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Reply to Will a version of Curtains for Windows 11 be coming? in Curtains Stardock Forums

It seems feasible that is Windowblinds has not been working effectively without massive modifications, that Curtains would similarly suffer. That being stated, they are ready to release the BETA of WB11 so while I hate assuming, it does seem logical that they will have curtains sorted in the near future. I only suggest this because both applications rely on the inner and outer workings of windows and it's applications and skinning. As for me, I will watch as I a

Reply to WindowBlinds 11 planning in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote who="BradSams" reply="569" id="3859667"] Not at release - we need to get WB11 operational on Windows 11 first before we can go down the path of updating studio. [/quote] That makes perfect sense considering you've had to partially reinvent the wheel due to Win11 being unable to use some features. It stands to reason the skinner will have to accommodate those changes as well and you'll remove the options that simply won't work. P.S. - I'd

Reply to WindowBlinds 11 planning in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

There are a lot of smart people and loyal long-term supporters here and more. I read as much as I could that was different and not a repeat of someone else's. I additionally read what the dev's said about how windows 11 has affected the development and content of windowBlinds and Curtains. I could be wrong and it's just my take on it, that it seems Stardock has decided not to release a crappy product. I say this because it certainly seems that a large proportion

Reply to Curtains 1.19.1 Issue Report Thread in Curtains Stardock Forums

[quote who="basj" reply="24" id="3857835"] Hello, So far, there is no further official announcement yet on development of Curtains for Windows 11. Thank you, Basj, Stardock Community Assistant [/quote] Thanks - BTW - I installed it on Windows 11 as a trial by changing the compatibility on the install executable to Windows 8. It installed glitch free ( Install only read on )- HOWEVER - The window panes work, the taskbar wor

Reply to Curtains 1.19.1 Issue Report Thread in Curtains Stardock Forums

[quote who="basj" reply="20" id="3836647"] believe there is plan to release a new upgrade version of Curtains that work with Windows 11 within 2022. Thank you, Basj, Stardock Community Assistant [/quote]Is this still happening or is it on the backburner?

Reply to WindowBlinds 11 planning in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Considering that Stardock successfully modified parts of Windows for ages, to say they are completely reliant on MS is not completely accurate. Microsoft has a reputation of not considering many of their 3rd Party developers and manufacturers. This stems way back to early releases of Win95 where alpha versions reputedly destroyed hard disks. Nowadays, if anyone wishes to read the MS EULA, which is marginally less time-consuming than watching paint dry, MS can pretty much do almost whate

Reply to WindowBlinds 11 planning in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote who="PapaBravo" reply="440" id="3837842"] Just wondering if older skins will work with win11? I have a windowblinds skin that worked on WB10 [/quote] I get that sometimes it is a pain in the rear to read longer threads or search even when there are masses under the same topic. We'd all like to be doing something productive unless reading is our job as a paid moderator. That said I believe some people have successfully implemented it by doing edits - which they

Reply to WindowBlinds 11 planning in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Considering how long Windowblinds has been around perhaps Microsoft should cut Stardock some slack and send them some code they can include so the application that has been purchased worldwide by many users works as it always was intended. What would I like to see? That. Simply, that MS comes to the party and helps their third-party developers and users, remembering that they serve the clients who buy their products, not the other way around. They are the vendor, not GOD.

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

OK it has taken a while to work out what the heck is going on... It is not the AV because basically Defender and everything is disabled other than for incoming. Auslogics Boost Speed is the culprit. It has a cache cleaner. The sig file sits with the cache file so it decides each clean to remove it. They have to be put on the ignore list. You were on the right track, only it wasn't an AV. Thanks for your assistance. :) Please close the ticket. Thank you.</

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

I have no idea what happened but it just stopped authenticating? I would like to say what you suggested worked but it did not. It just stopped. No firking idea what or why? The license file has been there all of the time since the first and when I deleted and redid nearly two days ago in C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Fences4 (and Deskscapes) it

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

I purchased these two and both said 'activation successful' and have now eight times I have done it. Fences 4 and Deskscapes 11

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

Same problem - Is this because the version of Deskscapes that I purchased is the 11 Beta? It is not going away. I followed your link and the command prompt does not work for version 11 either.

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

Hey people, I appreciate that you are attempting to resolve this but it comes down to two things. 1. Deskscapes and Fences 4 were purchased, all you have to do is look at my purchase history and yes, the email addresses are correct whether I use the key supplied or online activation. The issue is Descapes and fences keep wanting to reactivate. 2. I need them to stop reactivating full-stop. How?...... Thank you. :)

Reply to Start11 unavailable in Account Management > Register Product > Product List in Accounts and Activation Help Stardock Forums

The issue is with Deskscapes 11 FFS. It is Beta which is what my message said and what Stardock sold it as and it keeps wanting to re-register so does Fences 4 which I also just purchased??? Could you please forward this to someone who knows more because if I have to re-register everytime I login and use it, then it will be a total pain in the rear and I will uninstall both of them

Reply to forum 'ban game' two in Everything Else WinCustomize Forums

Banned for being in a band with a bunch of penguins who cannot even hold a guitar.

Reply to Major DDoS Attacks on Dyn in Internet WinCustomize Forums

I remember as well, as will anyone who was around when "secure certificates" and piblic/private keys came in and the changing laws on encryption and more. I remember someone saying it would take years to crack 128bit encryption. There are people out there that can do it in minutes. The moment you post on a social media site, access your banking via the internet, click on anything, you are 'technically' open for invasion. If you want true privacy it is a thing of the pa

Reply to Can't add a comment to a skin in Forum Issues WinCustomize Forums

@DaveBax - Dave I am not on that much anymore. Jabo knows and has the info in both a personal email and in a forum PM email. If he logged on as me which an admin can do if he cannot they could see for himself. I do however have the ability to prevent further notices from appearing in my email so that I will do. Besides, this thread is like a broken record for me. For me anyway :) Thanks for helping.

Reply to Can't add a comment to a skin in Forum Issues WinCustomize Forums

Guess what I have visitor status and had since I paid to join. I appreciate you trying to help, at least I prefer to believe that is what it is, but that does not exist in my profile and NEVER has.

Reply to Can't add a comment to a skin in Forum Issues WinCustomize Forums

I'd like to lknow where the link in my login allows me to delete some work I PUT UP.

Reply to Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Seeing as everyone is pointing before asking Link 1 manually done no copy: http://prnt.sc/cykfcv Link 2 ewdrawn though similar and my own wood textures: http://prnt.sc/cykfpy Which part? the transparent menu that every man and his dog does? I do not even think it is the same size? WOW - I do not know what to

Reply to Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I get it but if you see not only the forums of Winstep, but also the informationpdf, it includes using the templates in part or in whole as a foundation. So that's a little grey. especially when you buy something saying just that. Don't get me wrong, I get your point and several other's have too. I have work that is so original both in ear candy and graphically i have no idea where to display it. I think I may need to do a display [actually painted and

Reply to Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Ask jcRabbit - you know the early Winstep ones I first put here? all done pixel by pixel much like the pain you experienced and shared with winamp - I think that might well be the main reason I remebered how to do top down testing when I had no skinning editor - ALL by hand the whole lot. Since I have stabilised windows 8.1 to accept both 9.5 and 16.9 to run in tandem without requiring reinstalls every 24hrs of 16.9 getting corrupted, I can do them at 500% the speed with an actual editor desi

Reply to Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

OK in relation to Skinning. Where is the line drawn? Sure there are rules and regulations, some even I was not aware of through ignorance of not knowing "where" the line is drawn. There are so many schools of thought and philosophy on this, too many to mention, but the point being, that the line is sometimes drawn immovably when it should be flexible and vice-versa sometimes. So lets be semantic hypothetically: John Doe creates a sk

Reply to Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I know it sounds like breaking something beautiful which great graphics can be down to its lowest common denominator, but truly the graphics everyone are so cautious with in copyright and copying and what is copying and what is not have gone a little over the top. For example in music, if someone actually went back and was say from the family line of Muddy waters, BB King, Freddie King and then went through every blues written since, the courts would be full of lawsuits. - gra

Difference between ignorance and knowingly doing it in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I is worth mentioning that for every rule there will be an exception. I only recently learned some things that are not allowed through ignorance. If however on a grander scale that did not happen and people never got away with it, then Microsoft would not exist because WindowsNT's HAL was a direct ripoff of VMS code almost exact and Active Directory is a direct ripoff of Novell Directory Services. Because someone decided to change the VMS made NT unstable at its core HAL level. Wh