JcRabbit

JcRabbit

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Reply to Start menu position in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Yes, what happens is that the Start Menu might even appear 'whole' at first, but as soon as you mouse over the right side of the menu, the background starts to disappear, menu item by menu item. For users unware of the real cause of the problem, it will look like a bug in the dock. The only viable solution then is to make the Start Menu popup in the original location, instead of right next to the mouse pointer. No idea what happens on Windows 7 if the Start Menu is being ski

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Reply to Start menu position in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

I would like to add that it's not an ObjectDock problem - Microsoft made sure that, on Windows 7, placing the Start Menu on any position other than where it was supposed to appear made its background disappear as you moused over it (as Wizard1956 said). Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft is making our life more difficult on purpose. [e digicons]:S[/e]

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Reply to November Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="24" id="2817044"]Nexus has none what? There is a Winstep Theme. [/quote] I was replying to Uvah. He's the one who said 'Nexus has none'. Sorry, should have quoted. [e digicons]:)[/e]

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Reply to November Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

This is probably a stupid question (be gentle with me), but why am I seeing some of the screenshots reduced and others full size with horizontal scroll bars? EDIT: After posting this message, some of the screenshots that were previously full size are now automatically reduced. Errr? I must be having some of that same acid RedNeckDude did on the 'GOTD is gone' thread, hehe

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Reply to Free Give Away of the Day Gone? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

As I suspected: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/dzfrg/today_is_the_saddest_day_of_my_life/ Hello everybody, we are aware of the situation with Giveaway of the Day site and are sorry for the inconvenience. Our domain record domain was supposed to auto-renew but failed for some reasons that have yet to be investigated. Let us assure you that domain has

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Reply to Free Give Away of the Day Gone? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Again, we use different DNS servers. In 24 to 48 hours we will all know if this was an accident (i.e.; GOTD accidentaly forgot to renew their domain - it actually happened to Microsoft once , believe it or not) or if they are trully gone (doubt it very much). Anyway, expired domains remain on 'hold' for 3 months, during which time nobody other than the original owner is able to grab it.

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Reply to Free Give Away of the Day Gone? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Phoon" reply="20" id="2815315"]JC.. Just for the record, Winstep is a golden piece of software that has made my system experience a much more pleasant one. In no way was I putting down your software or the other good ones.[/quote] Thanks, it's good to know that. Unfortunately a handful of GOTD users, however, do not share your opinion and are apparently convinced Winstep was trying to scam them in some away. One of them went as far as calling me an 'arro

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Reply to Free Give Away of the Day Gone? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

DNS (Domain Name System) information usually takes 24/48 hours to replicate across the whole Internet. Depending on how current your ISP's DNS servers are (the computers who translate a domain name such as giveawayoftheday.com to an IP address), you might see one thing or the other. Giveawayoftheday's server itself might still be online (and probably is) with its unique IP address, but the domain name www.giveawayoftheday.com , if

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Reply to Wow! Nine new incredible dock mouseover effects! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

NextSTART Preferences -> Sound & Animations tab. Don't forget to set the same animation for vertical and horizontal menus. Since Winstep Xtreme is an integrated suite of applications, context menus in WorkShelf and Nexus will then also use the same animations you defined in NextSTART (unless you turn integration off, of course).

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Reply to Free Give Away of the Day Gone? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="7" id="2815157"]Phoon's experience reminds me of the old saying 'There is not such thing as a Free Lunch'[/quote] Pardon me for stating the obvious, but what did you expect? [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Businesses are made of people, and people need to make money to pay their bills and keep on funding development of the stuff they do. Everyone does. So, free offers of commercial software only happen for two reasons: the one you stated (the

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Reply to United States Government Officially Fighting Piracy in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="k10w3" reply="299" id="2808927"]I thought opposable thumbs and the ability to turn a profit was the only thing that distinguished us from the animals.[/quote] [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [quote who="k10w3" reply="299" id="2808927"]But isn't peer pressure basically what advertising is? At the heart of every ad is the command "you need to buy this, it's awesome." There is no caveat at the end of the ad that says "unless you can't afford it, in which cas

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Reply to United States Government Officially Fighting Piracy in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="294" id="2808655"]That's why communism in its purest form (communal sharing) was ruled as being evil by capitalist pigs, because they wished not to share the wealth of the world with anyone not of their ilk/below their station.[/quote] Actually because communism would only work if everybody did their best for the good of the community. In the real world, what happens is that everybody ends up expecting *the other* to do their best, while they do as li

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Reply to United States Government Officially Fighting Piracy in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

Well, yeah, we live in a materialistic world where your worth is not based on who you *are*, but on what you have and what you do. For instance, a movie actor or actress can be (and usually is) a mess as a person, but is still adored and looked up by millions. Those are our role models, and, unfortunately, the ones most of us aspire to be. [quote]So yes, while we are different from animals, in that we have the power of thought/decision, underneath we are still animals a

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Reply to United States Government Officially Fighting Piracy in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="287" id="2808539"]Is it right to steal? Of course not! But don't many manufacturers/producers/retailers set themselves up for it by setting high prices to maximise profits, then go employ some spin doctor to convince us we must have it?[/quote] And what are we? Stupid? Isn't it also our responsability to ask ourselves "do I really need this?" Every manufacturer/whatever has the right to set whatever price he wants for his

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Reply to United States Government Officially Fighting Piracy in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="k10w3" reply="286" id="2808362"]I know there are the people who will read this who have 100% faith in the concept of free will, and believe the crack addict should just show some self restraint and perhaps cease drinking water, and those people will tell me my crack dealer metaphor applied to advertising of software/IP, is an excuse for theft, and is therefore BS...people can behave contrary to their biology if they just choose to. However, science doesn't support that conc

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