[quote who="pelaird" reply="7" id="3956903"] It's not really all that nefarious. [/quote] It's a manifestation of the attitude that you aren't going to get what you want but rather what they want. Your intent is irrelevant to them because you are a commodity.
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[quote who="Jan Oscar" reply="6" id="3956900"] Well, I did. That's why I posted the screeshot to show what I see when searching for Google. [/quote] "Windows Latest observed that Microsoft is experimenting with this new design when people are logged out of their Microsoft account and search for Google on Bing ." You see a regular page either because they've discontinued it because they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar, most likely. That's
[quote who="gevansmd" reply="3" id="3956893"] The last bit about a spoofed google.com is complete bollocks. If I search at bing.com for google it returns a link to the actual google.com webpage, not a bing page masquerading as such. [/quote] [quote who="Jan Oscar" reply="4" id="3956894"] Quoting gevansmd, reply 3 <div class
[quote who="Jafo" reply="1" id="3956885"] It's time to get yourself a stable OS that doesn't even need to go online to update.... and stay offline. Do all your window-shopping the old way...with real windows .... the glass ones. I guess "Internet Explorer" was less evil-sounding than "Soul Extractor". Antisocial Media is just that...keep away...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Too damned right. What a sickening use for such a marvelous in
[quote who="SamEVO" reply="5" id="3956871"] Didn't Starkers have one too? Or maybe he wanted one. Speaking of him, whatever happened to him? I haven't seen him about in quite some time? [/quote] No...his rig was different. His last post was in 2-3/2022...he'd been hacked. I also remember a computer disaster. Also, he'd gotten terminally po'd at bankers/lawyers. https://forums.stardock.com/517834/page/1/#388
Your privacy...the last vestiges of it, that is, will cease to exist on February 16, 2025. That's when Google will start (really? I bet it's been going on for decades) fingerprinting every device accessing the net. "Fingerprinting involves the collection of pieces of information about a
[quote who="Jafo" reply="3" id="3956845"] You can see the section/thickness of the material used in that photo. [/quote] Hence the jackhammer. [e digicons];)[/e]
[quote who="The-Reaper-Man" reply="33" id="3956806"] One of my recent desktop themes / screenies: Antique Curtains by APB. Hope you enjoy it. [/quote] Indeed! Lovely matching. [e digicons]B)[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]
I think it was the subject of a "Happy Birthday, Jafo" post. Could be wrong, though. edit: Wasn't his birthday...he was uninstalling W10.
[quote who="Chasbo" reply="30" id="3956796"] Ultimo Orange Cobalt by Tom Richter LINK Wallpaper??? Apollo icons recolored by Mikeb314 LINK My widgets. <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/17/98/1798201/af0c680f-fc6b-4bda-9c15-58e66b18bfb4.jpg" alt="" width="284" height="
1. Try clearing your browser's cookies and cache. 2. If 1 didn't work, try turning your computer off and on. The automatic MS wizards fix lots of problems on reboot.
[quote who="don5318" reply="7" id="3956614"] Did someone call me! (Sith) [/quote] Yeah. Sith Schwartz. Funny...you don't look Sithish. 😉 Get back to skinning, slacker! [e digicons];)[/e]
[quote who="Jan Oscar" reply="27" id="3956698"] This is one of the darker desktops I have used in a while. The wb is Dubtech by neone6, currently not available anywhere as far as I know & Rainmeter is a mod of one by adni18 . The wall is by AI & me. [/quote] No question it
[quote who="don5318" reply="7" id="3956614"] Quoting DrJBHL, reply 6 No need to invoke the evil Emperor, the Sith or the dark side of the Schwartz. Did someone call me! (Sith) [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons];P[/
[quote who="Sed" reply="4" id="3956601"] Was just our friendly WC screwing with us --???? OK NOW......................... Unless it was just the pc GHOSTS in the MACHINE an d WOW there are a lot in Win-Custome [/quote] No ghosts. No malefactors. Sometimes uploads and downloads get borked by the uploader, his ISP, the downloader, servers, packet loss, etc. No need to invoke the evil Emperor, the Sith or the dark s
[quote who="Matchbook" reply="2" id="3956493"] Quoting DrJBHL, reply 1 Wincustomize cannot handle your reqest I think they mean this, in the title: "Wincustomize cannot handle your reqest" [/quote] Maybe the image exceeded the size limit, or the file name had non-alpha
[quote]I was just uploading a wall and WC showed this and I had to start over [/quote] Showed what, exactly?
Did you double the purge as basj advised in reply #3?
Have you tried running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt? Sometimes, missing/damaged system files cause problems updating to 24H2. That's what happened to me, and sfc /scannow fixed the problem.
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Hi Neil, sorry you're having problems. Which version of Deskscapes is on your machine? Also, please run winver and tell us the result - version and build number. Did you update your Windows just before this happened?
[quote who="marcsenn" reply="161" id="3956358"] Happy New Year [/quote] Same to you, Marc!
Testing SimplexDesign's newest WB, Creative Collection . Using his Aero dock skin too. Wallpaper is Cyberpunk by Ghzamfir54. The desktop looks good using his Steam Powered v2 , as well. Update: Final Cc skin screenie...all buttons included. <img src="https://cdn.stardock.
[quote who="Sed" reply="22" id="3956148"] I thought so .. Dr JBHL, that's my wall isn't it??? [/quote] Yup. It's yours. I thought it was a self-portrait... [e digicons]:X[/e] [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="SimplexDesigns" reply="17" id="3956091"] Getting close the finishing this style. Had to rebuild from scratch due to major corruption at some point to the color files for the taskmanager, could not get the working. Just have 1 more style to re-implement. (This allowed me to refine some things at the same time. [e digicons]:)[/e] <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/40/19/4019518/3d1b4c4b-84b1-4cee-98ce-1f9c20001ca9.jpg" alt="" width="28