Just move and arrange it any way you want. The appropriate graphic widget should pop up for your viewing pleasure. Let's say you would like to have a display that monitors your RAM and CPU usage, simply hover to where it says "CPU and RAM" and click on the corresponding ".ini" file. If you hover to where it says "Avengers" you'll find a whole list of helpful additions to add to your desktop. Furthermore, you can customize everything about your display.
For example, don't like where that cool circle thingy (technical term I know) is at? Simply click and drag it to where you want. Moving and customizing Rainmeter is as easy click and drag.
Just right click on your desktop, mouse over to "View" and click on "Show desktop icons." Voila! You're desktop should now be a full featured Rainmeter displaying machine.
That's not to say delete them, just hide them. Next you want to do is hide all your icons, you don't need them anymore because you're rocking Rainmeter now. This should hide it, giving you a more seamless look to your new desktop. Now click on "Auto-hide the task-bar" and click "OK" to accept your changes. Just right click on the task-bar, uncheck "Lock the Task-bar" if needed, and click on properties. My suggestion is to Auto-hide it so it only comes up when you mouse over it. First thing is to get rid of your task-bar. Now, for a couple of helpful tips to get you started through this wonderful maze of awesomeness. If you need a tissue or something at this point I'll wait for you.
Rainmeter should automatically install the skin and display it on your screen.
Once downloaded, unpack the zip file and double click on the ".rmskin" file to install the skin. So with that said, I went with this skin to get me started. Trust me when I say it's all about customization. Luckily, it's easy to make any changes later on to your display. Pursuing the JARVIS quest, I found a couple of really cool skins that it really made my decision all the more difficult. There are a couple of places to find skins for Rainmeter, most all of them are free. Once setup finishes Rainmeter will launch and you'll get your first taste into the wonderful world of customizable desktop skins. I went with the "Standard Installation" for my setup. Once downloaded execute the problem and follow the wizard to guide you through installation. It's a small 1.3mb file so even your grandma's dial up should be able to handle it no problem. To download Rainmeter just follow this link: Simply put, it brings all your SCI-FI dreams to life for me it's like a slice of warm apple pie, it just feels right. Rainmeter is a free open source Windows-desktop tool designed to give functional customization to your computing experience. First step you need to do is, get yourself a little program called Rainmeter.