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I went from this:


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and I must say, it's quite nice without a bunch of shortcuts all over the place.

Did I mention I love windows 7's pinning-things-to-the-taskbar-feature?
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Great thread. Would read again. A+++++
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I'm not either. My desktop only has two icons on it. I also have dual monitors (22") for more space. Getting a third monitor before too long...
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An F- from me. Youre so C average, Thunderscreech.
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One icon on mine.

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Nothing on mine. Don't ever use the shortcuts anyways.
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Multi-purpose launcher, anyone?

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Hahaha...they spelled Journaler wrong!!!



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No, it's the name of the app.

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Hey, if you want to play this game, I'll congratulate you for getting your own name right.
That isn't me! Someone stole my name.

Whoa.....she is FUGLY!

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I went from this:

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and I must say, it's quite nice without a bunch of shortcuts all over the place.
I can't stand a cluttered desktop either! I went from this:



To this:



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Cool desk.

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So you went from a fairly clean backdrop with a few icons, to no icons with a backdrop featuring dozens of battleships. I'm not sure that's an upgrade.

Also, why is that one Star Destroyer chickening out?
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ummmm, unless i'm not understanding you, i can pin-things-to-taskbar in XP. how is that an upgrade in W7?
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lol... guitar for dummies...

by the way, the chick in the middle has great tits.
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ummmm, unless i'm not understanding you, i can pin-things-to-taskbar in XP. how is that an upgrade in W7?
I never actually realized that the pin things to the taskbar was the same as quick launch until i thought about it after i posted this thread.
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