custom Start Orb image.

- Before selecting a new Start Orb, click on Restore Explorer Backup.

- Rince and repeat.

- To create your own Start Orb, fire up your photo editor follow this guide:

- Create your image on a invisible background. Total image size should be 54x162 pixels

- Each of the three orb states (off, hover and on) should be 39x39 pixels.

- Place each orb state nine pixels apart on the canvas.

- Save the file as a bitmap (BMP) file.

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