While I realize there are quite a few U3-haters out there, some of us find the U3 interface useful. For those who do, the Xtraveller software (found [link="http://www.en.fomm.net/2.html"]here[/link]) is an easy way to run PortableApps from a U3-enabled drive.
I finished True Crime recently, and I found it to be a pretty enjoyable experience. The game was criticized and not wholly unjustly for having a pretty simplistic combat system. It also drew a lot of inevitable and unflattering comparisons to the GTA s
[size="3"][font="times new roman,times,serif"]Thanks for the clarification, guys. [/font][/size]
Tomorrow is Veterans' Day in the United States. Without getting into political discussions regarding America's current or historical military engagements, it's safe to say that all of us wish for our soldiers to come home safe and sound and able to lead productive lives in peacetime. Sadly, many do not. In addition to a day of remembrance for those whose lives were lost, I encourage visitors tomorrow to follow these links: <a href="http://www
[size="3"][font="times new roman,times,serif"] [quote]I have Winstep Xtreme and, though the components can be used individually, I generally use the entire package because each compliments/supports the others. I particularly like using WorkShelf....highly configurable and very useful for program and folder shortcuts, etc...and the accompanying gadgets are most helpful to monitor system resources.[/quote] Starkers, I hate to argue from a standpoint of ignorance, but it seems
Chasbo, Yes, I probably could have tinkered some more, but the resolution wasn't the major issue for me; it was the odd crash generated when I opened the "Programs" section of the start menu. While it's true that I could get the window to close after a few clicks, doing that every single time I used the start menu to locate and execute a program is not my idea of fun. I suspect the 2.0 version will be substantially bett
I try to get over to Giveawayoftheday.com on a daily basis to see whether anything nifty is on offer. I don't always make it, but it's usually worth the few minutes of time invested. Several months ago, the site offered the 1.9.5 version of the Aston Shell. I d/l'd and installed it and watched that "A" icon staring back at me every time I booted, defying me
[size="3"][font="times new roman,times,serif"]So I see this thread died about four years ago, but I'm wondering, as others have in this space, whether it's worth my time and system resources to run Aston Shell. Like others, I recently d/l'd the free version of the Shell from Giveawayoftheday.com, and I'm contemplating running it; the variety of negative comments posted when it was available make me somewhat hesitant. Does anyone have experience using recent versions of this software (1.95)? Does
[size="3"][font="times new roman,times,serif"]To me, this question is analogous to buying software in a brick-and-mortar store. Try buying an operating system, utility, or game from any given retail outlet, opening it, loading it on your machine for a few weeks, deciding it doesn't work for you, and taking it back to the store to ask for a refund. Honest people aren't going to buy a product, copy it, and return it for a refund. Most stores have policies in place that expressly forbid this sort o
Well, I'll add my voice to the chorus of congrats to those promoted. . . and if HG_Eliminator can be "Pizza King," will someone promote me to "Thaumaturgist"?
Desktop Icon Toy I like the 'clock' option .. haven't tried it with WinFX though... Don't do it, Sir Bichur; it practically freezes your desktop. For some reason probably having to do with how DIT a
Frogboy, I'm glad this thread veered into this direction. I used to use IconX to make my icons bigger and easier to read/see. Later, I started running some DesktopX themes and encountered some of the unfriendliness, shall we say. Still later, I was running WindowFX and IconX together (having DX running was less important to me than having IconX's icon-enlarging capability) and they played nice. I tried out a new program several months ago from iDesksoft called Desktop Icon Toy, the main
I upgraded to the final release version on the 2nd from the first beta, and the new interface and tweaking options are really nice. I had no problems (Win XP MCE).
Well, I'm honestly not sure that this is a problem per se, mainly because I don't know (and if anyone does know, jump in, but I'm inferring from Jafo's comments that no one does) what proportion of skinners that are active members of the site are female. I suspect that the ratio of male:female is pretty large. I'm not at all convinced that this is a reflection on the relative skinning talents of males and females; instead, it's probably jus
This seems like almost a side topic, but I'm very pleased with Raxco's PerfectDisk. I tried a number of different defraggers,including the crappy one built into Windows and Diskeeper, and most of them seem to take almost literally days to clean up a relatively-small (160GB) hard drive. I've been using PerfectDisk 7 for a while now, and it will usually complete a full defrag in two or three hours.
So, I'm assuming this is named after the extinct marine mollusks, in which case the word is actually "ammonite," which I think is what the preview image attached to Frogboy's original post shows. Nice work, by the way; I just wanted to point out what appears to be a typo or misspelling.
No, it's sad but true. We can't get Sir Starkers to speak English on any given day of the year!
I'm not really a sports geek personally. I was wondering whether there were plans to release a variety of maybe 5-6 packages with the final product?
After seeing the chart that Zubaz linked to, it doesn't look to me like there are many extra functions that are worth $100 in Ultimate. I can't fathom having a need for drive encryption (at all) or a remote desktop connection at home, and most people have dedicated backup and fax software (if you fax from your computer). If your scanner didn't come with a software CD, you must have bought it from some guy on a street corner with a folding t
So, I'm not really into beating dead horses, but . . . Is DreamScene the only reason to buy the Ultimate edition of Vista if you're a home user and not an IT professional? I mean, it looks cool and all, but that seems like a really hefty price tag for a fancy animated desktop. I just looked it up on Newegg, and they're selling the Ultimate Upgrade for $239, and the Home Premium Upgrade for $145 (about $45 more than what I paid for an
Am I the only person who thinks a Lorena Bobbitt joke should go here?
Thanks, Chugstar. I appreciate the advice.
Thanks for the responses. Kyro, I realize that many people feel that the sandbox mode is the focus, but I tend to spend more time playing campaigns in games than playing skirmishes or sandbox. Because I personally feel that campaigns are supposed to serve a primary purpose of introducing a new player to the factions and the basic concepts of gameplay, I focus on campaigns more than your average GC2 player, I guess. So if the campa
Saturday I nailed down what's been bugging me about Galactic Civilizations II. One thing is probably just the nature of turn-based strategy games, which is that the pace seems glacial compared to RTS gameplay. That's really a personal problem, because I didn't really play a lot of TBS games back when the original Civilization or any of the SSI turn-based, hex-based wargames came out. (At that time, I was probably playing SSI's Gold Box game
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Well . . . Brad has been looking to buy a new boat, plus we made some bad sub-prime loans to the Drengin and now they have defaulted and said they will shoot down any repo-ships that enter their quadrant. In retrospect, extending their line of credit so they could buy "home defense" was a poor decision . . . <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_46 src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Tongue.gif" onload=ImageResizer.createOn(this); align=absMiddle border=
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