How to - Change the font redenderer in Windows 7

If you're here, you know how bad the standard windows font rendered is. Let's change it to something better!
From the top of my dome, there are two nice alternatives you can choose:
MacType - https://code.google.com/p/mactype/
and
GDipp - https://code.google.com/p/gdipp/

To install Gdipp, you install it as any other program, just run the wizard and you're done! No options or anything. You might have to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Gdipp is outdated though, so in some newer applications, the text will not work at all.
(This might get updated in the future, but at the time writing this, it doesn't work)

You should atleast give it a try, if it fucks up any of your favorite programs, uninstall it.

Now on to my personal favorite, MacType.
Go ahead and download the latest version of MacType.
Start the installation wizard. Very straight forward. Select "Launch MacType" once the installation is done.
You'll now notice that it's in some Asian language, even though you selected English. In the upper right, there is a language selector, click that and find English.

Now, this is up to you, but I select the "Registry" option, so MacType doesn't have to be run as a separate operation. Tick the option you want and then click next.

These are the font render option that MacType gives you, these are all a matter of taste. Entirely personal to you. I prefer the standard one, "Default".

Select the one you want, then "Finish". Click "OK" and now you are done!
Restart your PC if you didn't see a difference.

This tutorial may work in Windows 8, but I have not tried it myself.

How to - Change Steam Skin

Are you tired of the good ol' Steam skin?
Look no further!

To change the skin is quite easy actually, it's a straight forward process.
First up you'll need to find a steam skin you want to use!
This is a great thread with a collection of skins:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1161035

Download the one you want and extract the content with your favorite extraction program (I use 7Zip)
You should now have a folder with the name of the skin, drag that folder here:
%steaminstallation% /skins

It should now look something like this:











(I have 3 skins in the folder)
You are now pretty much done!

All you have to do now, is start up steam
Click the upper left button called "Steam" then "Settings"
Go to the "Interface" tab
Under "Select Skin", select the skin you just installed.
Now restart steam and the skin should now be in use!