Jafo

Jafo

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Reply to How do I load a new shell? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yes...listen to Phar0e, re NT/2K...although we have established that this is 9x... That theme you want to install isn't as easy as some.....I'd suggest just experimenting with what you've got for the time being...and get used to LiteSTEP as the shell before delving into the more complex themes. If you can hook up with me on ICQ, I may be able to help you....this board will be too slow to interact with

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Reply to Registered your software? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

As an Australian, I paid some-what more than the $20 USD for my WinCusto CD. The point is, I'm not begrudging that in the least. I see it as yet another opportunity to put something BACK into the community. I've been around in skinning for a long time, getting a lot of enjoyment out of it, and gaining a lot of friends/experiences along the way, certainly worth the trouble/effort/time/consideration/money to put into the 'community' for what I get out of it. On the other hand, anonymou

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Reply to How do I load a new shell? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Bryan...you must have chosen a 'custom install' for Windows...either that, or your registry is a bit wacky....every system.ini I have seen in 'normal' use, has never had the path... I gotta admit, though, I once was told in no uncertain terms that a failed install of a litestep shell was NOT down to typing errors in the system.ini, but that some unknown gremlin or whatever had caused the message to p

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Reply to Yay, i was promoted :) in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Some people will enjoy the titles, some will consider them an affront to their humanity/civil rights, whatever.... and some will accept them as a mild diversion, nothing more. Since 'J.A.F.O.' is a derogatory name for a co-pilot/navigator/observer, and I'm an Observer in F1, I'm quite happy being nothing more than 'Just Another...'....<img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/joke.gi

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Reply to How do I load a new shell? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Not too bad, BoXXi....but... Since the OS actually knows where the system.ini file actually is, and by finding it to read it and determine what shell to load, it is already in the root directory of the OS, namely c:\windows, and doesn't need to be told where explorer.exe is, cos it's in the same folder.... There's typically no leading spaces in the path statement, either.... So ignoring case-

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Reply to curious about something in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Tananda, it's the sircam32 worm virus....a nasty one. It is still in the wild, but solutions are available....it's only been around for about 2 weeks or so, and it seems Dangeruss was the first lucky person to get it and pass it on....fortunately he was pretty quick at notifying everyone. The first emails looked really innocuous, actually named like something you might expect from a friend...the latest I received [today] were very obviously NOT....<img src="http://images.stardock.com/ima

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Reply to The joys of OS installing..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

"And it all started because I had an error in wow.exe and couldn't run 16 bit proggies, namely one for postcodes.....hehe..." Well....actually, it was wowexec.exe, and the problem is back. Now I'm really pissed off.....how is it that days of installing and tweaking can be all for nothing? I still can't run that stupid 16 bit proggy....and that means certain installers won't work either, cos they are often 16 bit. Now I'm forced to hunt through the net, searchi

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