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Reply to Dot-Com boom the sequel? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The problem with the dotcom boom this time is that, instead of banner ads, we're going to have spyware.

Reply to Blog: Going on vacation, Aston vs. Talisman, Custom taskbars... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I used both shells... Between the two, I have a legal version of Aston. It's the fastest and easiest shell to use out there. Aston's the only shell I've ever made a theme for

Reply to Flexbeta Review of Stardock Object Desktop in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, that's the problem with DesktopX. Maybe in a future version they can turn it into it's own shell I think it'd work _much_ better that way. Until then, it takes up too much resources :\

Reply to Flexbeta Review of Stardock Object Desktop in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, I was probably a bit ambiguous while Microsoft didn't make the skin they _commissioned_ it. I figured it was simpler to say that it was a Microsoft skin than it was a tcf skin.

Reply to Flexbeta Review of Stardock Object Desktop in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Whoa, it is truly an honour to have my article mentioned on such a prominent customizing website. Thanks

Reply to Why 95% of all themes, Icon, Wallpaper etc Have to be High Tech Looking? in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I'm with Ronald Nolan here, I absolutely hate the skins that are all high-tech and busy. The skin that won the best WB skin in the GUI olympics made me barf, it was so distracting to use. Give me Luna-HoE or YellowAlien any day

Problem with Windowblinds 4.3, the Taskbar and XP Service Pack 2 RC2 in Stardock Software WinCustomize Forums

I'm running the Windowblinds 4.3 demo (I'm hoping to buy a full copy soon, the rest of OD doesn't appeal to me but WB does,) and I've noticed a strange bug. I recently installed a new motherboard on his computer, and I had to reinstall XP. I went up to SP2 RC2 (I had been using RC1 before the new mobo with no problems,) and then started installing everything I used to have. The first thing I reinstalled was my WB 4.3 demo. Everything seemed to work fine until I loaded the control panel.