Alienware Releases the "AlienGUIse" Theme Manager

http://www.alienware.com/intro_Pages/aw_desktop_theme.aspx
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Alienware has made their desktop suites available as a free download or pre-installed with the purchase of a new computer system.

Alienware systems are universally known for exclusive customization options like distinctive cases and one-of-a-kind colors. Now Alienware has taken this creativity to a new level by licensing Stardock's Theme Manager technology to extend Alieware's unique style to the Microsoft® Windows® operating system desktop. Alienware is the first and only system manufacturer to pre-load AlienGUIse™ Theme Manager on all new systems, giving you the opportunity to display incredible looking Alienware-centered skins such as AlienMorph™ and ALXMorph™, created by The Skins Factory.

Best of all, it’s free of charge!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Finally arrived....
Groupy 2 - Organize multiple applications into grouped tabs on your Windows desktop
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i know thank god haha. Now DWatson will leave us in peace
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Got your email Jeff, actually happy you made me wait, it's become the first theme in on a fresh install of XP Pro. No more popups...Mwuahahaha!
Will have to do something about my cable though, it's running slower. Took a while to download this, but it hasn't left my system and probably never will Well everyone, I'm gonna go take a nap.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Icons and Windows theme was created by our in-house staff.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Give Alienware some time to work out the server issues. This is a very large download that wasn't originally intended to be released in this way. It was originally intended to be pre-installed on their desktops only. The guys/gals there are extremely cool to be releasing this for free to everyone else. I think they deserve a little patience while they rectify some of the "kinks". So be patient and enjoy. It was a long creation process and my guys, Alienware and Stardock deserve a lot of props for the very hard work it took to bring this to fruition. We really hope you enjoy the suite as much as we did creating it.

best regards,

Jeff Schader
CEO - The Skins Factory
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Are there any compatibility problems between this theme manager and windowblinds?
Is there somewhere windowblind users can just download the skins?
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My question is: What am I doing wrong? This is supposed to be an actual program similar to Windows Blinds, no?

The only way I can get anything out of it is to use Windows Blinds to pull the 2 skins out.

I can't get the icons or the program out.

I did extract the folder from the zip and install it, but it just sat there in my program files doing nothing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Shawn
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's OEM versions of WindowBlinds, IconPackager, and ThemeManager that require signed skins for use.


If you already have Object Desktop, just install ThemeManager, WB, and IP like normal. Run the AlienGUIse installer and the .suite's should be installed for use with ThemeManager.


The .suite's are renamed zip's, they have dirs with the icon packages, WindowBlinds visual style, and WMP skin inside them.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks absolutely awesome! Kudos to Alienware for releasing this to the general public. I hope they get their server going so that it downloads at more than 1kb/sec though. Great job Skins Factory
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Brad has said that if it gets cold this winter, I'll be getting a flat rock that I can warm at the office and take home with me at night. It also apparently doubles as a pizza-stone. SCORE.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great theme. All I can say is thanks Skin Factory and Stardock, and ALIENWARE ROCKS!!!
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And to reiterate who did the work on these skins - WMP, Icons and WB? The best artists in the world!
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, OK, it's sweet, we know it...now go do like DWatson and take a nap!

He, he, kudos Skins Factory, nicely done.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would be happy to host the download for a while if someone can send it over and if its alright with Alienware and the skins factory. I have plenty of BW on a dedicated server.

Please email me off list russ at angry-fly dot com if you would like for me to mirror it.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm confused... there are skin submissions for the icon package and two wb skins that all link to a single installer (hosted off-site). I don't want the installer and I don't want all that encompasses the skin suite. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to either use this news article as the vehicle to promote the work rather than misleading people into thinking they can pick what they want from here? I say this not to interject negativity. I like the look of the icons and would very much like to use them separate from the AlienGUI theme manager. It's all very cumbersome, and it shouldn't be. Also, it'd be a lot less pressure on Alienwares servers if the individual parts of the suite were available here and elsewhere. I'm sure my logic isn't too far askew. Let me know what you think.

Additionally, I already have Object Desktop and Theme Manager. I've always had problems with Theme Manager crashing my system, if this is only available as a .suite, then that leaves me in limbo all over again.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
EMF: that's really nice of you. I think they're going to be able to handle it.

Attila: It's released as a set and not as individual downloads.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
BTW...

SysMetrix 'Singularity' looks awesome with it...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/xdm41/aw2.jpg


One more quick question, can I load toolbar icons to my browser with this?

I tried, and it didn't quite work...

Am I missing something there?