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Corky_O

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Reply to Microsoft PatchGuard: Security Feature or Risk? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It would seem that MS can't win for losing. "Hey, make the OS more secure" "Hey, let us have access so we can exploit it to make money" It would seem fairly inevitable to me that if MS starts making security code, they will be involved in the market space occupied by the third party manufacturers / vendors of security software. I would love to be able to purchase an OS with all security code in place. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" bor

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Reply to Wrong page displayed on log in. in WinCustomize Site Issues WinCustomize Forums

I have had this error consistently on my home machine for at least two weeks, and at work all but one day for the same two weeks. It happens any time I clear all files (History, Internet Files, and Cookies), and then logon to WC. I can sort it each time by closing and re-opening the browser and opening WC page. I only use IE6 (current version 6.0.2900.2180). I thought it was just my home machine on the day it functioned properly at work, but has become a consi

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Reply to Is there anyone REALLY happy with IconX in IconX WinCustomize Forums

The one issue I had with IconX was seeing my desktop icons for a moment during boot in their default state until IconX loads, at which point the IconX theme takes over. This may or may not be an issue with the program now, and may or may not bother some people (I boot daily). Could just be my machine (running a single core processor), who knows? I use ObjectDock instead.

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Reply to Logika 2007 update ? in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

geez - guess i gotta buy all my pixtudio skins again I believe this is the case. I know I purchased some of the originals: Logika PixOS Pixxy Abracadabra I have not been able to download the new Abracadabra or any of the others with my download key - although, I still need to e-mail Pixtudio to verify that I

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Reply to Centering docks in Docks WinCustomize Forums

Assuming you are running version 1.3, you can go to "Dock Settings (configure dock) > Position > deselect the 'Automatic distance from edge' > use the sliding adjuster to set the preferred location. Note - this is based on the ObjectDock Plus version 1.3. If you are running the free version of ObjectDock, the 'Automatic distance from edge' option will be there somewhere, but may be in a different tab or category of Dock Settings dialog. If you are running version 1.2, you will

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Reply to Outlook desktop icon in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Interesting. I am running Office 2003 small business edition, and unlike Office XP, it does not install an Outlook desktop icon. I would have to drag-n-drop the "E-mail" icon from the start menu (or perhaps Quick Launch bar) to create an icon with the properties you are referring to. If your version of Office (or Outlook) 2003 placed a desktop icon by default, you might try to use the "Help > Detect and Repair" feature in Outlook (note - you might need the installation

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Reply to windows style in Windows XP WinCustomize Forums

Here is a theme that has the fuctions along the left side and top of screen WWW Link It was made with 'DesktopX'. If you want to learn that program, you can easily make any type of desktop functions that you want. Not sure if this is what you were referring to in your opening comment.

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Reply to Introduction in New Users WinCustomize Forums

Welcome to the twilight zone, or is that the GUI zone? I can never remember. Fantastic job on Eminence. It takes advantage of WindowBlinds 5 features very well. Your innate talent and studies seem to be doing well.

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Reply to Is WGA the kiss of death? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I run a Dell Inspiron 9300. It had the 1.6 Ghz Pentium M stock processor, and I upgraded it myself to the 2.0 Ghz Pentium M. I have not had any issues with WGA running on either processor, so I would venture to say your daughters machine should be fine. The reports from Microsoft indicated that a very small percentage of the computers that had been flagged as invalid were actually inaccurate. The bigger question mark seems to be the Office version of WGA curre

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Reply to error loading cache.dll in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

I searched the registry for IconHandler - I got 56 results.... I don't think I should delete them all I agree, do not delete anything in the registry unless you know what you are deleting. The 'IconHandler' I referred to in comment #1 was in the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\icofile" key. The default installation of Windows XP only has a sub-key na

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Reply to error loading cache.dll in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

The only way I can get all my icons to load correctly is by using the reload icons option in Tune-up Utilities 2006 This sounds like Tune-up Utilities may be colliding with IconPackager. You could try using the "Tools > Rebuild Icon Cache", "Tools > Repair Icon Images", and "Tools > Repair Shell Icons" commands in IconPackager to see if

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Reply to Objectdock hides taskbar in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

I have not used the free version for a while, but you should see an option "Hide the Windows Taskbar", or similar in the Dock Settings (Configure Dock) dialog. It is found in the General category of the 'Plus' version. Simply deselect the option and you should be good to go.

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Reply to Icon Font Size Reverts After Reboot in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

You might try the "User Overrides/Font Overrides" section in the WindowBlinds configuration panel. Here you can tell Windows to increase the skins default font size by increments of 10%, which will hold after reboot until you unload WindowBlinds. Note - you can only increase the font, and only in increments of 10%. You can also select a font. This may or may not suit your purposes.

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Reply to Why do people hate the Mac so much? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Seriously?! Yes, indeed! If I drive about 10 miles to the other side of Lake Washington, I run into the Microsoft campus/business center. A veritable buffet of computer technology. In fact I used to live about 1 mile from the very first Microsoft business building in Bellevue, Washington back in the 1980's. <img src="http://images.stardo

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Reply to wallpapers in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

You can look in the skin folders found in: "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds" folder. When looking in the skin folders, you can use the "View menu > Thumbnails" to easily see if one of the files is a wallpaper.

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Reply to Why do people hate the Mac so much? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Arrogance is always a turn-off, IMHO. We have both an official "Apple" store, and a "Mac" store here in Seattle. I can say through experience that walking into the "Apple" store, one is greeted politely and people are quite helpful. The employees are organized as "specialists" in either the software or hardware aspects of Mac products. No feeling of "Arrogance" at this store. On the other hand, when one walks into the "Mac" store, the employees are outfitted in "Docto

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Reply to Windowblinds vs. StylesXp in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

The big difference is in how the program installs and runs. StyleXP changes the "uxtheme.dll" file, which is responsible for running the default "XP" theme (A.K.A. "Luna"). This changes the file to a "modified" version and Windows will need you to reinstall the correct file if you uninstall StyleXP for stability. WindowBlinds does not overwrite system files and uses it's own files to skin the interface. I agree with the above statements that WindowBlinds is the be

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