Big Doug

Big Doug

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Reply to Sections in Jeopardy! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Why not all three...I'm with that crowd. And remember everyone -- the sections being considered for removal are NOT being totally deleted from WC...just being removed from the Front Line is all. Personally, I'd like to see Stardock come up with a standardized skinning engine for MSN Messenger also. **Continues waiting for ObjectBar 2.0**

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Reply to Customize your folder views.. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It's easy. Copy the unzipped download into your Windows/Web directory, fire up the readme, and hit the button 'set as default webview', and reboot. NOTE: XP has issues with using these older-style webviews. There will be a small regfix on the site that you need to get first...THEN install it. I've been using Vebwiev for a while now (going on over a year) on my 9x machines, because it adds SO much functionality. I recommend it for any 9x machine. XP...well, I think the original does fine

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Reply to Can Linux go mainstream? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I play with Linux on occasion. I use Windows a LOT. And I agree with Frog when he says (extrapolating a bit, but in essence he pretty much said it) that he (and EVERYONE, with the proper know-how) can change any aspect of Windows that he sees fit. And it's true. If Frog decided one day that suddenly HE wanted to do for Linux what he and Stardock did for Windows, then hell nor high water (nor recompiling a kernel -- sorry, had to take the pop shot <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smile

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Reply to Hair pulling in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Ugh....another dead server. Maybe it's time to send them to wherever you guys got em from and demand your money back. Frog, save yourself the aggrivation. Build your OWN boxes, and maintain them right at Stardock. It'll be cheaper and better for you in the long run. The best server I've seen ran 6 1/2 years without a crash, and the guy built it himself. Course, that was NT4 on a Xeon 533 with 2 gigs of ram... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="

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Reply to Subscription Drive hits 500 on Christmas day! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Happy to be a part of that. I had to renew my ODNT scrip anyway, so the WC scrip was (I felt) almost required. Plus, I get to use that nifty WC Browser and get a couple of new skins to boot. Merry Christmas Stardock and WC. Let's hope 2004 brings even more good fortune. <img src="http://images.stardock.com

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Reply to Virtual Christmas Eve Party! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

There's no other place I'd rather be than right here, plonked down in front of my box. We did Christmas Eve dinner Michigan-style -- Grilled brats and kraut, fries, and beer --- Office party was yesterday, and I gave everyone a nice bonus for the past year. They all threw in and got me something for my office that I just about broke down over -- a classic cedar wood chess set with some really nice pewter chess pieces. That thing must have cost a LOT. Smells really nice too...great stuff, that ce

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Reply to TGT Soft sues Stardock (just in time for the holidays :( ) in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hehe that's funny... Stardock's been making WindowBlinds since...'98? '99? Well before XP was a glimmer in Bill Gates' eye. I think it goes to show that imitation is the best form of flattery. And I just bet that Mr. Gates HAS a ODNT subscription and that he DOES read the messageboards here...and that he's been chomping at the bit to put "the touch" on TGT for ripping the .msstyles format and the UXTHEME.dll to shreads. Sure, we've seen a lot of cool stuff from it (thin taskbars, compac

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Reply to Getting Faster Again? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

My Visa Bankcard works fine. I renewed MY ODNT subscription yesterday, AND bought a WC subscription. For anyone who hasn't bought a WC subscription, I highly recommend doing so. $20 for 2 years. I spend more than that at friggin' McDonalds! Plus you get the WC Browser which REALLY saves time and effort get

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Reply to Kazaa shuts down Kazaa lite in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

/me breaks down and cries because now I won't get as many service calls from customers asking me to fix their machines for them from all the trojans that have crashed their systems, and the viruses that they've picked up from downloading broken programs that Stardock (and most other software companies) work very hard on to produce for US. All they ask is we pay a fair price for that work. ...so concerning the death of KazaaLite? GOOD. Steal FROGBOY'S food to feed his kids? The BEST that

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Reply to An alternative way of doing Boot Screens in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Banjo...The competitor's programs hack system files. Not good. Boot Screens can (and WILL) corrupt your system. Read the fine print concerning the popular bootscreen changer they have themes for. Those themes distribute a modified NTOSKRNL.exe. There is nothing (NOTHING) to prevent a malicious individualfrom inserting ANYTHING from a trojan, keylogger, and on up to MSBlaster.W32 and having it run at boot time...with NOTHING to stop it. Antivirus programs don't kick in until after the boot.ini is

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Reply to Aston 1.9 released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Good deal. I've been a satisfied customer of Gladiators Software for a long time. It just gets better and better. Thanks go to our comrades in Russia for such a great product !

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Reply to 10 Years of Stardock! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

10 years...congratulations fellas. Here's to the people who made OS customization what it is...and what it WILL be !!! /me lifts a beer and toasts ...PARTY AT BRAD'S HOUSE !! (j/k of course...) Take

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