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WindowBlinds, DestopX On USA Today.Com in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

WindowBlinds offers the most comprehensive way you'll find to bend Windows to your will. You can customize your operating system in every way imaginable, from the look of buttons and check boxes, to color schemes, 3D effects, icons and far more. It's skinnable, with many skins available, and you can also build skins of your own. DesktopX, from the same author as WindowBlinds, goes beyond that program and lets you add special objects to your desktop, such as a calendar or MP3 player. The

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New Virus Alert in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

A new virus variant has surfaced in the skin community. The Badtrans (W32/Badtrans@MM) is a variant on the password stealing trojans. AVERT has raised the Risk Assessment on the Badtrans.b variant to Medium On Watch. As always, DON'T open email attachments from strangers and exercise caution in opening any attachments. If you don't have any anti-virus program, you can follow the links to the McAfee site.

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Stardock Licenses ICQ Plus to Use WindowBlinds Skinning Language in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Stardock has licensed ICQ Plus to use the WindowBlinds skinning language for ICQ Plus Version 3.1. Now users of ICQ Plus will be able to use WindowBlinds skins to transform the look of their favorite Internet contact tool. ICQ Plus is a third-party program that allows users to change the appearance of ICQ. It integrates with ICQ to add a menu item to the main menu. Choosing this menu item brings up a dialog which lets you configure ICQ's appearance in several ways. You can apply a prede

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Reply to Warez d00dz in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thank you all for your support. Paxx, shocked as I am by your confession, glad to have you out there. We all need a little "Paxx" at this time. They are adolescents, in temperment if not age. Their community is gone. I feel bad about this, because they may not realize that there are other communities available. Like Wincustomize. Skinners are bound together by the process of creation, of art, not just the common bond of downloading (with maybe a little uploading.) I wrote to Tweakfre

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Reply to Warez d00dz in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Bill, I appreciate the support. Let me tell you that all appropriate action was taken. The amazing thing is that supposedly legitimate groups ignore this kind of thing as a victimless crime. If people in the community want to help, I will post the email addresses of the agencies responsible for policing this. Send them a couple of emails. The good side of this is that I have been contacted by several developers who applauded my actions. Bin Laden isn't going to stop me from living my

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Warez d00dz in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

This is an update to Frogboy's earlier post. I am the one that tried to shut down the warez site. Since the web master of the site posted my Stardock email address and websites, there have been several attacks. I have received confirmation of my subscription to several porno sites (thank you) and several virus infected emails (no, thank you.) For those who know me, the decision to take action against the warez site was taken with grave reservations. I am a free speech advocate in the extrem

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All ATI Graphics Boards Are XP-ready. in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Customers who own an existing ATI graphics board or are about to buy a new ATI product, and then purchase Windows XP on or after October 25, 2001, will be able to download Windows XP drivers from http://www.ati.com and immediately enjoy the benefits an XP-enabled ATI graphics board will provide. For a complete list of products visit www.ati.com. “The significant digital media, Internet communications and personal productivity advances associated with Windows XP will be further enhanced

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Reply to America Attacked Aftermath and news in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

I saw the observance at Buckingham Palace yesterday. It was symbolic and very touching. I felt moved on a personal level. I just want to thank all of our friends across "the pond." Not to leave anyone out, but Canada has also been very supportive, as well as Israel.

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