Embed System Info with Samurize
Samurize is a robust and versatile utility you can use to embed information on your desktop. You can have everything from a stylized clock to RAM to CPU statistics, an embedded text file to controls for your media player of choice.
The program creates .INI files which are used as configuration, displaying your chosen information on the desktop. You can create and edit these configurations from the Config Editor, which gives you a desktop template for you to play with. You can add system meters, pictures and text to your hearts content, placing them wherever you want.
At first glance, the configuration editor can seem a bit daunting. After all, you can do so much but you start with nothing. Luckily, the Samurize web site offers plenty of pre-made configurations for download, which usually take only a minimal amount of tweaking to fit your needs, as well as some handy tutorials on making your own configurations.
I use Samurize as a replacement for the Windows Vista Sidebar, mainly because of its comparatively low memory use and the fact that it is much more customizable. You can see in the above screen shot the different stats I have readily available; a system clock in both digital and analog, CPU and RAM meters, a hard drive space indicator, battery life bar, bandwidth usage stats, and a to-do list which I edit using an external text file.
You can download Samurize but be sure to check out their other downloads and head over to Deviant Art for some great configuration ideas.
