Overview
As of version 7.0 of the HWiNFO hardware sensor monitoring tool, the software has changed to require purchasing a yearly 'Pro' license in order to use the Shared Memory feature of the software that allowed it to interact with the HWiNFO plugin for Rainmeter. This would make distributing Rainmeter skins to end-users problematic at best.
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Martin Malik, the author of HWiNFO, has graciously worked with us to find a solution that will allow the software to be used for personal, non-commercial use in Rainmeter without having to purchase a license, while keeping his ability to monetize his application when used by commercial entities.
The approach consists of tweaking a feature of HWiNFO that was implemented years ago to support using the software with the now long-dead Windows Sidebar gadgets. This allows you to output the current values of one or more sensors to the Windows Registry, where it can be easily accessed using the Registry measure in Rainmeter. A distinct HWiNFO plugin for Rainmeter is no longer required.
Setting up HWiNFO
The end-user of a skin will need to do some setup work with HWiNFO before using the skin. The first thing will be to get version 7.02 or later of the software from HWiNFO Home. Install the software and run it.
Then using the 'Settings' option from the Windows Notification Area tray icon, configure HWiNFO with these recommended options. Note that Shared Memory Support is not required and should be left turned off:
Close the Settings dialog, and again using the Windows Notification Area tray icon, select 'Sensors', and then click on the 'Configure Sensors' button at the bottom of the Sensor Status dialog.
Select the 'HWiNFO Gadget' tab on the Sensor Settings dialog.
This will list all of the sensors that HWiNFO is monitoring for your hardware. What is on this list will obviously vary from computer to computer! Be sure the checkbox for 'Enable reporting to Gadget' is selected.
Now scroll through the list, and one at a time, select the sensor elements you wish to output to Rainmeter. For each one, check the box 'Report value in Gadget', and make a note of the 'Index' value that is created for each. More on that in a minute.. Chicken vnc for mac.
Click on 'OK' and you are done! You can close the Sensor Status dialog. HWiNFO will minimize to the Windows Notification Area, and will continue to run in the background.
Using the values in a skin
The hard work is behind you! Using the values in a skin is actually really simple. What happens is that HWiNFO will output the current values for all of the sensor elements you selected to the Windows Registry. This will be done each time HWiNFO 'polls' your sensors, which by default is every 2000ms or every 2 seconds. This can be changed in the settings for HWiNFO, but I don't particularly recommend changing it. You don't want HWiNFO using more resources than it needs to.
For each sensor element, four registry entries will be created and updated.
- SensorN : This will contain the name of the top level sensor.
- LabelN : This will contain the name of the individual sensor element.
- ValueN : This will contain a formatted version of the number value.
Formatting will include commas for thousands separators, and the text value for the unit of measure.
Example:4,198 MHz
- ValueRawN : This will contain a raw, unformatted version of the number value.
Example:4198
Now for those values for N. That will be that 'Index' number that was assigned to each sensor element when you configured HWiNFO. Those numbers can be obtained by opening a
That will produce a listing like this:
cmd.exe
Command Prompt, and typing in:reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREHWiNFO64VSB
That will produce a listing like this:
So all you need to do is create Registry measures to obtain each of those values you want to display in your skin.
The values are stored in the registry in
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREHWiNFO64VSB
.That's really all there is to it! No plugin, no hideous and complicated hex numbers. Just go get the value you want.
Some Notes and Tips
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It might occur to you that 'writing' to the Windows Registry every 2 seconds might be working your hard drive a bit. This really isn't the case. Windows is very clever about how it manages the Registry and changes are actually just stored in a memory copy of the hive, and only written to the physical disk periodically, and / or when you shut down Windows. This approach is very easy indeed on your hard drive.
The old Rainmeter plugin for HWiNFO allowed you to obtain distinct values for 'Current', 'Minimum', 'Maximum' and 'Average' for each sensor element. Only the 'current' value is possible with this interface. These values can just as easily be calculated in the skin, which I demonstate in the
MinMaxAvg
skin in the example .rmskin below.This interface does not support monitoring 'remote computers'. If you need to have a computer monitor one or more other computers on a network, this is the kind of functionality that requires that you purchase the 'Pro' version of HWiNFO.
Many of the sensor elements HWiNFO will monitor have really bizarre, mysterious, or otherwise incomprehensible names. As you are going through the list on the main Sensor Status dialog, holding your mouse over the element will provide a really nice tooltip explanation of what the sensor means.
Those names can be changed by you! Simply right click any sensor element in the Sensor Status dialog and 'Rename' it to something that makes more sense to you. Those changes will be carried through into the interface and into your skins.
Example .rmskin to Download
Bonus Skins!
Included with that .rmskin is a little
ShowReg
skin that will create a listing of the Registry entries for HWiNFO and open it in your default browser. Something like this might help your end-users find those Index numbers they will need.Also included is an example
MinMaxAvg
skin showing how you can get and use the Minimum, Maximum, and Average values in your skins.Rainmeter is a lightweight application for customizing your Windows desktop. Rainmeter works by installing community made ‘skins’ or creating your own, many of which can change how the desktop works with widgets like app launchers, RSS and email readers, calendars, weather reports, and many others. It has been around since Windows XP, where it was used as a tool for displaying basic info on the desktop, but has since gained a large community following which has produced high quality skins to completely change your desktop experience.
Visual Skins
You can download the latest beta and final releases below.
Rainmeter will run on Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and Platform Update required) and above (8/10).
Unfortunately Rainmeter does not support Mac and Linux, however you can use desktop customizing alternatives, such as Geektool for Mac and Conky for Linux machines.
The installation will do the following:
- Install the program to the default or selected Destination folder.
- Create a Windows file association for the .rmskin file extension and the Rainmeter Skin Installer.
- Create Windows Start menu item for Rainmeter.
- Create Windows Start menu item for Startup/Rainmeter, so Rainmeter starts with Windows. This may be disabled by unchecking Launch Rainmeter on startup.
- Launch Rainmeter at the end of the installation.
Skins and settings folders will be created in the default file locations when Rainmeter is first run. Autodesk inventor 2013 keygen 2016 torrent.
Note: Rainmeter can be uninstalled using the Add or Remove programs function in Windows.
To run Rainmeter from a single folder, so it can be copied to another computer or run directly from a removable drive, select Portable installation during the install process and browse to the desired installation folder. No changes to the Windows Registry or Start menu will be made. All program, skins and settings folders and files will remain in the selected program folder.
Program folder:
C:Program FilesRainmeter
Skins folder:
C:UsersYourNameDocumentsRainmeterSkins
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Settings and Layouts folder:
C:UsersYourNameAppdataRoamingRainmeter
11. “YourName” is an example.
All skins, themes, launchers and widgets can be download on the official rainmeter skins website. Alternatively you download or request from the active community on deviantart and rainmeter subreddit
There are two ways of installing Rainmeter skins downloaded from the internet:
- Automatically : If the skin is in the .rmskin format.
In short : Double-click the .rmskin file, click Install. - Manually : If the file is a .zip/.rar/.7z archive.
In short : Unzip the archive or copy to the Rainmeter Skins folder. Refresh Rainmeter.
Skins in the Rainmeter Skin Packager (.rmskin) format can be easily and automatically installed with the Rainmeter Skin Installer. During a normal Rainmeter installation, the .rmskin extension is associated in Windows with the Skin Installer program, and simply double-clicking the file will install it in Rainmeter.
Before Rainmeter 1.3, most skins had to be unzipped and moved to the Skins folder by hand. All versions of Rainmeter are 100% backwards-compatible, so these older skins will still work just fine. Here is how to install them:
First of all, if a skin comes in an archive, such as a ZIP, RAR or 7Z file, software is needed to “extract” them. 7-Zip is one of the popular choices, since it can handle almost any archive type. After installing the software, right-click the archive in Explorer to extract it.
The archive may include a readme.txt Fie titan manual 380 cal. file with further instructions. If not, look for a folder with the same name as the skin – it might be inside another folder that is actually called “Skins”. Move the folder to the Rainmeter “Skins” folder:
C:UsersYourNameDocumentsRainmeterSkins
11. “YourName” is an example.
Finally, right-click the Rainmeter Windows Notification area icon and select Refresh all. The new skins will now be available to load from the Manage window or context menus.