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Thanks Shelbygt. When I get home I'll run through the details and send you an email. Appreciate it.

Reply to WinCustomize Subscription Totals Won't Make The Goal: What Next? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

But you still gotta pay for the coffee, no? I like your analogy re the guest/customer in a store. Browse if you like but you gotta pay if you want it. Likewise the entertainment centre. I can browse the local video store but if I want a video, I have to buy it. Buying a DVD player doesn't give me the right to unlimited videos for my machine.

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Thx Hippy - can you suggest how? I'm really thick when it comes to settings for the router (the only firewal I use). FWIW, I'm currently trying on my old dinosaur machine with the same results. I think WOM is right about the firewall.

Reply to IRC? in Community WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Y'all for input. WOM nice to hear from you. SD Central won't connect to irc.stardock.com. I'm using port 6667 but all I get is "unable to resolve server". I haven't used the WC browser for quite a while now (the website gives more more screen space. Is there any reason to expect it would work differently? I did try mIRC with the same results. Ain't nuthin' easy! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Crying.gif

Reply to Winamp 5.13 released in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Kind of like WB 4.90?

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hmm. hasn't connected for me. I've got a hardware firewall, I wonder if that's the problem? I haven't had problems with anything else.

IRC? in Community WinCustomize Forums

It's been a whole long time and I don't remember how to connect with IRC. irc.stardock.com? Wincustomize browser won't connect. Please remind me.

Reply to Stardock support rocks!!! in Community WinCustomize Forums

I'm late throwing my 2 cents in but I too appreciate Mike's precence. Particularly re WB 5 beta. There have been a number of issues which he's responded to. The one that affects me haven't been dealt with yet but I've been reassured that it will be - in time. Patience is easier when you get the feedback he's provided. Kudo's to you Mike! On that n

Reply to WinCustomize Subscription Totals Won't Make The Goal: What Next? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Threi: indeed...but the same ideal still remains...a lot of people wont pay if they dont need to... Exactly the point isn't it? At this stage, it costs too much to feed those who won't pay. Sure, I can understand their view - if it's free, why pay? Well because someone has to and those who are paying are getting tired of this whole subject - I am anyway. The sooner Stardock makes this a subscriber site the better. I can find l

Reply to WinCustomize Subscription Totals Won't Make The Goal: What Next? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Autmnmist - you don't need to have a WC subscription to get skins. As has been mentioned by others, WB skins etc can be found from lots of other sites. We happen to think the best ones are here and certainly it's easier to get high quality stuff here than to check any number of other sites but you're not obligated. As I understand it (and the solution I'm in favor of), a WC subscription would be required to download the skins here.

Reply to Farewell and thank you in Community WinCustomize Forums

Too bad Chrisine, you will certainly be missed. Say hi to WOM for us (I'm sure he'll be keeping you current)

Reply to WinCustomize Subscription Totals Won't Make The Goal: What Next? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I've subscribed to WC since it's beginning and will continue to do so. Mine doesn't run out for another 7 months at which time I'll renew for sure. Kudo's to Markdotnet for renewing early but IMHO the situation re non-subscribers needs to be resolved. Buying an extra might be good for Stardock (and Brad) in the short run but doesn't resolve the issue. Like most people here, I think that non-subcribers should be given a preview of everythi

Reply to WB5 on multi-user machine in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Mike. It's good to know that it's a known issue that's being worked on. I'll patiently wait for the fix. Meanwhile, it's 4.6 then.

WB5 on multi-user machine in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I think it's time for this problem to have its own thread. WB5 works fine on my account both at work and at home. None of the versions released so far work on other users on my home machine. Builds a - c will not allow limited users to open wbconfig. This morning, I tried build d which again works fine on my account (admin). I tried running it on my wife's account (also admin) and it simply stopped responding. I wasn't able to kill it through task

Reply to WB5 and Multi User XP Crash in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

piggy-backing here. Other users on my multi-user machine get no permission messages when trying to open wbconfig. If I run-as an administrator, I can get the WB skin chooser but still can't get skins to apply.

Reply to WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1B released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

FWIW, build c doesn't resolve my issue (post 83) re other users being able to use WB.

Reply to WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1B released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Not up to par yet! On my home machine, WB doesn't load. I can open WBConfig under a limited account if I run as myself (administrator). I tried setting my daughter's limited account to an administrative account but it still won't run. Neither of the above would actually change a skin. Rolling back to 4.6 fixes the problem. sigh

Reply to WindowBlinds 5 Beta 1B released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I've always felt confident running Stardock beta software - very rarely any issues and none major. Tuesday's release clearly had more issues than any beta I've seen but now it's all good. Great work, Thanks

Reply to WindowBlinds 5 Trouble Already =( in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

My turn. WB5 appeared to install just fine and the new skins are sweet. However, logon studio would crash forcing a hard reboot. Reproducted this several times. Windows default worked fine. In Windows Explorer, the sidebar wouldn't show anything in either the folders view or the search view. Shortcuts view worked fine. Start menu looked like everything was fine but the programs menu wouldn't open. Uninstalling and rol

Reply to WindowBlinds 5 Preview Guide in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

downloading even as we speak. Listed as 4.90[b].011 at 11.02 MB FWIW. Restart required. Patience now, no shoving. Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!

Reply to Conversation with my mother.. in Internet WinCustomize Forums

I'm not going to let anyone sully my relationship with my parents, period. Birth mother or not. Good for you. My wife and her brother are both adopted. Jane has no problem with that and hasn't felt the need to find her birth mother. Helen raised her and Helen is her mother. That's it.

Reply to funny forward >> Tech Support in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Makes you wonder how many of them use 'Whiteout' on their screens to correct mistakes Only the mac users! /me ducks for cover

Reply to Avant Browser 10.1 released in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

FWIW, if you like Avant Browser (and I certainly do), the developer has put up a version called Dr Orca based on gecko which is very similar. It's only an alpha. Although it seems stable, not everything works quite right yet.

Reply to Stardock got ill, has it gotten better yet? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

To be fair, Feline has been part of this community for a very long time and has been quite helpful if I recall in the usenet forum to others and I think to Stardock in terms of debugging. In my experience he has been a gentleman and an asset. Perhaps the tone of the title and posts are a tad insulting. IMO, he's earned a certain latitude. Regardless, when a olong-time member of his stature (again, in my opinion anyway) of the community r

Reply to Do you like going into work every day? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I too teach (adults). The wet pants are a rare issue fortunately but some of them do throw the occasional tantrum - or worse. Most are a pleasure though. If I didn't need groceries, I might consider doing it for free.