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Blue Overview

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Description

I was recently introduced to Rainmeter and really love it. I decided to combine skins from different suites and tweaked them into a single suite. Hope you like it as this is my first attempt :)


Additional Applications:
Below is the list of applications that are needed to ensure that all components of the skin work properly. Do note that if any application is not installed, the skin will have missing data but will not cause any issues or system instabilities.

Core Temp ([link])
MSI Afterburner ([link]) for Nvidia/AMD GPUs
SpeedFan ([link]) On Windows 8, select compatibility for Windows 7 for installation ([link])


Instructions:
Manual tweaking for some of the skins are required due to the unique configuration of each system. Please note that I have marked those sections clearly and provided instructions where necessary. For further information, please read the easy-to-understand Rainmeter guide ([link]). I might be able to provide some help if possible, however, Google seems to know the answer to almost all questions if asked nicely ;)


Skins Available:
Below is the list of available skins

Application
- 10 customizable shortcuts
- Left click central orb to hide/show shortcuts
- Middle click central orb to load/unload skins layout
NOTE: Once you have loaded all the required skins, you must save the new layout with the name "Blue Overview" which will overwrite the default layout (which has the same name) and you will have your desktop layout permanently saved [link]

Battery
- When charging, shows the charge level as percentage
- When running on battery, shows the time remaining

CPU
- Shows total CPU usage as percentage and graph
- Shows CPU Model (Core Temp required)
- Shows current CPU speed (Core Temp required)
- Shows maximum temperature (Core Temp required)
- Shows top 3 process name and values

GPU
- Shows core frequency (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows driver version installed (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows fan speed as percentage (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows GPU model (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows GPU temperature (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows GPU usage as percentage and graph (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows memory frequency (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows PCB temperature (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows shader frequency (MSIAfterBurner required)
- Shows used VRAM as value and bar graph (MSIAfterBurner required)

Storage (HDD/SSD)
- Auto hides when drive is not present (for removable drives)
- Shows the drive letter and name
- Shows the free, used and total capacities as percentages and values of the HDD/SSD
- Shows the temperature of the HDD/SSD (Speedfan required)
- Shows the transfer rate as values and graph

Storage (USB/RAMDisk)
- Auto hides when drive is not present (for removable drives)
- Shows the drive letter and name
- Shows the free, used and total capacities as percentages and values of the HDD/SSD
- Shows the transfer rate as values and graph

Storage (ODD)
- Auto hides when drive is empty
- Shows the drive letter and name

Media Player
- Auto hides when media player is closed
- Provides some control of the configured media player
- Shows the title, artist and album of the currently playing track

Network
- Shows the total upload and download stats
- Shows the upload and download rates

Power Panel
- Hidden by default to prevent accidental clicks
- Shows the uptime
- Support for shutdown, restart, hibernate, logoff, lock and sleep

RAM
- Shows the free and used as percentages and actual values
- Contains an editable line of text which can be used to display the RAM model information
- Shows top 2 process names and values
- Shows total RAM

Recycle bin
- Shows the total number of items
- Shows the total size

Time Zone
- Shows the day and date of the time zone configured


Special Thanks & Credits:
Below are the list of authors who have helped me and/or whose work I have used:

~g3xter For giving me permission to mod his skin, for the prompt and kind email replies and creating the wonderful icons for SSD, USB, ODD, RAMDisk [link]
~aroche For giving me permission to use the recycle bin icon [link]
ch_rob @ Rainmeter Forum: For allowing me to use his TopProcess plugin [link]
DigitalDJ @ Rainmeter Forum: For allowing me to use his TopProcess plugin [link]
~Kaelri For helping me with some of the coding
~Mordasius For helping me with some of the coding
~newmanhyde For making a wonderful battery skin [link]
~Seclipse For giving me permission to mod his skin [link]
Stangowner @ Guru3D: For giving me permission to mod his skin and allowing me to use the MSI Afterburner plugin [link]
~UrulokiBurning For making the wonderful Mass Effect skin [link]
~Zeek-Aran For making the wonderful Mass Effect skin [link]
*z-design For making the tech brushes [link]
And last but not the least, the wonderful people at Rainmeter Forum for guiding me.


Derivatives:
Here are some of the derivatives:
Weblink RainMeter -> [link]

Note: Feedback and suggestions are welcomed. Moreover, please inform me if you use my work/part of it anywhere else :)
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cc c est super ce truc. Un souci a mon niveaux quand je l'installe il n'apparait pas dans rainmater pff