Clear XP Start Bar

[gerberdude]

A while ago there was a thread that included pictures of everyone's desketop. . .someone had an XP desktop and the Start bar at the bottom of the screen was clear, you could see through it to the background photo. I have recently installed XP and wanted to know if anyone can tell me how to perform this little trick, also are there any other neat things you can tweak a desktop to do on XP?

Thanks in Advance,
Alex

[fatboyjim]

http://www.virtualplastic.org/

This site had a load of tweaks for Windows Desktop, haven't used it in a while but you should be able to find what you need there

Jim

[jeresimo]

Do you mean HIDING the TASK BAR? If so, it's easy, just right Click START then PROPERTIES then TASK BAR then check mark on AUTO HIDE THE TASK BAR.

[fatboyjim]

Thanks for that Jeresimo but I think he means having the Task Bar there still but it being Transparent/Translucent

What you've said is correct though, cheers

Jim

[not important]

The transparancy of the Task Bar can be set with Tweak XP.

[gerberdude]

Not important - okay, where can I get this Tweak XP program?

fatboyjim - that link to virtual plastic has helped, I have already downloaded a bunch of new icons and such, but still can't find anything detailing how to make the bar clear. But I'll keep looking...

Thanks again
gerberdude

[gerberdude]

Ooooh, thanks for the help guys, but I just found a program that would do it on that virtual plastic website. It's called Tclock2. It has that and a bunch of other featrues for screwing with the icons and stuff. . . here's the link in case you're interested. http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm thanks again for your help!

Gerberdude

[fatboyjim]

np

And for your information...

http://www.softdepia.com/utilities_d...s/tweakxp.html

Thanks,

Jim