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Reply to Windowblinds and PLUGINS in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I remember my "skins". They were not very beautiful (to say the least), but I needed to create them to test the plugins. The plugins were abandoned because the software interfaces to make them work created potential opportunities for hackers. Although we have never seen them in the wild. The first WindowBlinds plugin was fun to create and to my surprise a lot of people loved the idea. It took off when Brad liked the idea too and Stardock supported them. Sorry for my la

Reply to Lets face it Win 8 Sux in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="210" id="3318267"]Matthijs!!!!!! Where have you been hiding? ...Good to see you alive and kicking.... [/quote] Paul!!!!! Well, I've been hiding in gaming lately. And work of course. ;) I still have a peek here from time to time. And skinning? Not actively, but I'm enjoying Treetog's Thunderstorm currently. I hope you're well, sir. :) Back to topic.

Reply to Lets face it Win 8 Sux in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

In some ways it is history repeating: A new OS comes out and it seems that people do not want to adjust. But that's only from the point of view of those who dislike the new OS, of course. On the other hand, people work with the OS all the time. So they should like that environment. It doesn't make sense to use something because it annoys you. Look at it this way: Stardock is even intended to serve that audience. It offers products to customize nearly every littl

Reply to My How Things Have Changed in Internet WinCustomize Forums

I am fortunate to follow Stardock since the end of the 90s. It's amazing that this company changed a lot and gets so little credit for what they have achieved on the net. I consider Brad Wardell to be the pioneer of what we call today "community building". As far as I can see he was doing that since the mid 90s using Usenet and later with forums and IRC. Brad didn't invent blogs, but he sure was blogging in the days of Usenet about development, politics, his pro

Reply to Help on picking a GFX card. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Ghehe. Hi there, Paul. :) Good to see you guys are still here. :)

Reply to Help on picking a GFX card. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

That's a great graphics card, Snowy. :) I also hate MB designers with a passion. A couple of weeks ago a HDD died. I had 5 ones so I could easily replace that one. And then the trouble began. One HDD died after the other. Only one remained stable. 4 died within a week! All were from Seagate and the same model. It turned out that the 4 that died were from a new version of that drive. I looked it up on the net and to my surprise this happened to other people as well.

Reply to Risen (Some Spoilers with a Warning when they start) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

This is certainly a title I will pick up one of these days. It looks like a sand box kind of a RPG. You need to go after the story instead of the other way around? I.e. you need to find the quests on your own? Am I correct? Thanks for the review. :)

Reply to Another 'oldie' celebrates birthday! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Have a good time, Valhalla. You've made some great stuff over the years. Thank you. :)

Reply to Men`s jewelry in Off-Topic WinCustomize Forums

Fried Coke is frozen Coca-Cola-flavored batter which is deep-fried and then topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, and a cherry. It was introduced by inventor Abel Gonzales, Jr., at the 2006 State Fair of Texas, where it won the title of "Most Creative" in the second annual judged competition among food vendors. It proved very popular in Texas, selling 10,000 cups in the first two weeks. In 2009, Fried Coke was featured on the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zi

Reply to An Aussie's getting older in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Happy Beer-day, Paul. [e digicons]:beer:[/e] ;)

Reply to GreenReaper is getting older! =D in Community WinCustomize Forums

Let me guess... 27 right? Here you go... Happy birthday! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! GreenReaper! :P

Reply to Jafo Embarks On A Road Trip in Community WinCustomize Forums

Enjoyed your visit at Stardock, Jafo? I've got the impression that your presence there was appreciated. Larry told me he was sorry that he didn't have enough beer for you, though. :) Have fun. :)

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

@ Lantec: Cool machine! Nice build. :)

Reply to Jafo Embarks On A Road Trip in Community WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="118" id="2369096"][that's our Red Leaf train on the left]....[/quote] Ouch. Still... It looks like you've survived. Any beer on board? ;)

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Ah. Cool. I think you will love FO3. But remember, FO3 is also CPU intensive. No matter what great graphics card you have, the CPU needs to crunch this game. Considering your plans for this build, your machine will handle FO3 very well. :)

Reply to Going into hospital soon in Community WinCustomize Forums

Take it easy, sir. Get well soon. Living with that much pain must be horrific. It's great to see that you have not lost your sense of burgers... erm... humor, I mean. ;)

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Fall Out 3 is an RPG with shooter elements. It's not a real first person shooter like Quake. Imagine the 50s after a nuclear war. It has a "sci fi" feel to it, not a true "Science Fiction" feeling. That's the setting. It's fun to play and you can play it for ages. There are lots of "quests" (each has its own little story) to do and discover. I recommend the version you saw on sale. One of those expansions allows you to continue to play after the main mission ends. It converts it to a tr

Reply to Windows 7 Security in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

About Oblivion and admin priveledges... Make sure to install the game in a non standard location, something like: C:\Games\Bethesda\Oblivion. That has to do with the fact that Oblivion (like lots of older software and games) write data to the folder in which it is installed. That practice is not allowed in Vista and Windows 7. It creates problems related to the so called "Virtual Store" mechanism. Just use any folder other than the standard folders (avoid folders like "Program Files (x8

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Cool! Good luck. I am interested in how it goes. Maybe post some pictures of the machine while building it? That would be great. ;)

Reply to How to overclock... in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Here are some questions for the OP... Overclocking is not something you do overnight and it depends on a lot of things. Does the CPU itself allows to be over clocked? Does the motherboard's BIOS have overclock facilities? Also, you have to be lucky. If two CPUs of the same model are overclocked then chances are that one overclocks higher as the other. Do you have good airflow in your casing? Do you have a good after market CPU cooler? If you have never done any overcloc

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

BTW... Nice talking to you again, sir. :) Yep. I have a case with 8 fans... They are fairly big, so they don't make a lot of noise. Talking about noise... The standard/reference ATI cards tend to be noisy. Several brands have non standard solutions with less noise and better cooling. They are a little bit more expensive (not much, though), but they are worth it, because after market coolers are often a pain to install and may even cause damage to

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I hope you read the article, Fuzzy. It's really cool. ;) Yeah. Everything will be out of date in no-time. But I am following the 3D gaming market for a while now. And graphics cards seem to have more impact than faster CPUs. Of course that only works in your case... You want high end stuff. But if you really have lots of CPU intensive stuff other than gaming then go for the best Intel CPU you can afford. :) And oh! Make sure

Reply to Another "Rate my Rig..." in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Hi there, Fuzzy...:) Maybe I am too late to the party and you have already bought your stuff, but here are my 2 cents. I have a 4890 too and I like it. I wanted a second one, but I am waiting for the 22nd of this month. At that date the 5850 and 5870 will be released (just in time for Windows 7). They are probably faster and maybe you won't need Crossfire. I have nothing against it (in fact I have used CF in the past too), but a single card means

Reply to PMs not possible from scratch? in Forum Issues WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Bichur" reply="11" id="2364771"]now all you need is a list of member numbers [/quote] Alternatively, you can try #1 and if he or she isn't the correct one then increase the number by one and so on. It might take some time, but eventually you'll reach the correct member. ;)

Reply to Sept 09 Desktop screenshots... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

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