Niac

Niac

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Reply to Cnet dealing Malware in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I've found that some of them are getting you by only giving the option to uncheck the box with the Custom install. If you let it go through with a default or quick install, then you get whatever junk they send your way. Luckily for me, nothing but the OS and a select few programs go on my C: drive, so I always select the custom install or I don't install at all.

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Reply to Something to stimulate your creativity... in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

The newest film from the studio behind those, Studio Ghibli , is The Secret World of Arrietty . I haven't seen it yet, but I believe it is based upon The Borrowers. My family and I have been huge fans of all their releases. Howl's is probably my favorite as well, but My Nei

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Reply to Problem with "Princess" Theme in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I don't have this theme to test, but have you tried going into Windowblinds and re-applying the theme? When the occasional glitch appears, this normally fixes them for me.You also may want to re-download the them to make sure there hasn't been a fix and re-apply.

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Reply to Internet trolls, a study in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

The car analogy may work, but with some specifics: When I buy a game, my system needs to meet the minimum requirements to be able to play it. If it doesn't, then, while I may complain, the supplier has no responsibility to come upgrade my system so that I can play. This equates to meeting the requirements to drive (a drivers license, insurance, etc.), but not necessarily to buy the car in the first place. To me the following would be a better example of digital

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Reply to What Are You Working On (Part V) in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Well, this has been a work in progress for a long, long time. I had to stop working on it for a while, but I've just recently started again. Not sure if I'll ever be able to share since I haven't contacted Penny Arcade for permission yet. Anyway...

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Reply to It ain't fun no more WTF!!! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

HijackThis may be able to find your problem...unless your IIS got screwed, I'm not sure what could be re-directing all URL's. Have you tried connecting directly to an IP address? 208.185.127.40 is the IP address for About.com, you may want to see what happens

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Reply to Toshiba Satellite series problem in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

We bought my son a Satellite A355D-S6930 for his high school graduation present and within 3 months the port for the AC adapter had broken loose. I contacted Toshiba and was told that I would need to send it in for repairs. I shipped it to them on Tuesday and it was returned completely repaired on Friday. Even more amazing is that when I made the initial phone call it was answered within 30 seconds! Other than the fact that it gets pretty hot, he's never had

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Reply to Windows Experience Index Scores in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

My Baby :) Parts of her are a few years old, but with the crossfired 5700's and the newest toy of a 60 gb SSD (that i see I need to clean) she pretty much screams. Processor <td class="DocText" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; b

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Reply to Fences - Icons "fall out" and overlap (Win7 x64) in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

The only time I have this problem (W7 64bit) is when a game runs at a lower resolution than my desktop. In this situation it moves the icon for the game out of its fence and it is positioned near where I would imagine the edge of the screen would be if I overlayed that resolution over my standard. Standard res is 1680x1050, but I have some games that will only run in 800x600.

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Reply to Skinstudio 7 Beta not available with WB/SS combo? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

So what you are saying is that I will have to purchase Skinstudio 7 when it becomes available? I understand now that what I purchased wasn't a 'subscription", but I feel somewhat cheated if I am going to be pressured into purchasing a $70 bundle just to be able to move through the product cycle for at least a few months after purchase. I do realize that my expectations may have been too high, but I am just having trouble justifying to myself the need to spend another $40 t

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Reply to Skinstudio 7 Beta not available with WB/SS combo? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I understand that, I had one in the past. But, who better to test your software than a person that you know wants to use it? A person can purchase OD Ultimate and never install Skinstudio, but a person that purchases the program specifically, obviously is using it. I have never shared any of my skins because i alawys seem to get distracted away before it is in a state that I would share it, but I have created several and feel I am getting better all the time. A

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Reply to Skinstudio 7 Beta not available with WB/SS combo? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I have a subscription to the Windowblinds/Skinstudio Bundle (stated that in the Topic, but I guess it should have been clearer) that is why I would expect to be able to beta test SS7. Purchasing the bundle means that I specifically want Skinstudio. I just couldn't justify paying for OD Ultimate when I really only wanted those two programs. Again, thanks for your time. EDIT: The more I think of BK's comment the more it upsets me "be grown"

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Skinstudio 7 Beta not available with WB/SS combo? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I recently upgraded my Windowblinds subscription with almost 4 months left on my old one, just so I could get WB 7 beta (I also upgraded to W7). I was really disappointed to see that I could not also get the beta version of SkinStudio 7 with my subscription. I really have no interest in ObjectDesktop Ultimate so I can't justify purchasing it just to get access to the beta. Any idea when SS7 beta will be available to people like me? Sorry if thi

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Reply to Quest WIP in Sneak Previews WinCustomize Forums

Wow, thank you again for making me feel so welcome. k10w3, I will definitely take your advice and save everything somewhere other than my PC. I can't imagine having to start from scratch, although I do find myself constantly revising and touching up. BluesBrother. I only have XP on my PC at the moment, but I do own a copy of Vista Business that I could install in a dual-boot set-up after I finish the XP skin...though that may not be an

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Reply to Quest WIP in Sneak Previews WinCustomize Forums

Thank you everyone! I've lurked here so long, I guess it's time to become more active. I love designing the parts of the skin I have completed, it's the control details that always seem to bog me down. You have all given me the forititude to see this one through!!

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Reply to Quest WIP in Sneak Previews WinCustomize Forums

Ack, I did a search and only saw 2 that included Quest...the name isn't fixed, I'll consider it a WIP too. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Quest WIP in Sneak Previews WinCustomize Forums

Hello everyone...I'm a longtime lurker and a first time poster...so here goes! Hopefully I can insert the image correctly This is my first Windowblinds skin, at least the first that is far enough along to post, and I would love to have some constructive criticism. I have skinned the Taskbar, Startmenu and the UI2 window frames...so much done, but so much more to go... Thanks to everyone Niac <img style="vertical-align:

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