Windows 7 (x86/x64) - Customise your start button orb with one click!

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Posted over at Neowin was a tool that allows you one click change the start button orb to a new one, I have downloaded it and found it to be quite nice, makes a change to the usual round orb too. There's loads of orbs out there to download but the tool comes with a 10pack sample.

I downloaded a 250 orb pack last night and only liked a few but settled with this:

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The tool: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-7-start-button-changer-released

250 Orbs pack: http://rapidshare.com/files/367392662/Windows_7_Start_Button_Changer___247_Orbs.rar (!!! IGNORE THE OLDER VERSION ORB CHANGER TOOL THAT IS IN THE EXTRACTED FOLDER, USE v2.0 LINKED ABOVE !!!)

Small tweaks and changes here and there to OSes and applications like this make daily computing nicer :)
 
Do it!

I also have a logon screen changer if anyone is interested in that too?

I loathe the bright blue logon/lock screen backgrounds so made a custom minimalist one!

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Bunyan said:
Windows 7 Start Button Changer, it even says the theme is selected but nothing actually changes on the superbar. Im using 64bit version of Windows 7 Professional
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Run it as admin?

I assume your UAC is stopping it, forgot to mention this as I don't use UAC.
 
paradigm said:
Explorer modification = gay.

Seriously, just leave the interface as it was intended rather than hack it to bits.

People then wonder why their systems are less stable and more prone to failure, leaving UAC on would be a good start.
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My system is never unstable or slow and I'd never recommend something to people that had the potential to cause a system to be anything less.

Tweaks like this are nice to have, they're something different and as long as you're not a total noob (which nobody to my knowledge here is) then I don't see any issue with a bit of customisation here and there to personalise the OS you use daily for years on end. I have my own (valid) reasons for keeping UAC off (which is off topic to this thread but relates to apps like MPC-HC where I cannot save favourites with UAC on) and I am pretty confident that my OS and its config is one of the most organised and streamlined on the forums thanks.

Keeping things completely stock all the time is also pretty boring and uninspiring. OC Forums is filled with people doing different things and sharing those ideas with others. At least I'm contributing.

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And anyway, UAC won't save your OS from being ridden with malware to begin with. Just yesterday I received a client's laptop with Vista Home on which had AVG, UAC and Defender installed and updated yet Malware Bytes found over 28,000 infected files, folders and registry entries.

You can have all the security and UAC settings turned up in the world but it still won't protect a system from user stupidity.
 
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