Welcome to the
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Desktop Theme (update)
For Windows 95/98/NT



Thanks for downloading this theme, please read the Instructions before continuing.

This theme pack will only work if you have Microsoft Plus! or other desktop management software running, such as Desktop Architect.  It can be downloaded here 

The sounds in this theme are compressed using MPEG Layer-3 Compression.  You need to have Netshow2.0 or higher to play these sounds, this can be downloaded from the Microsoft Site.  As an alternative, you can also download this small MPEG Layer-3 Codec Installer which has been thoroughly tested on several system configurations. Just install it right over the top of any player or even without a player. It works!  MPEG Layer-3 Codec Installer (233k)
Note: This is not a player and will not overwrite any of the files currently on your system.  It is simply a codec installer, which will enable the ACM Waveform (*.wav) of MPEG Layer-3 to function properly in external programs.

The advice on audio files was taken from the ThemeDoctors Emergency Page.


About this Theme

This theme is an Update to the Broken Theme that I placed on the ThemeWorld web site sometime last year.  The theme had certain bugs and generally was of a medium quality.  I have tried to redress that with this update.  The Update includes:-

This is the third Nine Inch Nails Desktop Theme that I have posted on the Internet.  The First theme was for The Fragile, this received a 5-Star Rating from the ThemeDoctor website.  The second theme was for The Downward Spiral, this the also received a 5-Star Rating.
For more information on these themes click the following link, Themes.


Installing the Broken Theme

  1. Using WinZip open the archive, click Actions and select Extract. Make the Extraction Target C:\, and check the Use Folder Names option, and then click the Extract Button. If you want to extract the files elsewhere then you can choose your own path. This will extract the contents of the archive to c:\program files\plus!\themes\Broken.
  2. A True Type font will be placed in the Broken\Font folder, to install this font start your windows explorer and browse to the Windows\Fonts folder. Click File and Install New Font and browse to the Broken\Font folder and select the font and click OK.
  3. The Startup, Wait and Shutdown Logo screens found in the Broken\Logo Screens folder, are coded into the *.theme and will be used when the theme is enabled.  If you wish to install them manually copy LOGO.sys to C:\, and copy LOGOW.sys and LOGOS.sys to C:\Windows.

  4. Note: You MUST make a backup before copying the files.
  5. Webview images (for Windows'98 users):  This Doesn’t apply for users of Desktop Architect.

  6. To install the webview images, copy Broken WVLeft.bmp, Broken WVLogo.gif and Broken WVLine.gif from the Broken\Web folder into your Windows web folder (usually C:\Windows\Web).
    Note: You MUST make a backup before copying the files.

This theme was created using
Adobe Photoshop5
Cool Edit96
MicroAngelo
Audiograbber1.40
Desktop Architect


I have been testing this theme for quite a while to ensure that it is of a similar standard to my other Nine Inch Nails themes.
If you experience an Problems with this theme, or have any comments then feel free to email me at
calvert_james@hotmail.com

enjoy the theme

regards
James Calvert