Asus Hackery

The last 24 hours has been different for me. I've decided that my Asus brand Eeepc needed to be customized; and regardless of claims of simplicity, the desktop images were unchangable by traditional means. Let the record show; I am generally very easily frustrated by computers, so this was very out of my league.

That is to say, the images were pre-set BORING images with the Asus logo, like this:

Available in blue, silver, green, and "sunset" orange. These images messed with the feng shui of my computer, and somehow prevented me from enjoying my time with it.

Now, in order to change these images, a separate one for each "tab" at the top, I had to replace the original images that are pre-installed. The big issue? The folder these images belong in is locked, tamper resistant, and good old copy-paste was foiled. So, I got out some online guides, and figured out how to use the Unix (which behaves like DOS on a PC) on there to force the files into the correct folder. I feel much better with Vault Boy, Spider-Man, Big Daddy & Lil sister, Companion Cube, and Pyramid head each on a separate background. Like this:

That's right, computer illiterate little old me followed directions (and asked for help from hacker-ey friends) reprogrammed the desktop images. I also managed to reset some of the default settings, such as the font, and internet preferences - which were less of a pain, but still there. I'm proud of myself, even if you don't care.