Jafo

Jafo

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Well, I DID grade the Nuvem/Alexandrie XP wall a 10 as an appropriate response to the humour of the situation. It was a very telling experiment to have that piece end up as No.1 download within 2 days....not 20 DL's, not 200 DL's, but 3000+ DL's in 2 days. Why? Because it was a great wall [originally] with a competently applied XP logo emblazoned over it prominently. This experiment was a pure product of the all-things-XP frenzy that had infused the community. Using Paxx's ratin

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But should skins and walls be a product of supply and demand? Should they be subject to the vagaries of pop-culture? Are we doing this to be popular, or for ourselves? Why am I asking so many questions?....

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TheGreenReaper...prostitution can be Art, but maybe Art shouldn't be prostituted.... Some of us here tried a simple experiment which succeeded all too well, sadly. Get a wall...add 'XP' to it, and observe. This showed an obscene fascination out there for all things 'XP', irrelevant of the artistic content or merit. It didn't matter too much whether it was a truly talented artist or just me d

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OK...looks like some fun path corruption and probably incompatable modules as well.... What to do? Exit windows to dos prompt. Type at the prompt... cd c:\windows [enter] edit system.ini [enter] [then change the 'shell=' line in the [boot] section to read...] shell=explorer.exe [save, and reboot.] Be careful with LiteSTEP...it can trip up the hasty.

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Aargh...that will teach me to rely on my memory.....must be getting old and feeble... Brazil....that's where the nuts come from.... /me offers to sell Renato his icon....per-use royalty basis.....<img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/spell.gif" border=0 ALT="Spell checker" ALIGN="absmiddl

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