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Reply to Old Crab asks about your smile................ in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I managed to inherit one of those big teeth/small mouth combinations (although my husband laughs any time I say I have a small mouth) - had to have all four premolars pulled and then pretty much all types of orthodontia known to orthodontikind. Genetics gave me two wisdom teeth (those came out in grad school, coincidentally). Poor oral hygiene as a kid (as they say these days) plus braces that I suspect weren't as closely fitted as they should be resulted in lines of silver down my molars and li

Reply to summer plan's..........vacation. check in in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

My summer plans include packing up the family and fleeing Boston the last week in July so as to be far far away from the DNC which is going to totally screw things up for those of us who actually live and try to work here... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Power

Reply to more windowblinds sightings in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Offering "several" customized skins??? Looking at the lengthy list at wincustomize.com, I wonder what MSN would consider "many"??

Reply to How is GUI Olympics pronounced? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Gooey, eey-rag, and one of my colleagues here (a biologist) says "beet-ah" (she''s English) - also says "cap-ILL-ary" instead of "CAP-ill-ary" [Message Edited]

Reply to How much does it cost to buy food? A JoeUser perspective in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, I go to the grocery store once a week to supply the refrigerator/freezer/pantry for two adults and two kids, and I spend on the average $100/trip. Sometimes a little more, sometimes less - depends on what we're out of. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Powered

Reply to Has anyone here ever bought only from one car manufacturer? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Honda #1 (1990 Accord) lasted 13 years and well over 100,000 miles. Honda #2 (1996 Odyssey) is going strong - almost up to 60,000 miles (OK, I drive it to take the kids to school, take myself to the train station, then reverse the process in the evening - doesn't rack up the miles real fast but that's OK) Honda #3 (2003 CRV - replaced the Accord) is awesome. Car #4, a few years from now, will almost certainly be a Honda. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/lol.gif" bo

Reply to Wallpaper installation question in Stardock Software WinCustomize Forums

A followup... the latest version of Theme Manager seems to have addressed this problem. At least in the "History" section, it says (among other things): 2.10 . . Added support for using jpeg/jpg files within create suite for wallpapers. . . Fixed bug with wallpaper not applying correctly (format not supported msgbox). . . 3/09/04 19:01 565,332 ThemeMgr.exe 3/09/04 19:02 212,992 skin.dll 3/09/04 19:04 176,128 display.dll

Wallpaper installation question in Stardock Software WinCustomize Forums

Hi- When I download a suite that includes a wallpaper, and then try to apply it (I have a registered version of Object Desktop) I get something like "file type being passed is not valid" (I forget the exact wording). It appears that the downloaded wallpapers are .jpg files. The workaround is to find them in the Wallpapers section separately (which can be tricky!), download the .jpg, open in PaintShop Pro, save as a .bmp file. But this seems so clunky! Am I missing something? It

Reply to XP, Object Desktop, and Various Accounts in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Could you tell me which is their account folder? I tried installing into Documents and Settings/Kids/ and OD created a Stardock Central folder in there - but as far as I could tell, all the actual components went off to their "usual" spots (where they already were) - it never gave me any other chance to specify a location. And it still wouldn't behave (for instance, I can't use WindowBlinds). So I uninstalled it, which then messed up my original installation, which I then reinstalled, so I'm now

XP, Object Desktop, and Various Accounts in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Dumb, novice-type question... downloaded and installed OD in my administrator account on an XP-Pro computer. Love it. So now my kids want me to skin their desktop. Even if I make that login a (temporary) administrator account, I can't get it to behave. I can get the wallpaper to change, but can't apply any WindowBlinds themes at all! Wh