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Reply to recommend external drive in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

My WD external drive died but I suspect it was a caused by a power surge. We get bad storms here in Florida. I now have a 3 TB Seagate and it's working well.

Reply to LightStar Technologies and MaxStyles.com Closing Soon in Community WinCustomize Forums

Sorry to hear that you will shutting your site down, Lightstar. They get expensive to maintain and they are a lot of work too. Fingers crossed that WB 10 comes out soon. I am soooo missing WB but good things come to those who wait. :-)

Reply to I Just Lost My Sister.... in Community WinCustomize Forums

I am so sorry to hear that you lost your sister, RedneckDude. We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers.

Reply to Happy Birthday, Jafo! in Community WinCustomize Forums

Happy belated Birthday, Jafo! Haven't been on much lately as my job interferes with my social life. :-)

Reply to New “Cumulative Update” for W10 being rolled out by MS: KB3081455 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

It ran okay here although I have had some interesting experiences in the past - one of which involved reinstalling Windows 7. My system is 2.5 yrs old: Dell XPS 8300 (64 bit), Core i72600 (3.4 GHz), 12GB Ram, NVidia 560 graphics card. If I was running an older system, I would be very cautious. My Windows 10 issues have been minor so far but others have had serious problems.

Reply to Interesting question…Time to dump Adobe Flash Player? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I have Flash installed but disabled. Frankly, I have no faith whatsoever in Adobe products as they do not seem to grasp the need for security even in this day and age.

Reply to Are you a psychopath? Take the test in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

I scored 21%. Interesting test

Reply to Not a huge fan of Google, but this IS good news. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

That is great news as my battery life is terrible. Hopefully, blocking Flash will help a bit

Reply to Google is listening to you…and not in a good sense. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I finally made the move over to Firefox too. It's much more finished that it used to be and I am using DuckDuckGo for search. Life is peaceful and calm without a lot of junk and noise. There are a couple of things I wish we could in Firefox such as renaming or shortening the name in a shortcut but they are not critical. I read some reviews on various browsers and they all think Google is wonderful. But...they only look at speed rather than the blatant privacy

Reply to Google is listening to you…and not in a good sense. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I've been looking at ways to ensure that Google does not track but it's pretty trough to do and if you do manage to block update.exe, you can no longer update the Google browser. I could disable it in the group policy editor but that resource is not available in the home version. I really dislike the new Edge browser as it lacks features we have always had such as File, Save As, etc. and according to Microsoft, they have no intention of adding those features back in.

Reply to Google is listening to you…and not in a good sense. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Jafo, I no longer allow Google on my PC because even if you uninstall their software, their update app (update.exe?) remains on your system in several places. The only way to get it completely off one's system is via regedit. To me, that makes Google spyware. It's rather sad as they make a great browser but It needs to be clean and not so invasive. My SIL is a super geek with a major defense company and he doesn't like Google either - and I tho

Reply to Cannot Add comments on WinCustomize Submissions in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Specifically allowing cookies for this site did not solve it but I finally figured out that Albine was the problem. Since it is an add-on, I removed it and all is well. Thanks, everyone.

Reply to Cannot Add comments on WinCustomize Submissions in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Jafo & LIghtStar. I will go and check my browser settings.

Cannot Add comments on WinCustomize Submissions in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I can rate new wallpapers, etc. but I cannot post comments. This happened once before and then it mysteriously fixed itself. Any ideas or do I need to open a ticket on Stardock?

Reply to Start10 1.01 Beta Now Available in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I am using a blend of old and new. I don't mind change unless the only reason for the change is change.

Reply to Jafo's OK PC Build of 2015 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="17" id="3520678"] Benchmarking.... Previously I had used the Resident Evil 5 Benchmark Demo to test my i7-920 with the GTX285 and achieved a handy 106.0 fps at my default 1680x1050x32 DX10. The GTX590 got to 144.4 fps. ....a 40% increase. This thing gets 250.8 fps. ...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Damn, Jafo! That is one hot rig there! Now you've given me ideas but not going anywhere nea

Reply to Ms's strategy for Windows flawed? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="13" id="3581448"] To sum up their current reasoning, I'm smart enough to use my Windows PC and my Android phone, but Microsoft thinks I'm dumb enough to want them to work the same way. [/quote] I read an article yesterday (forget where) and tablet sales are down. It seems that people are getting tired of them. Personally, I've never understood the attraction to tablets but I do carry a laptop for work (required) and at hom

Reply to New and somewhat concerning development in AI in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I read a article that deals with your Windows concerns (Ed Bott) and his suggestion is if it really gets too bad on Windows or Apple, to go to Linux Mint or Ubuntu. So far, I am okay with Windows 10 although I mind having to turn off a ton of bloat and crap. I couldn't stand Cortana but Ed Bott likes it so we definitely disagree there. The problem is that some of those items we disabled are still running in the background. It is exactly the same issue I have with m

Reply to Is WindowBlinds 8 Going to Work on Windows 10 ? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

One of my favorite series of books has been the Windows Inside & Out books by Ed Bott & others. Originally, he planned to publish the latest version before Win 10 was released in October. Then Microsoft moved it up to July so he knew he wasn't going to make that deadline. At this point, the book is scheduled to be released in November. It an be ordered on Amazon as a pre release title. My thought is that if Ed Bott is having to take that muc

Reply to Start10 Now Available! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I just came across this article on Start 10. It seems a lot of people really like it. Me too! Stardock, you outdid yourselves on this one. Here is the link to the article on Winsupersite. http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/start10-windows-10-start-menu-replacement-stardock#slide-0-field_images-58191

Reply to Start10 Now Available! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I am not having the problems that others are having - at least so far. But...having Start10 has made a huge difference. The color pickers in Windows 10 don't work well at all. Now I can actually have a Start Menu and a Taskbar that match. Start10 is a great program and Kasperksy likes it too. Start10 is a great way to customize Windows 10 while we wait for Windowblinds 10 to be released. I've read some of the squawking but people need to understand

Reply to Stardock Has A New Support Page in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

AWESOME!

Reply to Windows 10 Windows Update Issue in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Interesting thread. I ran update from Windows 7 without a hitch although it took a long time. When I read about going back to Windows 7, it said I would need the Windows 7 key which I have. However, Windows 10 is working fine so no need. I belong to a couple of geek sites and the people who are having the most trouble are those who did a clean install. If an clean install is done, it loads Windows 10 drivers which may cause problems. Fortunately, the on

Reply to Upcoming skins from LightStar Technologies in Sneak Previews WinCustomize Forums

Aaaaaahhhhh the torture! So looking forward to having WB again. :-)

Reply to Paul Thurrott Shows How to Bring Back the Windows 7 Start Menu with Start10 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I saw the article by Paul Thurrot but wondered about another app that was recommended on another site. I should have known better! If Paul Thurott says something is good you can be darned sure he's done his homework. But...the other app was free so I thought I would try it. I've finally gotten it completely off my system. It did not work well and it was not a clean uninstall. Sometimes we're better off paying a few bucks for something that