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Reply to A fix for making Windows 7 Blinds compatiable with Windows 8 and 8.1 in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="JuniorCrooks" reply="10" id="3422053"] I have done updates. It is still working fine for me.[/quote] yeah, as it wrote, problems are really unlikely to happen. just take care on updates that involve explorer.exe. would be nice if the fud that is so common here about file patching or resource hacking would come to an end at this place.

Reply to Classic Windows Style Out of the Box? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

the high contrast themes are Windows 8 without any visual style applied. you can change the colors. you will probably still be disappointed.

Reply to A fix for making Windows 7 Blinds compatiable with Windows 8 and 8.1 in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

it wont hurt if people knew what this program does. it patches some of your core system files. nothing wrong with that, people do this probably since the first operating system ever has been released. but one thing you have to be aware is that any Windows update can lead to unexpected behaviour. that is still no real reason to be scared. usually the only thing that could happen is that your changes are nullified, and you'll have to patch the files again (which might requir

Reply to Winamp is officially dead in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="39" id="3421356"] Quoting kona0197, reply 30Ask Jafo about Winamp bloatware. He will have all the info. It started getting 'silly' around v3 ...and they had the creator/coder for kJofol [another media player] come over to save it all...as I recall it was 4 that was worse than bad...and v5 was better-ish. I stuck with 2....it did enough to be useful...and skinning it was 'old school'...[/quote] th

Reply to Can I Dual Boot With OS X? in Macintosh WinCustomize Forums

you can find Lion usb sticks on eBay. some of them are probably even original. it's just two years old, so that should be recent enough. but first make sure your hardware is compatible.

Reply to Can I Dual Boot With OS X? in Macintosh WinCustomize Forums

it depends on your hardware. for this you should do some Google searches for "hackintosh insertspecificationofhardwarehere". an Intel processor sure would be better. how to install depends on the version of OS X you want to install. also keep in mind that the only way to get a copy of Mountain Lion or Mavericks is software piracy. there are no retail boxes. for Lion you might be lucky and to find one of those usb sticks they had in the Apple stores back then. </p

Reply to WindowBlinds 15 years in pictures in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="9" id="3418126"] When I was doing this, I definitely noticed that there was a trend where the quality of new skins has dropped. I'm not even sure how we change that.[/quote] only competition breeds excellence. you have about 15 skinners left, and even the worst skin gets "great job" comments. so what do you expect? you will not get anybody in graphics industry to give WindowBlinds skinning a try if it requires to learn SkinS

Reply to Free 6 Month License for System Mechanic in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="18" id="3418027"] Well, as we know, each system is different, and mine is definitely odd...lol..anyway, it was the disk repair part that hosed my rig, so maybe it's SSD related. Nevertheless, it did cause me problems. I'm not against iolo or SM, just reporting what happened to me. I'll stick with my Advanced System Care Ultimate. [/quote] it is my firm belie

Reply to Free 6 Month License for System Mechanic in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="16" id="3418022"] moshi...fascinating: System requirements Windows® 8, 7, Vista, and XP 256 MB of RAM 130 MB of free hard drive space Reduced 74%Original 809 x 359[/quote] the service packs for Windows 7 or XP aren't mentioned as well. ;) that's why i mentioned Microsoft's naming policies. they confuse people. as it can be seen in this thread.

Reply to Free 6 Month License for System Mechanic in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="13" id="3417989"]Actually Jim, it supports XP, Vista, 7, and 8. W8.1 isn't on the list of supported OSs.[/quote] Microsoft isn't doing itself a favor with it's naming policies. there probably are software companies around that would be stupid enough to promote a new version without support for the latest operating system. but iolo is not one of them. Windows 8.1 support is one of the main new

Reply to Desktop Gadgets for W8.1 - Free Tool in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

as what all these gadgets for Windows 8 "applications" do is installing patched files from older operating systems, some conflicts among them should be expected.

Reply to Need help with Win 8 SOLVED! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

i think Philly is right. looks like one of the modifier keys (WIN, ALT, CTRL) is stuck. probably the WIN key.

Reply to November 2013 Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="41" id="3415210"] Funny, Snowy, it must have something to do with the Surface? Windows Pro 8.1 64 bit. [/quote] no, not really with the Surface and not even with Windows 8. i bet the same would happen to you on Windows 7 if you set your display scaling to 125% or 150%. whether WindowBlinds/Start8 is buggy on high dpi or it is just the skin that is buggy is the question. it is sure worth a bug repo

Reply to The iPad Air has arrived in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="20" id="3415056"] Quoting Island Dog, reply 17 Quoting kona0197, reply 10Obviously you don't know what's it's like to be poor. $299 represents one average paycheck around here. Wrap you mind around that. I know exactly what it's like. And if that is your income, a computer and/or tablet should be the last thing you are worrying about. Probably two smartphones with

Reply to unauthorized skin post in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

it probably means a link to your work. like this one for example: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/7942/ edit: (but likely on their site, not WC)

Reply to Site loads slow in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

business as usual, the site is slow. it has been slow since quite a few years. according to alexa.com: Very Slow (5.323 Seconds), 94% of sites are faster. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wincustomize.com maybe time to raise the subscription prizes. ;) as long

Reply to unauthorized skin post in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="18" id="3413489"]Think a bit more.....'wow...someone liked my Porsche so much that they stole it...I'm honoured'.[/quote] on the other hand uploading a file to a public website like WC is pretty much the equivalent of parking your Porsche in downtown with the window open and the keys inside. ;) doesn't make the theft right, but no one should be surprised that it happens (the insurance company will probably not pay). do wh

Reply to Need Weather Widget Updated to Work in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="RedBuzzard" reply="21" id="3410805"] What about what Rainlendar uses? Theirs still works[/quote] there are a few services that provide free, legal to use & open feeds (Accuweather is not one of them btw). an example would be Yahoo!'s feeds: http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/ . the geocoding has to be done in YQL. that would still mean you would have to the parsing of the feed with re

Reply to Stardock’s Launch8 makes the Start screen more useful in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

personally i would need more padding between the icons, would i want to use this on 10 inch or smaller touch screen. the jumplist menus look unusable (and i have small fingers). makes me guess you Surface users use the stylus or a mouse most of the time. i like the idea, but to be honest this looks a little premature. a method to "lock" one or more columns or rows would be way nicer.

Reply to Can someone please fix precision theme? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="3" id="3409150"]Without knowing your issue[/quote] look at the screenshot. his date get's cut off. if that Precision skin is one of the default skins shipped with the app, that's a not so great performance. the skin was probably developed by somebody not using the US date format. where i live, we use dots and not slashes what, depending on the font but in most cases, uses less space. i don't know about SkinStu

Reply to How To Get Windows Experience Index (WEI) Score In Windows 8.1 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="4" id="3406779"] Also, I've wonder ever since it showed up, just how important is a WEI score, other than to the very knowledgeable? For the rest of the folks is it just 'My computer is better than yours'?[/quote] +1 i think this is the one of the most useless skins i have ever written, second only to the skin that displays your current wallpaper :) anyways, here it is (requires: Windows 7 or up, Rainmeter 3.0 or u

Reply to How To Get Windows Experience Index (WEI) Score In Windows 8.1 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

well, if Windows 8.1 lacks this feature (as pointless as it may be ... i used it one time only), that should be an opportunity to create a DesktopX widget for this task. - find the file (as the file name is different on each machine) using wildcards. - parse it just like you would parse a weather feed. - profit i already wrote a Rainmeter skin to do this, just waiting for some confirmation regarding the os version strings for 8 and 8.1 (as the scale is differen

Reply to How to opt out of some targeted Google ads in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

then you should not be able to log in to the opt out (or rather opt in) site above. ;)

Reply to How to opt out of some targeted Google ads in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]To un-target the ads you see, you’ll have to visit two other pages and “opt out”. Think you’re out of the woods? No. If you use multiple browsers, you must opt out in each browser you use.[/quote] i may also add that this is wrong. of course the settings tied to your account need to be set only once. you do not have to opt out (or more likely opt in) in every browser. the multiple browser thin