If there's an icon I like and what a simplified B&W version of it I will typically just trace over it and use that to make a couple variations. I've also made a few "free hand" ones.
The avatar help thread (in computer talk) would be a good place to go for further image editting advice.
XP comes with paint. If it's not installed, you can put in the XP CD, choose Add Windows Components, and install it. If you don't have an XP CD, there's quite a few free image editors. I use GIMP, and while it's more bloated than Paint for basic tasks, it can do the basic stuff as well.
Here's my desktop. Got rid of icons several weeks ago and rather like it without icons. Found the wallpaper on a CFC thread. The location is Brazil.
And my only virtual machine has a pretty boring desktop. But it's got a sweet system clock.
It took me a few hours to get my computer as clean as it is now. I hate when I uninstall games yet they stay on my system. It was at 60% full on C drive. 500 GB drive. Here the new look to go with the clean HD.
You're not going to be able to upload a folder here. Best way to do that would be to compress the directory into a .zip or a .rar and upload the compressed file.
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