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Reply to Rework skin from XP to 10 in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

There's no easy/automatic way to convert an XP skin to Win10. You'd need to use SkinStudio (which should be available for download in your Stardock account) to add or modify the various parts. Some basic image editing skills and software would be extremely helpful, perhaps "required", not necessarily "artistic" level. An XP skin will never look exactly the same on Win10, there are some parts on Win10 that just can't be skinned in the same man

Reply to Upcoming patches will slow down all Intel CPUs? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="ALMonty" reply="47" id="3700399"] And this for Anti virus [/quote] Thanks for the link Al. There's a handy little spreadsheet linked within there that summarizes antivirus status. It's about a third of the way down, a tiny link, and easy to miss so I'll link it here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/184wcDt9I9TUNFFbsAV

Reply to Okay, This Is What I Ordered To Rebuild My Main PC: Updated in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="62" id="3700147"] so I'm stumped as to how we've all been doing it wrong. [/quote] We all peel them down from the top stem. It's really easier to turn them upside down and peel them down from the bottom, especially if they're a little green, don't squish up the meat as much. Ya, I eat a lot of bananas... [e digicons];P[/e]

Reply to Upcoming patches will slow down all Intel CPUs? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="25" id="3700020"] so I'm just going to wait until the situation is better clarified for the average/general user. [/quote] Yep, either way nothing is going into the trash here. All I can do at this point is see how it washes out and live with it, so that's what I'll do. I'm betting it's not going to be a big deal. I'm reminded of a New Egg processor review I saw once. A guy had bought a say 2.8ghz processor and then abou

Reply to Upcoming patches will slow down all Intel CPUs? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="JcRabbit" reply="16" id="3699950"] However, anything that relies heavily on the Kernel - such as file I/O - suffers a big impact, so this will have a massive effect mostly on data centers. For everything else the impact should be fairly minimal. [/quote] Ya, I'm starting to think that to a large extent most of us will only notice when we're online trying to talk to the workhorses - they'll be the one's struggling.

Reply to Upcoming patches will slow down all Intel CPUs? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for the heads-up. Now at least if my machine turns into a dog next week I won't be pulling out what little is left of my hair.

Reply to DeskScapes 8 not compatible with Fences 3 in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

My mistake. I see the thread took on a 2nd life later with people describing what you're describing, and it came to contacting Support: https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit I don't know if it ever got chased down, but that's what you'd need to do. You've probably seen the Stardock holiday notice at the tops of the pages, so it will be awhile. Don't send them additional em

Reply to DeskScapes 8 not compatible with Fences 3 in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

See the first few posts here, it sounds very similar, amounts to a DeskScapes setting: https://forums.wincustomize.com/476014/page/1/#3671869

Reply to Fences won't let me install on 2nd computer without deactivating the 1st in Fences WinCustomize Forums

Maybe you've somehow accumulated some unused activations (e.g., drive crashes, o/s reinstalls)? You can manage your activations, instructions are here: https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/546/159/how-to-review-your-current-activations

Reply to A Very Merry Christmas From All At Stardock. in Community WinCustomize Forums

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/wallpapers/46879/ Merry Christmas.

Reply to Bought Object Desktop Upgrade from Standalone Could not find Download in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="basvanwetten" reply="12" id="3698688"] Object Desktop is a subscription? [/quote] See here for a description of the subscription, it may not be as you're thinking: https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/1/112/what-is-object-desktop

Reply to Bought Object Desktop Upgrade from Standalone Could not find Download in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

That's as far as I can go with it. Stardock isn't open on the weekends, but a support person may drop in here during that time or later, or someone else may see something I'm missing. I'd start a support ticket here: https://esupport.stardock.com/ You'll get an automated response immediately, don't reply to that or send any additional emails until an actual person replies - each time you send an email it throws you to th

Reply to Bought Object Desktop Upgrade from Standalone Could not find Download in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Did you use the same email for this purchase that you are using for your Stardock Account?

Reply to Bought Object Desktop Upgrade from Standalone Could not find Download in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Did you receive an email receipt after your purchase? Did you use the same email as you used for your previous purchases?

Reply to Bought Object Desktop Upgrade from Standalone Could not find Download in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

You should be able to log into your account here: https://store.stardock.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/myaccount/products 1st line on the page should be "Object Desktop Manager". Underneath that is "View Individual Downloads" - click on that text and a list will drop down with download links for each program. Download and backup the downloads you want. Underneath those is "Object

Reply to Why don't motherboards power peripherals? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Besides, I wouldn't know what to do with a power supply that didn't look like an aggravated octopus [e digicons];)[/e]

Reply to Why don't motherboards power peripherals? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Imagine building a machine and all it needs cable wise would be the main cable from the PSU to the motherboard. [/quote] That's the way they used to be (not counting drive power cords), "way back when". Then the processors started needing more power so they added the extra plug on the mb. Both the main plug and the auxiliary plug have evolved/expanded over the years, I don't really know what's running on each at this point. I believe the short ans

Reply to Inappropriate behavior in Community WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="43" id="3697921"] We should keep a count [/quote] Nah, not for me. It'd be like counting how many times I could tap myself in the head with a hammer - by the time I got done I'd be left with nothing but a collection of sore spots and a headache. [e digicons]:sick:[/e]

Reply to Inappropriate behavior in Community WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="39" id="3697897"] Just wondering [/quote] Hadn't heard that one for awhile, nice little trip down memory lane. Seems appropriate to me, I won't be filing any complaints. I see less "appropriate" - and less "interesting" - behavior during any prime-time televised music awards show...

Reply to 16 years.. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Happy sweet 16 [e digicons]:pizza:[/e]

Reply to Not sure if this is the correct location for this post but I think I found a windowblinds bug... in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

That would be something you would want to send to them. I have absolutely no idea. https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit

Reply to Not sure if this is the correct location for this post but I think I found a windowblinds bug... in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I tried it on a few random skins before I replied Wednesday, couldn't really say which ones. I just now ran through the shipped skins, toggling the [F11] a half dozen times on each, they work fine for me. Acrylic 7, Corporate, Diamond, Echo, Eva, Ice, Lantana, Modern, Precision, The Captain, Win8, Win8 Metro. Do those work for you without Old New Explorer?

Reply to Can Someone Explain What I'm Getting for this new Subscription? in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

To avoid confusion, Object Dock was never a part of Object Desktop. It has always been a separate program.

Reply to Not sure if this is the correct location for this post but I think I found a windowblinds bug... in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I know installing "Old New Explorer" somehow fixed it for you, but as I said earlier I'm not seeing it without "Old New Explorer". I would be curious to see if the problem remained "fixed" if you now uninstalled "Old New Explorer". I'm not really saying you should do that, but I myself would just out of sheer curiosity. It seems like something else is at play here. If you really want Support to look at it, uninstall "Old New Explorer", see if the problem returns, and if it

Reply to Not sure if this is the correct location for this post but I think I found a windowblinds bug... in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

How...bizarre. I only mentioned it because I don't have it installed and don't have a problem, and I thought there might be something quirky happening with it since people do use it. Very, very strange.