DavidK

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hehe China... &nbsp nice try but maybe you should stick to plumbing eh? &nbsp&nbsp how about this, fading away into the background

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Another approach might be to change the background [Message Edited]

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DavidK wonders why BoXXi only used one color....

Reply to Forum question- *Red Text* in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

definitely not the way I made this text...

Reply to Question about media players in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Cool Player is a good alternative for a media player that's light on resources and it's skinnable. http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/

Reply to Desktop widgets??? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

They're free-standing gizmos - no need to have DX running to use them. but you do need DX installed... [Message Edited]

Reply to Help on Transparent items in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

If you use 255, 0, 255 (magic pink) it will automatically be transparent - assuming 1. it's a BMP and not a TGA&nbsp 2. it's a piece that recognizes transparency (some do not, like backgrounds for example).

Reply to need some help real quick in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Only if the skin is made that way, or if you know how to re-program the margins in Skin Studio.

Reply to Happy Birthday MikeB314 and elvee in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! to both of you!

Reply to Old CursorXP skin in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I don't remember the cursors you're talking about but I can tell you this, CursorXP didn't exist before 2001 so that's why there aren't any earlier skins.

Reply to why is my svchost.exe doing this? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

don't forget the spy-bot/ad-aware bit too... they get all the spyware off your machine.

Reply to Extra buttons. Which do you find most useful? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Great idea Voodoo, wouldn't that be cool if you could have all the buttons on a panel that slides out like a flash menu. As long as it's not a java app, that would make Rainlendar freak out. hmm interesting possibilities... I just had an idea how it could be done...

Reply to If your blood pressure is 205/180 what should you do? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

well that works as well as any photograph... you should send it to koasati to be posted If they can accept blushing gifs then the floodgates will open to all sorts of interesting animated views of our friends...

Reply to Tonight I tried to be... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I do have a basin wrench btw...

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I would but I quit drinking... not sure I could handle plumbing without it. Come to think of it, I quit smoking too... I'd have to think of some way to cope with the stress... hmmmm okay, I'll do it

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/me wonders why there is no picture of Goodmorphing at that site?

Reply to Forum question- *Red Text* in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

me too!

Reply to you gotta see this in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

that looks real "safe" and the cops here are worried about cell phones....

Reply to Tonight I tried to be... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Plumbing&nbspdrove me to drink...&nbsp try re-plumbing a 100 year old house with more spiders than dirt underneath in its 12 inch high crawl space.&nbsp [ shudders ] faucets are a dawdle

Reply to why is my svchost.exe doing this? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

oh also - download stinger (new version today) http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ if it is a virus stinger should catch it.

Reply to why is my svchost.exe doing this? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

btw - it's not svchost.exe doing it, it's more likely a data mining mind-melding shape-shifting reptillian cookie... nasty buggers...

Reply to why is my svchost.exe doing this? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

run either Ad Aware or Spy Bot - they should get rid of it... Ad Aware: http://lavasoft.element5.com/software/adaware/ Spy Bot: http://www.safer-networking.org/

Reply to Extra buttons. Which do you find most useful? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

With WB buttons you can set up a "Shift" function so the 'lock on top' button can have 'lock on bottom' also programmed in. buttons I'd like in a skin: Notepad (or the text editor system default) Screen Saver (to quickly lock the screen)| Calculator / Character Map A smart button for Quick Launch Winamp controls Clock Green Reaper's transparency plugin I would actually use all of these... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" bor

Reply to GUI Olympics deadlines extended! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

allright!!&nbsp maybe I will get one finished in time now... Thank you

Reply to Norton or McAfee? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Before there was an internet McAfee was the only virus scanner around. They had a BBS based out of Mt Veiw CA where you could go read about viruses and get your computer scanned.&nbsp At that time Norton was the premiere utilities package and Xtree and PC Tools were hot on their heels. McAfee did a lot to bring anti-virus software into being. but Microsoft did more than anyone to make anti-virus software a reality... (necessity)&nbsp<img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/