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Reply to I like beer in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Then the crowd joins in with an.. "I like beer!" Worked in a tavern once, had a musician on the weekends, and that tune was always popular.

Reply to DX object needed... in Requests WinCustomize Forums

Very odd. I thought that widget did monitor activity, but apparently not. I don't know of any other DesktopX widgets that could do this--but they may exist. If you use ObjectDock or AveDesk, and also have SysStats https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=4271&LibID=29&comments=1 then there is a docklet called ActiveDisk https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=4273&LibID=29&comments=1 which

Reply to DesktopX on desktop level? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

The shortcut in your Quick Launch actually brings the desktop-explorer window on top of everything else, creating the illusion that everything had minimized. This worked until people started putting things besides windwos on their desktps, like widgets and docks, which they did not want minimized, nor covered by a facade window. In any case, this question

Reply to DX object needed... in Requests WinCustomize Forums

Here is one link to a basic disk-activity widget: https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=80&LibID=34&comments=1

Reply to Your all time favorite Windowblinds????? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Cyclops and StealthOS, of course. All sorts of good ones have been already mentioned. Thought I'd bring up a favorite from, well, not so long ago: Hellfire by Hippy https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=3653&LibID=1&comments=1

Reply to X-Mas Skinning Contest Update in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I don't know about a gift exchange, but Trolls are known to enjoy feats of strength... Fun contest so far! Neat to see some of these last minute entries coming in.

Reply to The Birth of a Gadget in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Right on, RomanDA. Even being somewhat familiar with the story, it was a great read. Too often skins or widgets are looked at only as the completed package--the process of their design and reasoning behind decidions made can be very interesting. I guess the feed doesn't allow POST method? I'll have to remember to try that random-time trick. Anyone else, I had the privelege of testing this gadget in some of its earlier forms. I

Reply to Stardock - (one of) the most annoying software companies...ever in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I had already disabled the SDMCP.exe process, because it had caused problems for me in the past. In my experience it is best to let SDMCP.exe run as long as you are using StarDock apps. When I first set up my current machine, I made every effort to keep it lean on processes. I experimented running j

Reply to Screencapture in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

EDIT: NM, that docklet seems to work!

Reply to where is siteping? in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hmm. I don't know the exact widget you're thinking of. But if that's all you need it to do, you can make it easily. Create a text file named myping.cmd: @echo. @color 07 @netstat -n @echo. @ping http://www.yahoo.com @pause

Reply to Where is kol_s Vista XP skin?? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

It's odd that Microsoft is being demonized for protecting the rights to its images while at the same time are given indirect praise and congratulations through admiration of the "skin" itself. MS actually seems to be moving in the direction considered fair by many above--maybe they are doing some research before calling out other similar skins for removal. It could be the use of the "Vista" ( & "XP") brand and the direct use of images they

Reply to Thoughts on DesktopX's future in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Any idea when DX 3.2 will be coming out? I also am curious. If the new separated scripts functionality will be available relatively soon, I will postpone working on a "big" project until I can take advantage of that. On the other hand, if 3.2 is months away (or not going to happen at all) then I ma

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

I was lucky enough to get it on the first try Show off.

Reply to Firefox 1.5 in Internet WinCustomize Forums

After updating to Fx1.5 I was having some issues with crashes and memory leaks. Reading through the forums at Mozillazine nearly convinced me I was imagining it, but it was real and frustrating. Crashes ranged from simple program exit to complete system lock up forcing hard restart. Leaving the browser open for hours, even unattended would result in eventual crash, but browsing exacerbated the problem. When I installed 1.5, I

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

Talk about synchronicity, or serendipity...or coincidence. Whatever. Right after visiting Hippy's link to WinPLOSION, I saw this thread on another forum: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=30218 Which pointed out this http://www.winplosion.com/cupgame/3cups.html That last link takes you to a Flash Shell Game (pun probably intentional?), where if you go 15 rounds and provide an email, they'll give you a free liscence

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

Forgot to mention, turn off shortcut function before adding script! Object Type Change Button, select Layer

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

Well, after finding this, http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/ I have an idea of what you're talking about. Expose has a lot of features, and looks pretty integrated with the OS, from my quick glance. I doubt you'll find anything as featured without spending some dough along the line. The widget I linked earlier has some hidden features, you can Ctrl, Shift, or Alt click it to tile the windows, Horizontally, Vertically, or Cascade

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

Well it depends on what you want to happen when you put your mouse in the corner. But here's the basic idea. Make an image. It doesn't matter really what it looks like, but a black square would keep it simple. Size isn't important, but you also may as well keep it small. For the sake of the example, make a 16x16 solid black square in your image editor and save as a png. In DesktopX Builder, create a new object. Click the Chan

Reply to Windows Hot Corners? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

I don't know exeactly what Hot Corners' functions are on a Mac. But if it means "something" happens when you mouse-over the corner of your screen, you can use DesktopX to set up just about anything you want along those lines.

Reply to Media Gadgets/Widgets crashing in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

How many filenames actually have the string [*] in them? I'd think the solution of renaming the files would be the most obvious--certainly much easier than switching away from a media player you like. But, in all likelihood, you'll run into trouble with these files no matter what media player or widget or gadget you use. The asterisk is frequently used as a wildcard character, by media players, Operating Systems, scripting languages, and s

Reply to Now I see it .. Now I dont ... where did the Concept WB Skin go that I saw this morning. in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Most likely the author made some changes, and the skin is awaiting approval again after its update. Just a guess!

Reply to People will hit me, but..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Tommorrow Never Knows

Reply to Hug Someone--Annoying Thread 2 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Aww shucks. I didn't know you even cared. Back at ya, and to the next.

Reply to Firefox 1.5 in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Yep. Was just trying the quote, and it didn't add in the text I had higlighted. Odd. Currently trying to hunt down a memory leak issue I was having yesterday. Will have to lave the browser open a bit to be sure, but I think using AdBlock Plus instead of regular AdBlock might have fixed

Reply to Flutter or wave in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Hey, that is a great suggestion, DigitalDanes! I've had a similar experience. On a road trip the passenger had her phone set to silent in her purse, down near the car stereo. For hours we experienced intermittent, loud, static - I figured my MP3 player or the casette adapter was going bad, kept trying to adjust the cord looking for a loose connection. Finally she noticed it vibrating ( a magnet spinning a metal weight around ), and as she answered