Unlock Custom Themes on Windows XP
Jun 28Windows XP severely limits your customization options, as by default few themes can be applied (Classic and Luna come with XP, Royale comes with XP Media Center Edition or you can find it on the web, and the Zune theme). With this tutorial, you’ll be able to patch Windows and allow custom themes. We’ll be using this UXTheme.dll patcher from Windows X Live. (more…)
Your Remember the Milk To-Do List on the Desktop
Jun 28
(For Windows 98-XP only) Using Windows’ Active Desktop feature, this tutorial will show you how to embed your Remember the Milk to-do list on the Windows desktop. You’ll need a Remember the Milk account, Windows, and the ability to use Internet Explorer for short periods of time without exploding. Update: We’ve covered some more webapps in this post.
Another Update: Mark Godwin has a tutorial for Windows Vista users.
I'm Jason, the main author of Third Error, and many of the topics I'll focus on concern Windows (and applicable software), web applications, web design, and a bit of *nix (Ubuntu mainly). My computer runs Windows XP, with virtualized Ubuntu and OS X handy.