Customise the desktop with Rainmeter

YOU’LL NEED THIS

RAINMETER www.rainmeter.net

WINDOWS 7

OR LATER

Preferably use Windows 10 as it’s still supported by Microsoft.

The default Windows desktop customisation experience is fine, but not much more. You can change your wallpaper, adjust window accent colours, and switch up your lock screen – and that’s about it. If you want more power to change up your computer’s style, you will likely be disappointed with the results.

That all changes with Rainmeter. This lets you install various “skins” on Windows, all of which can add new flavours of visual flair to your desktop. These range from small widgets showing the time and weather to full-blown overhaul suites with moveable items, redesigned