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Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="134" id="3621810"]Jorge...go over this thread from the beginning. Isn't what you just posted what I've been saying?[/quote] Oh, I know. :) I'm just re-enforcing - with facts - what you've been saying since the beginning because some people can't seem to recognize how dangerous opening such a precedent would be. And yet... all they have to do is look around them.

Reply to Iconpackager for Windows 10 ??? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="13" id="3621630"]Lets not turn this into another Windows 10 paranoia hate thread.[/quote] Paranoia? Let's see, Microsoft now has the ability to remote connect to your PC, without asking for your authorization first , and retrieve any documents THEY think are necessary to 'reproduce an issue'. And you call me 'paranoid' be

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="128" id="3621704"]and yes...it would compromise the security of all iPhones, not just the terrorist's. Unacceptable on every level. The Court Order reveals only a 'justification' for further loss of basic rights.[/quote] "However, that very argument may have been undermined by a new court document that had just been unsealed in which an Apple lawyer points to no fewer than 12 other cases in which the US Justice Department is asking for access to

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'm all the way with Doc here. This would open an extremely dangerous precedent. And if you think that precedent would not be abused by the FBI, NSA, or whomever, then I have a bridge to sell you. Just look at what is happening right now in the good old USA: the TSA abusing everyone's rights in the name of 'security' (what else?), no fly-lists that people get into without even knowing why and are nearly impossible (if not impossible) to get out of.... Open your

Reply to Okay, I have an Issue With My External HDDs in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="15" id="3621324"]I've tried connecting the drives directly into a port one at a time and there's no change, they still show as SSDs. I also tried plugging each HDD into different Windows 8.1 machines and performing heath checks to see if there any errors or anomlies. None were discovered, and given each drive behaved normally on these other mahines, and were read as HDDs , not SSDs, it would suggest they are fault free and in good health.[/quot

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="61" id="3621269"]I'm tarred with the same brush as the other crackpots who cover their minds [and ears] with tinfoil hats.[/quote] Hey! I happen to LIKE my tinfoil hat! :-P :)

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="11" id="3621309"]Oh ...first suggestion would be to try an alternate USB port.... not 'just' another front one...try back...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Yep. And try connecting the drives one by one too. I've had USB external drive controllers (in the HDD casing itself!) going flaky before (without failing totally until later) and affecting the rest of the system.

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="31" id="3620931"]It's up to us (American citizens) to make damned sure that even the worst of us has his rights not trampled upon. I'm sure there's something parallel in Australia, and it's your job to protect that. One cannot protect one's own rights while trampling on someone else's. All are equal in the eyes of the law, or we're in deep shit.[/quote] Hear, hear!

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="30" id="3620927"]There are a myriad of ways people get the shaft in every day activities, because some asshole decided we weren't safe enough and needed to be restricted for our own protection, instead of turning the middle east into a sheet of glass and solving the actual problem of a culture rooted in nazi fascism and a religion founded by a pedophile teaching murder and enslavement of anyone that wont join it.[/quote] Err... are you really advocatin

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="25" id="3620902"]Scenario 1: Favoring sustaining individual rights has consequences. Scenario 2: Favoring compromising individual rights in the name of safety* has consequences.[/quote] This is not a perfect world, so every choice we make will have good consequences and bad consequences. What we must do is try to chose the one that is the least bad (or does the most good) *in the long run*. It's not easy because we tend to see just the

Reply to “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – B. Franklin in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Evil is cunning. Evil is also patient: it knows very well that most people would not accept a radical change overnight. That most people are good and would rebel if evil was suddenly imposed on them. It also knows that people are like frogs in slow boiling water - because the change in temperature is oh-so-gradual the frog will eventually let itself be boiled to death. The heart slowly hardens as it is exposed to more and more misery. What would make people jump into action a few year

Reply to W10, W8 family, W7, XP, Browsers…true market shares? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Could well be, lol. I can only hope you're right. :)

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="34" id="3620034"]Gimmie, or the Giz gets it!!!!!! [e digicons]}:)[/e] [/quote] lol! Poor Gizmoid. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I will release them eventually, once I have the time to put them together. I also have a couple of Winstep themes based on Hyperdesk's DarkMatter theme, made by Javier, which Jesh gave me authorization to release with Winstep Xtreme itself. Not sure if I that means I can upload them to WC as well, will have t

Reply to W10, W8 family, W7, XP, Browsers…true market shares? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Unfortunately, according to my own web server data, W10 has been slowly gaining ground on Windows 7. Slowly but surely. Current stats for the month of February (100% = all versions of Windows together) are: 7: 44.82% 10: 37.22% 8.1: 10.77% XP: 3.98% 8: 2.71% Vista: 0.48% [quote quoting="post"]OK…so let’s say W10 is m

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DaveBax" reply="32" id="3620011"]The Themes everyone makes from WindowBlind skins are great don't get me wrong. However maybe with a new Theme Builder some skins will be made from scratch like WB skins.[/quote] My main peeve with most of the current themes is that they all seem to follow the same formula: rectangular everything. Rectangular 'boxes' for desktop modules, rectangular Shelf. It gives everything a 'bulky' always-the-same look, and there is n

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Please let us know what you found out, Dave. Unfortunately I haven't paid much attention to the skinning aspect of Winstep applications in the last couple of years, in part because I was aware someone was holding the torch (mainly WebGizmos and Mindy) and in part because I really needed to focus on the functional aspects first. A couple of years ago I was able to commission a few themes from professional skinners (which gave us themes such as Darktech, Evolve, etc...). The

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Did Mindy stop doing them? Anyway, next thing to be released is the Winstep Theme Builder (there is already an alpha of it floating around). That will make it a trillion times easier to make Winstep themes. :) It will also allow me to add some more skinning options to what is already there.

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="WebGizmos" reply="18" id="3619569"]I didn't get any bait [e digicons]:([/e] I like bait. [e digicons]:-"[/e] [/quote] You haven't been paying attention lately, oh great Gizmoid! :)

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Thanks, Seth. :) Well, I did try involving them. Some took the 'bait', most didn't. :)

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Yes. :) Or do you mean the toast making abilities?

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="9" id="3619447"]Well, I want a refund. It burned mine this morning AND buttered the wrong side!!!![/quote] Hey, live with it, nobody's perfect! ;-) [quote who="RedneckDude" reply="9" id="3619447"]Also, I too am sorry for your loss, Jorge. Thoughts and prayers your way![/quote] Thanks.

Reply to Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="WebGizmos" reply="3" id="3619424"][e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] (Sorry for your loss Jorge) [e digicons]:([/e] [/quote] Thanks, Steve. [quote who="RedneckDude" reply="4" id="3619427"]I assume that all the changes are in Winstep Xtreme?[/quote] But of course. Winstep Xtreme features *everything* plus the kitchen sink. It even does toast for you in the morning*. * Some statements in this post might be a slight exaggeration for entertainm

Reply to Stardock turns 20: The five Stardocks I’ve worked at in Stardockians WinCustomize Forums

Locking them would be ok, deleting them, no. If you search the forums for old messages, it is like going back in time. This is like an archive/museum of everything that has happened since WC's inception - and some of those older posts make a very interesting reading.

Winstep Nexus Dock v16.2 Released! in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

~ The Winstep Nexus dock is a FREE dock for Windows. Every feature you’d expect from a dock, including widgets, mouse-over eff

Reply to Blank Program Running on ObjectDock Plus 2.2 - Upgraded to Windows 10 in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Tridenz" reply="9" id="3618101"]MS needs to put out a fix that kills this process when there are no metro apps running.[/quote] They won't. They don't care, For them, this is not a bug.