narbytrout

narbytrout

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Reply to Does anyone know why this happens? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Actually, I just resolved this same problem just days ago... One small difference is that my Video Card is an ATI 5850. I put together a new theme for my desktop from various downloads here at wincustomize, but this time I felt like I wanted to base my theme aroud a Dream. I went with "Red Giant" by Master Baron, a beautiful Dream. I worked out the whole entire theme... Windowblind, Icons, Cursor, Docks, Widgets and so on. Shortly there after... I s

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Reply to Circle Dock V1.5.5 is available in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Narby you do realise circle dock is listed at downloads.com & if that ain't enough i installed it,what do i find no spyware & lo & behold there it is in add/remove *shock horror* [/quote] No one likes a smart a$$. Although, I am glad you experience was different than mine. As to your comments... I know what is and is not on my computer (spyware or uninstallers), my best guess is that we got our downloads from different addresses.

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Reply to Circle Dock V1.5.5 is available in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

First of all... I am not the type of person who likes to post "negative things" around town just for effect. That being said...here is my "moments ago" experience with Circle Dock 1.5.5 After some thorough testing... I have discovered that this program is not 100% spyware free, and

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Reply to ATI or Nvida in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

ATI or Nvidia? Both have solid technologies behind them, and yes of course, both will run with a Core I7. When your talking about video cards from 2 different technologies, but with similar performance. I firmly believe you get more for your dollar with ATI. [quote]I say in my expierience Nvidia cards are more tolerant to overlocking and you can push their core more then Ati ones. They also tend to be more quiet and run on lower temperature[/quote] Above

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Reply to $300? Best CPU/MB/RAM for the money? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

The suggestions MadDeez gave you are excellent. I would not hesitate to make these purchases either because the prices are not set in stone, and from the tech news I have been reading lately... the prices on the ram are soon to go up close to 30%. Newegg.com has an excellent customer service record. PS: Starting a thread like this, you will get a lot of Crazy opinions, because there are many fanboys out there who like to brag and believe that the rig they run is the be

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Reply to Turbo-charging my X-40 with a SSD. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

To anyone looking to upgrade to a SSD... If you don't have a decent processor it will bottleneck. BE SURE TO DO SOME RESEARCH! Some of the name brand SSD's are junk, yet others are Awesome and you can sometimes get the same exact drive with a generic name and price. You can get one with an interface of SATA, IDE, even PCI and more. But make sure whichever one you decide on, be sure it comes with TRIM. Check to see what kind of architecture you would like.

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Reply to PC reset & upgrade time! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, I was hesitant too, knowing microsoft's record. But after some real intense research and many unbiased reviews, come to find out microsoft got this one right. There is nothing really special about writing an antivirus program, there are all structurally the same. Even the "real-time" protection is similar. It really all boils down to effective "definitions". Several head-to-head tests show MSE holding it's own, if not out performing many w

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Reply to SSD is the way to go... in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Yeah... Jafo, the 12GB RAM would be nice. Have you tried RAMDISK? With that much ram you could run something like this and increase your speeds a great deal more. DOC... I got my eye on you !!!

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SSD is the way to go... in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

can hardly believe how fast my computer is now. I built a fairly nice rig back in July/09. The Basics consist of an Intel Core i7-920 (overclocked to 3.4Ghz) and 6 GB trichannel DDR3 RAM 1600. BUT... the best performance boost by far, is the SSD hard drive. After doing a bit of research on SSD's, I found out how expensive they can be. But a unbelievably low GB to $ ratio of $2.30 US/GB, I found the <span style="text-decoration: unde

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Reply to PC reset & upgrade time! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Considering I build at least 4 new "state of the art" PC's/ per year... I have a little practice at this. Revo Uninstaller... for the very thorough capabilities of removing all aspects and traces programs and processes not wanted. Advanced Systemscare Pro... to keep the registry flowing smoothly in between installs of all my new goodies. yeah, and BTW, Microsoft Security Essentials is actually a very good Antivirus tool. (for free)

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Reply to Who Do I Have To Kill To Get This Fixed? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You are 100% correct. Due to the fact I run Windows 7, if I saw "XP ONLY" my eyes and brain would immediately be on to the next thought. Loss of sales must be significant. BTW... I truly appreciate your incomparable skills and unyielding devotion to DesktopX... <span style="font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,ti

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