How to install "Rainmeter" in Windows 7 operating system
In this article, I discussed about "Rainmeter" application which is a desktop enhancement tool. It is a third party application. It is not developed by Microsoft. Features of Rainmenter and how to use Rainmenter is discussed in the article.
Rainmeter is a desktop customization application. With Rainmeter you can customize your Windows computer with different skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets. It is like "Conky" feature in Ubuntu operating system.
Different type of Rainmeter skins are available and they will provide you with useful information at a glance. It's easy to keep an eye on your system resources and on many other things with Rainmeter.
With Rainmeter "Your Desktop is yours". You can customize your desktop. In library of open-source, skins covers a wide range of functions, but if you want your desktop to do something new, you can customize the skin. You can add many extra features.
As per Rainmeter.net their skins are written in a simple, elegant language and it is easy to learn for anyone who's willing to put their effort. They defined Skins as "Skins call upon measures, a set of powerful built-in modules that do all the heavy lifting, and create interactive meters to display that information however you decide". How to install Rainmeter ?
Installation process of Rainmeter is simple. There are two ways of installing. I prefer you to go for Auto-Installer option. In Auto-Installer, extract the contents of your theme somewhere on your hard drive, navigate to the folder and double-click on Rainmeter skins. To install Rainmeter skins manually, follow the below procedure.
Extract the contents of theme somewhere on your hard drive.
Go to the extracted folder and navigate to the subfolder: Data\Skins\.
There you will find the folder W7. Copy the folder W7.
Navigate to C:\Users\[yourusername*]\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins and paste the folder.
Go to the folder we extraced the content to in (1).
Navigate to the subfolder: Data\Themes\.
Copy the folder [themeName].
Navigate to C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local.
Start Rainmeter Select [themeName]
Here themename is the name of the theme you downloaded.
I am having problem during installation of rain meter 4.3 in my PC having window 7 professional. It always shows a message that it needs window 7 with server pack 1. So what should I do ? What is difference between window 7 and window 7 with server pack 1 ? Which is better ?