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Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

"Anyway, I hope this puts a definite end to your 'you should be banned' argument." Excuse, me, READ THE POST. And, no, "but that means that you said..." doesn't work. "No, that kind of thing can obviously irritate YOU. You just decided to take pains that aren't yours to take, and it didn't pan out the way you thought it would." Now, you are just doing combat. I'm done with you. I don't see a way to "Ignore Users" so I'll un-follow this thread.

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

Ah, he's the developer/owner of Winstep; I've suspected as much for a year now. I don't have any complaint about describing Winstep, once or twice, but I don't care for knocking Stardock by ascribing silly indefensible positions and decisions to them, then repeating the process of both every three months or so, indefinitely. That kind of thing can irritate people. Back to the thread, I'm cool with Object Dock not supporting "Universal Applications" because my workstation

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

[quote who="JcRabbit" reply="75" id="3708424"] This alone should tell you a lot. [/quote]That you are an early user and you feel entitled to ignore Internet etiquette, apparently. Your research demonstrates that you are willing to do battle to defend your "right" to abuse your hosts.

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

Enough with the FUD and advertising for competing products. Most forums on the WWW would delete your posts and band you by IP address for that.

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

Nice plot. But it combines Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista/7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10. A post by a Stardock person a few months ago showed that people browsing Stardock pages had under 25% of Windows usage, and about half use Window 7, which reflects the world out there. I use OD under Windows 10 Pro and love it. I tried Winstep for a few weeks and found the tabbed docks pre-populated with useless links, large, and difficult to cus

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

When Linux was new, applications were horribly expensive because, as was explained to me when I asked about an application on the phone once, "the Unix pricing model is in effect for Linux applications." Sourceforge and GNU put an end to that. But I would pay for a great Linux application, such as a Linux port of Corel PaintShop Pro with AfterShot Pro. People pay for Linux all the time, in terms of support contracts for the OS, and applications. Some people just go to

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

JcRabbit, this is why I think MS is forcing its own decline. MS had great success in the mid 1990's convincing the magazine-educated of the industry that they knew, nay - controlled the future of computing. They got most of the developers and wannabes to "sign up with the winner" thereby becoming advocates, and turned the PC business into something that IBM sold to the Chinese. They shouldered aside Word Perfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and Harvard Graphics in favor of Office

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

The long-departed developer doesn't own OD. Stardock owns OD. Perhaps the reason that OD works for me on Windows 10 is that I have a workstation, and UWP "apps" just aren't something I'm interested in on my home office workstation. If I understand UWP properly, these are the "Universal applications" on the Start menu, all of which seem to be suited for a content consumer on a tablet or whatever.

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

If you read the whole thread, it seems that they lost the lead developer for OD. I would surmise that he didn't leave sufficient documentation behind to provide others with what they needed for continuous support of OD code. In any case, real-time system extensions like OD all required serious attention with Windows 8 API changes. Stardock also has a heavy preponderance of Windows 7 users, according to another post. I've noticed that Windows 10 "thunks" or locks ou

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

MS has a bit of an attitude sometimes. An old but well-known example was when they were promoting Office over everybody's favorites, Word Perfect, Harvard Graphics, Lotus 1-2-3, and then Lotus Notes, the mantra for DOS/Windows 3.x/95/M.E. updates was "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run!" The WIN32S shell-and-pea game that they enticed developers to use was just an OS/2 detector - MS never used it in their own applications. Etc. If they want something themselves, they

Reply to Tabbed Dock - never hiding ?? in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

It seems that the tabbed docks show only the tabs unless you mouse over. The only two options that I see are whether the full list pops or grows with mouse-over.

Reply to Stardock Magazine: September 2016 feedback in Stardockians Stardock Forums

I find the new newsletter easy to read and informative about what's going on with Stardock. I've been around since the OS/2 days (I went to Windows 2000 to be able to synch my Palm Pilot in 2001). I would like to hear about your plans for Object Dock under Windows 10. I'm still using it, because it's the gateway to all of may databases (via a large tabbed dock) and I use the expanding dock to open and switch to new folders, e-mail, Firefox, and IE, and I li

Reply to ObjectDock and Windows 10 in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

[quote who="annagram615" reply="39" id="3648644"] When I try to install it on windows 10 version 1511, even when I run as administrator, I get a message that says: This app has been blocked for your protection. An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator. It also says Publisher Not trusted. Does anybody know a way around that? [/quote]If you have Windows 10 Enterprise, call your network administrator. Did you run th

Reply to Multiplicity Pro in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

Multiplicity Pro does a truly excellent job of controlling my laptop in KVMA mode. I tried viewing and listening to a YouTube video and the performance is excellent, with no apparent latency or artifacts in either video or sound, even in full screen. Multiplicity KVM has allowed me to pull the hardware KVMS plug on the laptop, which is preparatory to moving it to the family room to run the TV. I'll control it using Multiplicity KVM from the man-cave, or an RF keyboard/mo

Reply to Multiplicity KVM in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

You only need a second purchase if you are going to use two computers to master other computers. Use the same installation file to install on secondary computers as slaves, and do not validate them. The license allows you to do this on up to 5 other Windows computers to be operated as slaves. You can use them in KM or KVM mode.

Reply to Laptop Use: Separate lincenses? in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

This is perhaps a gray area. It's my personal laptop, but I'm using it as my workstation while doing consulting work. I'll get a new OD license under the e-mail address for the laptop.

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

The problem was the fresh OS installation that didn't have the current DirectX installed. I find this puzzling because I would have thought that Microsoft considered DirectX an optional but critical support technology on the order of Silverlight, perhaps more so because it integrates with firmware in most graphics cards these days. And, I'm quite diligent about running MS Update whenever I have a new installation and I want WU to check for old Microsoft distributable modul

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

After submitting an amazing set of system logs from http://sd.stardock.com/SDSupportTool.exe to [email protected] last night as instructed by DaveRI, I got a reply by email this morning from Customer Care to install an update to DirectX from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Done. I browsed a bit in some of the material. I see what may be a smoking gun in some discrepancies in ExpectedFrameCount in 2013-08-25 01.00.02.433 Foral.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT.xml

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

One last tidbit. I looked at the desktop with the Rotating Earth dream in the Windows Personalization window, and find that it is a 23 X 22 pixel, 24-bit (color) bitmap. It's all black, so whatever selection I use in image fitting, Center, Fill, etc. I get an all-black screen. Pathname is C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\DeskScapes8\deskscapes.bmp I change the background color to white, and, viola, there is that l

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Silverlight won't un-install with IE 10 installed. I'm un-installing IE 10 and KB2670838 first. There is a security update for Silverlight, KB2847559, that must be un-installed to allow un-installation of Silverlight. I'm also going to un-install DeskScapes 8 and re-install it before I try again. It turns out that the Silverlight security update, KB2847669, appears on the WU list of updates, but on the screen of "Uniinstall an update" it does NOT appear

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

I forgot to mention that when I put in my first dream, DeskScapes asked "You must have an active desktop to use a dream. Would you like to convert to an active desktop?" I'm not getting this now. Barring other inputs before I get back this afternoon, I'll um-install IE 10, Silverlight, and KB2670838 all at the same time and try again. Anyone that has any idea whether the "active desktop" concept is relevant today, please chip in before mid-afternoon.

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Well, it seems to have something to do with Silverlight. I un-installed Silverlight and DeskScapes 8 did effect a change: to all deep black. I waited, but no image, still or moving, ever loaded. I booted, and got the same black desktop. I didn't have IE 10, at least in the last couple of boots, because WU installed IE 10 when I used it to re-install Silverlight. It's possible that IE 10 was uprooted when I uninstalled Silverlight. Re-insta

Reply to DeskScapes 8 Not Setting Windows 7 64-Bit Desktop in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

I'm running with the same WU-supported video drivers for my aging mid-line video card that I was before the crash. The card is old (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 GTS) and the drivers are stable. It may be the codecs. I got a prompt this afternoon that I didn't have QuickTime installed. What codecs do we need? I have Nero 12 installed but I haven't started it yet. I did start it just now, and it didn't install any new codecs, it just wanted me to reg