Rushing Zephyr

Reply to Render Above Desktop? in Fences Stardock Forums

It is true that even without Fences, my desktop icons are covered up by setting a screen-saver to the desktop level. Programs like Rainlendar, Objectdock, or even Windows Gadgets render above the desktop layer... therefore they aren't covered up by the screen-saver-as-wallpaper. If only there were an option in Fences to render above the desktop level... this would solve my (and many others) issue. I can't fault Fences for not rendering above the desktop layer... but to h

Reply to Render Above Desktop? in Fences WinCustomize Forums

It appears to be a limitation of all screensaver-as-wallpaper software's I've seen. You've recommended Deskscapes, however it is not the same. If it can display screensavers as wallpaper, I will buy it.

Render Above Desktop? in Fences WinCustomize Forums

I know there's some sort of layering thing going on in Windows... Fences seems to render on the desktop level. Is it possible to render above that level? You see, I'm using some free software called Screen2Dream to render a screensaver as my desktop background. When I do this, my Fences and all my other desktop icons are hidden underneath the screensaver. Fences would be that much more useful for me if it could render on top of this screensaver that has been applied as my background.

Reply to 7 things I hate about Vista in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I think a lot of the hate towards UAC is uninformed. UAC is indeed a feature in Vista. It only gives you admin rights when you need them. This literally bricks a lot of spyware and malware and it won't work properly. Leave it on. I'd much rather let Microsoft annoy me than some third world spyware developer who has everything to gain.