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Reply to Core 2 Quads are Coming! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

My guess is that it will take a while for the full support to show up for the multi-core processors (perhaps similar to 64 bit support lag we saw during the first two years of their existence). I know the Adobe's new CS3 suite is taking advantage of the dual core processors where it is efficient to do so. The quad core would appear (at least in the immediate future) to be applicable for servers and those companies who write their own code. I did&nbs

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Back to Vista RC2. Now running Photoshop CS3 beta. Icons = Buuf Wall is by 'Derek Prospero'. His gallery at deviantART http://derekprospero.deviantart.com/

Reply to Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta available to qualifying users. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Just installed it on Vista RC2 (5744). Runs great so far, although I have not had a chance to play with it much. The toolbar is now one button wide (not two) and longer. It also appears they may have incorporated ImageReady into Photoshop (or at least part of it). The aero interface is quite nice with this version and the installer is pretty slick. It would appear I will need to save the pennies for CS3 on Vista. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/W

Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta available to qualifying users. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

"For the first time ever, Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple's new Intel based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform as well for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers, with the final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 planned for spring 2007." "The Photoshop CS3 beta is available in English only but to Photo

Reply to Our new PC...A "Dell-ema" for a first time user in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

There is one item of note on the Dell widescreens (I own a 20" - 2007WFP). In the onscreen menu, you will find the 'Display Settings', which have a nice feature that allows you to set one of the following when not in the default native resolution: 1:1 pixel ratio (meaning that if you select say 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, that is exactly what you will see - a 1024 x 768 image surrounded by black bars). 4:3 ration (using the same example of 1024 x 768 pixel resolution,

Reply to Old vs Young: The New Digital Divide in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Go on, use it.....it doesn't bite Truth be told, my cell phone is off about 23 hours per day.

Reply to Old vs Young: The New Digital Divide in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It would seem that it is symptom of basic technological evolution. For the people who were teenagers before the birth of the cell phone and Internet: IM = Land-line phone E-mail = Postal mail For the people who are teenagers after the birth of the cell phone and Internet: Land-line phone = IM Postal mail = E-mail I think I now understand why society as a whole seems to be in a rush to complete the daily projects. We have allowed the electronic

Reply to The World Only Needs 5 Computers in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

And programming what they say we want to hear, see, and listen to. This has been going on since day one of the media. I absolutely agree this is a really bad idea. On the other hand, I have been around long enough to prepare for the future. Perhaps not using the Internet would stop the companies from wanting to take advantage o

Reply to My Speakers Have No Sound! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You might also clear the DesktopX cache by deleting the 'DesktopX' folder from the following location: "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock" - where 'USERNAME' is the name on your account. Note - if you can't see the 'Local Settings' folder in your account folder, you need to do the following: - Open 'My Computer' > Tools menu > Folder Options > View tab > select 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' > click 'Apply'. Deleting

Reply to The World Only Needs 5 Computers in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The government would love this. It would be so much easier to take control of and mange all the info gathered from just 5 servers. I agree. This would seem to be a preferred path for the government. I for one would only use the internet for basic e-mailing and for research. All other computer activities would be done on a notebook that

Reply to The World Only Needs 5 Computers in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Er...do you really want to go there? This thread could run away and NOBODY could stop it... Not a problem here! Only 45, but a 140 Dead show veteran, and some 60+ more concerts during the 70's and 80's. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/

Reply to Turn Up the Music in Community WinCustomize Forums

Maybe I should've made it WHAT you crank it up on.... Nakamichi components (a true 150 Watts RMS) and home assembled speaker kits from a local Seattle company "Speaker Lab". Both Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead bassist) and Roger Waters (Pink Floyd bassist) are fully handled by the speakers, as well as classical music. Sort or my 'testing' crit

Reply to The World Only Needs 5 Computers in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It certainly wouldn't surprise me to see 5 companies having basic control of the Internet Service provisions. At that point, I am thinking that one might have a 'dummy' terminal for linking to the internet, and say a notebook constructed of advanced components as a personal and private (read: not connected to internet at any time) machine. One could then have say an external drive that could be used for storing files as backup, which the user could allow access to via the dumm

Reply to Other Programs? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

Here are some tutorials from CausticFX WWW Link">Link The 'Transparent Borders' should help with the logon dialog. Here is the address for a fun one showing how to make the OSX wallpaper: http://dr-photoshop.com/tutorials/index.php?id=60 Sorry, I can't seem to add a second link, so just copy the address into your browser address bar. That should help with creating the additional ref

Reply to James Kims body found in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The 'Pacific Northwest' (my neck of the woods - being in Seattle, WA) can be very dangerous. It is always sad when we hear these stories, which happen all too often. We were taught early on (here in the Northwest) to always pack some extra items in case of emergency - the operative word here being "were". I suspect that with the advancements in technology - cell phones, computers, GPS devices, internet, etc. - people sometimes forget that the world is big compared to a human, and that m

Reply to Turn Up the Music in Community WinCustomize Forums

Grateful Dead - anything Live!

Reply to What is your plan for Windows Vista? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Core2 Duo system here with supporting hardware (except DirectX 10 / TV tuner video card). Vista experience at 5.2. I will still wait to see what Adobe does to support CS2 on Vista. I would prefer to have a fully functional Adobe CS2 on XP, than a partially compatible CS2 on Vista. If Adobe does not provide an update to make CS2 fully compatible with Vista, I may opt to wait a year and run XP while saving for a new video card that is DirectX 10 compatible and purchase A

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The notebook: WB = Buuf IP = Buuf Wall = Combination of stock arranged by me from Resurgere project WWW Link

Reply to Software I would not like to be without... in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

After using Norton security software for about 4 or 5 years, I switched to Windows Live OneCare 1.5 (currently in beta) and have been very pleased with the results (2 or 3 background processes compared to 7 or 8 in Norton). The backup feature in Live OneCare works well with a second internal or external hard drive to write to. This takes care of file backup. The 'Tune-Up' feature can be run daily, weekly, or monthly and can be set to defragment, remove temporary or unnecessary

Reply to Enterprise Market Cautious on Vista Adoption in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Our company (around 100 desktops and a few notebooks) has been running XP for maybe 3 years, and still runs Office XP. Vista is a long way off. For my part on the home front, I would love to upgrade to the new OS immediately, but I have seen no documentation on the Adobe CS2 update plans (some parts are not currently compatible with the OS and/or 'Aero' interface). This is just one issue among many that would need to be answered before spending the equivelent of a month's groceri

Reply to GUI Champs: Best Overall Visual Style Winners! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Congratulations to the medal winners.

Reply to IE down to 56% of WinCustomize userbase in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

IE7.

Reply to Can't revert to XP style in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Try the following: 1 - Unload WB > right-click desktop > Properties > Themes tab > select "Windows Classic" from the drop-down Theme list > click "Apply" > reboot. 2 - Right-click desktop > Properties > Themes tab > select "Windows XP" from the drop-down Theme list > click "Apply" > reboot if theme does not change. Normally, that will do it (assuming you did not turn off the themes services in the services list - which really has to be an intentional action). <img src=

Reply to Zune - an alternative to iTunes in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I misunderstood the inclusion of AAC for the iPod, as I thought this was the selected format by Apple for the device along with mp3. I believe my point - other than pointing out that there was another alternative available - is that I did 'not' want to have to install another media player on a computer to use the iPod. I still do not see an alternative without installing yet another media player. Perhaps I am missing something here. I do not have a beef with iTunes, in f

Reply to Zune - an alternative to iTunes in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Here is an article that popped up about DRM in the broader application http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/fair_use_and_drm.html Based on this, I can't see blaming Microsoft for this one.