CPU Name

[DarkBrown]

Hey I would like to know if it's possible to get a skin with just the CPU name...

I've seen Jeffrey Morley's Dark Rainmeter skins and he has his CPU Name at the top, but I think it was attached to the other system info. Is there a skin just for the name?
Thanks.

[jsmorley]

[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureCPUName]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
RegKey=HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
RegValue=ProcessorNameString
UpdateDivider=3000

[MeterCPUName]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCPUName
X=0
Y=0
FontFace=Trebuchet MS
FontSize=15
FontColor=255,255,255,255
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
AntiAlias=1

6-26-2010 1-53-45 PM.jpg

[DarkBrown]

Thanks, but where do I paste that into?

[jsmorley]

It's good for you to know how to create a skin and load it:

1) Copy all that text
2) Paste it in a text editor like Notepad
3) Save it to a new folder under My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins called "CPUName" as My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\CPUName\CPUName.ini
4) From the Rainmeter context menu, select "Refresh All"
5) From the Rainmeter context menu, select "Configs", find that CPUName.ini file and click it.

That's it.

However, you can also just download this and double click it, as long as you are running the new 1.2 Rainmeter.

CPUName.rmskin

[DarkBrown]

Thank you so much!

[DarkBrown]

Sorry but if you don't mind, how did you also get your name at the top? Such as if I wanted my name up there like 'John Smith'?

Thanks.

[jsmorley]

Sorry but if you don't mind, how did you also get your name at the top? Such as if I wanted my name up there like 'John Smith'?

Thanks.

It you look in SystemInfo.ini, I think it is all pretty clear once you get the general idea of how a Rainmter skin works from that documentation I posted.

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;[USER NAME]======================================

[MeasureUser]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SysInfo.dll
SysInfoType=USER_NAME
UpdateDivider=3000

[MeterName]
Meter=STRING
MeasureName=MeasureUser
X=0
Y=0
FontFace=Trebuchet MS
FontSize=10
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
StringAlign=LEFT
StringStyle=BOLD
Text="%1"

[DarkBrown]

Got it, thanks again!