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Reply to What Skins Were Hot in 2006? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Sure wish some of those will be updated soon. Also would like to see a revamped Sputnik suite :)

Reply to Winstep releases Winstep Xtreme 8.11 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Actually the music kind of fitted the video:) Great update ...

Reply to Win An ATI Radeon 4870 Video Card! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Wouldn't you agree the market is becoming "saturated "as we are seeing new technology being released every year (whilst folks tend to stick with their existing systems for much longer time ) and doesn't that pose the danger of developing technological superior hardware which becomes increasingly harder to sell ?

Reply to Firefox 3 & Sites/Forums Compatibility in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Don't forget Opera,guys . Having said that : Opera 9.5 doesn't seem to give any problems .Besides , having worked as network manager I always advised folks to use just about any alternative browser ( not because IE is bad but because IE/outlook express is most targeted by viruses ) to IE .

Reply to Skins from March, 2001 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Some of those early skins should really be updated to today's standard . I still think- considering the tools available at the time - those early skins were really innovative.

Reply to iPhone Unshacked from AT&T in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I personally question the legality of exclusive contracts with any ONE provider in the first place . Doesn't that pose problems with consumer-rights ( I'm pretty sure even the U.S.A> has those ) ? I'm quite sure exclusive contracts in Europe ( buy an i-phone,call with vodaphone only ) will be deemed illegal by the european commission and will be a no-no . AT&T are the big losers in all of this . The reason why this software was developed is quite clear: - folks don't w

Reply to iPhone Bill So Large it Comes in a Box in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I'm wondering what those folks thought when they saw a BOX of ATT in their mail. Surely they must- at first - have thought something had gone awry . It's this kind of waste of resources giving big companies a bad name . Apparently they still don't have a clue of the current state of our planet and need to be educated with regard to utilizing resources in an efficient manner.

Reply to Tech Commercials From Way Back in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

That CBM 64 was my first computer and I still remember how excited I was ( later I bought a STAR NL 10 printer for it ...remember those dot matrix printers ??? ) . I still think folks developing software for those old machines were far more creative than is nowadays the case .You had to cram everything into a very limited amount of memory and they succeeded more often than not.And that Commodore 64 commercial showing "introduction to Basic " is included ( and the cassette deck, remembe

Reply to Windows Home Server Done! Goes RTM in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Active directory -like structure present ? system requirements ? compatibility with pre-windows xp machines ? pricing ? questions,questions .... all of which can't be found in the FAQ .

Reply to Worst Application... Ever? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Pointless is the appropriate word indeed . I'm wondering how huge a resources-hog this thing is ? Imagine having that thing running pretty much constantly in the background ( it's like having sims 2 running all the time ,regardless of what you're doing ) ? Imagine using this on an average PC with Vista on it ( in itself not exactly a "slim " OS ) ? Anyone have an insight on how much memory and CPU-cycles this monstrosity uses ?

Reply to Island Dog's iPhone Review - Part 2 in Apple WinCustomize Forums

I still wonder how it compares to Nokia's N 95 , the other one out there which has "all" . Maybe someone owning that particular "gadget " can do a review on it I don't have any problems with the i-phone using edge only as such ( that is : in the USA ) ,but the fact is , EDGE is simply not used - or hardly - in Europe .It's a known fact the chip responsible for UMTS /3G connection uses a lot of power

Reply to Island Dog's iPhone Review - Part 1 in Apple WinCustomize Forums

I still hope the european I-phone will in fact feature UMTS ( in addition to EDGE or in place of it ) .As it is now - where I live ( the Netherlands ) EDGE isn't in use at all - you'd fall back on basic GPRS and that just doesn't cut it in this day and age . The way I see it now I'm considering only 3 phones to replace my current one ( in no particular order) : - Nokia N95 - Samsung I600 - Apple i-phone In terms of connectivity both the samsung and nokia mode

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Just to conclude this thread- and emphasise Windows Update was the culprit because it enabled a service,NOT windowblinds - I want to point out this article for anyone else experiencing similar problem: WWW Link Just make sure to follow the guidelines therein,reboot and the 100% CPU-usage should be a thing of the past .This also signifies you probably need to check those services after each windows-update

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Disable the Themes service. Start > Right click "My Computer" and go to Manage. Then in the left pane of the window that appears, click the + next to 'Services and Applications'. Then click on Services. Scroll down, right click on the 'Themes' service and click Properties. Under 'Startup Type' change it to 'Disabled' and then click the Stop button. close the dialog and the

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I re-installed WB 5.01 ( SDC said no version of windowblinds was installed so I thought it was safe ) . I proceeded thus : * uninstalled WB,as described above * Rebooted * downloaded and installed WB 5.01 using SDC * rebooted * upon startup the WB configuration screen appeared and also our old friend : the 100% CPU svchost. I will now uninstall WB for an indefintely pe

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I have uninstalled WB now and the 100% CPU svchost.exe was gone at startup. I'll now check for any "old" installation files - these shouldn't be present though, I always updated using SDC - and re-install WB 5.01 Just hope the uninstall didn't mess up registration for premium skills.... I always reboot after any uninstall ( work in IT myself ) even if it doesn't tell you to do so ,by the wa

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

You do know Neil's THE lead developer of WB? Could be , but I'm dealing with something I am noticing .The fact that svchost process is ended when I exit windowblinds led me to the conclusion something with WB is going awry ( anyone would think that ) . I can't nOT contradict something when I'm seeing what is happening .This by no means i

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

By the way: the only time windowblinds starts this svchost.exe is at startup ( and let me assure you: it is windowblinds starting it, there's no mistaken that ). Mine does ( you can see that by using any process manager ) .This in reply to "windowblinds doesn't use svchost.exe" Let me put it this way : - I startup my computer - windowblinds loads - svchost uses 100 % CPU ( and a processmanager says some components of WB are associated with it ,doe

Reply to Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.1 (build 82 x86)) WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC You have one monitor in total. (Plug en Play-monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 SERIES Wblind.dll 2006/11/18 14:47:20 Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 11:51:37 Wbsrv.dll 2006/11/18 14:47:19 Wbconfig.exe 2006/11/15 19:39:02 Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14 Wbh

Windowblinds and SVchost.exe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Recently I started noticing my computer begiining to run extremely slowly .After checking running processes in taskmanager I saw svchost.exe was using 100 % of CPU . Naturally one assumes the worst and I immediately started to check for virus or spyware , but nothing was found ( running both NOD32 and windows defender ) . As my search continued I also noticed - maybe this is new - there was no tray-icon present for windowblinds . I have WB loading at startup and it was very clear - also

Reply to IconPackager 3.0a don't work in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

I just did clean installs of OS and all programs this weekend to remove Norton Internet Security from my machines (went with ZA pro 5.5, and AVG free), and after installing IP 3.00b.093 - there is no "iprepair.dll". You are suggesting I need to re-nstall my OS - again - that's a bit over the top to ge

Reply to IconPackager 3.0a don't work in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Start/ Run: regsvr32 /u "C:\program files\stardock\object desktop\iconpackager\iprepair.dll" and reboot. Ok, seems to to work . Will keep you updated ( and stardock-support) if anything goes awry again. Obviously they'll need to address this issue prior to final release ( can't expect "regu

Reply to IconPackager 3.0a don't work in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

The current released version 3.00b.093 is working fine (released 7/25/2005), and it does not include the iprepair.dll file that was causing problems. When I had deleted that dll and re-installed IP , the dll re-appeard . So this statement doesn't ring true. I can tell of at least one application falin

Reply to IconPackager Problem in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Iconpackager 3.00d b002 has the iprepair.dll in it again and re-introduced the problems I recently had . I uninstalled IP for now , but sure wish these problems with the dll will be fixed soon ( windowblinds is working just fine with all other applications though so it's not a Object - desktop issue as such - I think it's just with IP ) Windows XP,SP2 PIV,1.7 GHZ 768MB RAM Radeon 9600

Reply to IconPackager Problem in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Obviously they( the Stardock guys ) figured out what was causing all these issues , downloaded and installed new IP-installation - first completely deleted the iprepair.dll - and all seems well. Good going , guys