Thanks for downloading the DRIVE desktop theme for Windows. DRIVE is one of my favourite movies -- and I couldn't find a single theme on it anywhere! So I decided to make one. It took me about 5 hours to do -- and another 2 hours to type this README file. Anyway, every component is there, except a screensaver (I don't know how to make screensavers). I've also included extra wallpapers, sounds and icons.
This README file contains all the information you'll need
to install the theme!! If you already know how to use themes, you can skip
those parts of this file. This file is in HTML, so there are hyperlinks
to many internet sites where you can download necessary programs if you
don't have them. There is also information on the movie here. A Preview
is shown here -- your desktop will look like this. This is a picture of
my own desktop after I installed the theme.
Contents (click on the title to read that section of this file)
About the movie
Requirements
Quick Start
Detailed installation instructions
Installing the theme manually
About the theme
1. For Windows 95 users:
Windows 95 does not provide
a facility to install themes -- you need Microsoft Plus! or another theme
installer to do so. Many freeware/shareware programs are available on the
internet if you don't have Plus! -- a good program is "Desktop
Themes" by Jonathan Potter. It can be downloaded from Themes-n-Schemes
(a site with lots of themes and freeware/shareware programs and utilities).
For Windows 98 users:
Windows 98 has the features
of Plus! built-in... so you needn't worry about it.
2. A utility for unzipping compressed files. It must support long file names. For this, I suggest WinZip. You can download it from the WinZip Home Page.
3. Your monitor must support a resolution of atleast 640 x 480 pixels. The theme looks best at 800 x 600. There must also be support for True Colour (16.7 million colours)
Just unzip all the contents of DRIVE.ZIP to a single folder (it doesn't matter which), and open your theme installer. Select drive.theme and say OK.
If you're using Microsoft Plus!, open the wallpaper "Drive Wallpaper 1.jpg" again in your web browser, and choose "Set as Wallpaper". This is because JPEG wallpapers in 16.7 million colours don't appear properly when applied through Plus!.
To install the startup shutdown screens, first make copies of
your old logo files. The three files are:
C:\LOGO.SYS; C:\WINDOWS\LOGOW.SYS; C:\WINDOWS\LOGOS.SYS.
Put them in a folder named "Old Logo files" or something like that, then
move the logo files provided with this theme to the locations given above.
Restart your computer if you want to see the full effect of
the theme.
The ZIP file DRIVE.ZIP contains all the components of this desktop
theme. There are a few extra files as well. For the theme to work properly,
the only requirement is that all the components must be in the same folder
(it doesn't matter which one). Use your extracting utility to unzip all
the files into a folder (you can put it in your usual themes folder).
If you're using Windows 98 or Microsoft Plus! with Windows 95,
you just have to double click on the theme file, drive.theme. Then
say OK to apply the theme. If you're using some other theme installer,
open that program, and apply this the theme as you would apply your other
themes.
If you're using Microsoft Plus!, open the wallpaper "Drive Wallpaper 1.jpg" again in your web browser, and choose "Set as Wallpaper". This is because JPEG wallpapers in 16.7 million colours don't appear properly when applied through Plus!.
Startup/Shutdown screens are provided with this theme. These are the screens that Windows shows when it is starting and shutting down (The Microsoft Windows logo; "Please wait while your computer shuts down"; "It's now safe to turn off your computer"). The three files corresponding to these logos are; respectively; C:\LOGO.SYS; C:\WINDOWS\LOGOW.SYS; C:\WINDOWS\LOGOS.SYS. If you want to install the DRIVE logo files, you must first make backup copies of your old logo files. Move the above mentioned files into a different directory, say, "Old Logo Files". Then move the logo files given with this theme into the locations mentioned above. Some theme installers do this automatically. It's best you make copies of the files first. Now your colours, sounds, icons, pointers and wallpaper should be changed. If you want to see the new startup/shutdown screens (if you installed them); restart your computer.
If you don't have the programs needed to install the theme, you
can do it manually. It's a boring process, and the theme won't be installed
as it is meant to be.
First, apply the wallpaper. You can open any one of the three
wallpapers provided, in your web browser, and right-click on it. Choose
"Set as Wallpaper".
Then, go to "My Computer" and open the
Control Panel. Click on Sounds. Choose sounds for each event from the ones
given in the theme. Then click on "Mouse", choose pointers, and choose
the appropriate cursors from the ones given in this theme. If you don't
have Plus! or some other program that can change your icons, you'll have
to be content with your usual desktop icons. (You can change all your system
icons with a software called Microangelo.)
As for the colours and fonts, you'll have to choose your own. (If you're
really willing to do it, you can open the drive.theme file in a
text editor, copy the part of the file pertaining to colours and sizes
of windows -- it's at the bottom of the theme file -- and paste it in the
proper place in your WIN.INI file. If you understood what that meant, go
ahead and do it if you want to -- otherwise just forget about it.) The
best thing to do is applying a Wallpaper, sounds, cursors, and choosing
your own colours and fonts.
This theme is based on the movie DRIVE. There are wallpapers, sounds, icons, static and animated cursors, and startup/shutdown screens provided with this theme. A complete list of the files is given below.
There are three wallpapers -- 800 x 600 images, in True Colour. They were made with Paint Shop Pro using pictures from the internet. The sounds were recorded by me and edited with Gold Wave. The cursors and icons were made with Microangelo 98. This HTML document was made in Netscape Composer, and the preview image was taken by pressing the Print Screen key (takes a snapshot of your desktop - did you know that...?). That file was again modified in Paint Shop Pro. I used WinZip to compress the files.
The theme file was generated with "Desktop Themes".
This theme is freeware, and you can freely distribute it (put it on your webpage if you like), but please don't alter any files, and include this README file with it.
LIST OF FILES IN THIS THEME
Drive Wallpaper 1.jpg
Drive Wallpaper 2.jpg
Drive Wallpaper 3.jpg
Drive Preview.jpg
Poster.jpg
The above two files are used in this document. Don't
delete them.
Busy.ani
Pointer.ani
Working.ani
Beam.cur
Cross.cur
Help.cur
Move.cur
Size NESW.cur
Size NS.cur
Size NWSE.cur
Size WE.cur
Unavailable.cur
Up.cur
Drive.theme
Deliverance.ico
Drive Logo.ico
Drive Poster.ico
Malik.ico
Toby.ico
Toby and Malik.ico
logo.sys
logoW.sys
logoS.sys
Drive Critical Stop.wav
Drive Default.wav
Drive Empty Recycle Bin.wav
Drive Exclamation.wav
Drive Exit Windows.wav
Drive Maximize.wav
Drive Menu Popup.wav
Drive Minimize.wav
Drive Program Error.wav
Drive Question.wav
Drive Restore Down.wav
Drive Restore Up.wav
Drive Start Windows.wav
READ ME!!.htm (This file)
Extra Sounds.zip (This archive contains some extra sounds, a list is given below)
EXTRA SOUNDS INCLUDED IN THE ARCHIVE EXTRA SOUNDS.ZIP
Yeah I'm having a bad day.wav
Good Plan.wav
Samo Hung.wav
Rock and Roll Boys.wav
Right on Time.wav
Toby and Malik.wav
On your feet.wav
One Moment.wav
Malik's Car.wav
Kidnappee.wav
HMM!.wav
Who says.wav
Apollo 14 Music.wav
Bugs Bunny Stuff.wav
Big Feet.wav
Don do anything stoopid.wav
DRIVE (1996 - U.S./Japanese)
Running time: 100 minutes; a director's cut version runs 112 minutes.
Stars: Mark Dacascos as "Toby Wong"
Kadeem
Hardison as "Malik Brody"
John
Pyper-Ferguson as "Vic Madison"
Brittany
Murphy as "Deliverance"
James
Shigeta as "Mr. Lau"
Masaya
Kato as "The Advanced Model"
Director: Steve Wang
Writer: Scott Phillips
Producer: Michael Leahy
Music: Walter Werzowa
Editor: Ivan Ladizinsky
Director of Photography: Michael G. Wojciechowski
Stunt and Fight Coordinator: Koichi Sakamoto
Production Designer: Terrence Foster
Costume Designer: Jennifer E. McManus
Digital Effects by: Neo Digital Imaging
This movie is set in the near future (the year 2008). Toby Wong
(Dacascos), an ex-government agent from Hong Kong, has a "bio-engine" implanted
in his chest. It's a sophisticated piece of circuitry that speeds up his
reflexes and gives him the ability to move extremely fast. Toby flees from
Hong Kong, and comes to the United States - because there's an American
Corporation that's willing to pay him five million dollars for the device.
But he must get to Los Angeles if he is to sell the bio-engine. So he kidnaps
Malik Brody (Kadeem Hardison), an out-of-work singer, so that he can take
him to L.A. Meanwhile, the Leung Corporation (who created the bio-
engine) sends a professional assassin, Vic Madison (John Pyper-Ferguson)
and his team to capture Toby. Things soon get even more complicated --
the Leung Corporation sends an "advanced model" Turbodrive (Masaya Kato)
after Toby and Malik. There's plenty of action and lots of fun as Malik
and Toby try to get to L.A.
Though it is not a big-budget action movie, DRIVE is very entertaining.
In fact, it's better than a lot of big-budget action movies. I really enjoyed
it, and that's why I've put together this desktop theme.