Chris

Chris

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ActiveX is also a means used by some to install viruses, keyloggers,etc.... That's why you want to keep your security settings high in IE, and be VERY careful downloading unsigned ActiveXcontrols.For these reasons Firefox doesn't use ActiveX (plus it's MS proprietary)Firefox does have RSS feed, but since I've never used it I can't say if it works any better or not. </

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Assuming you have WindowBlinds installed, which can be found here: http://www.windowblinds.net , you can install a skin several ways: 1. Click the skin of the webpage and let it "open", it'll get installed. 2. Download the skin and save it to a folder. The skin should end with a .WBA extension. Doubleclick it. That'll install it into WindowBlinds 3. Download the skin and save it to a folder. Right-click your desktop to launch the Windows Display Properties dialog. Clic

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I depends on the type of skin. Each skin type is usually for a particular applicaton. For instance, a WBA file is an WindowBlinds skin and requires the use of the WindowBlinds program. If you go a specific library category page via a link on the left side of this page, you'll find, at the top of each page, a link with information on the application that is needed for that skin. Additionally, if you post here what skin you're internested in installing, folks here may b

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What you're pointing to in that screenshot is the regular Windows QuickLaunch bar. Just right-click a blank area on your taskbar, &#115elect Toolbars from the menu and &#115elect Quick Launch from the submenu. The QuickLaunch bar should now be displayed in your taskbar. Drag whatever shortcuts you want onto it.

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If you are using the shareware version of WindowBlinds, this is indeed the case The registered, enhanced version of WindowBlinds will skin the scrollbars

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Several years a go, Martin created a utility called RandomBlinds that does exactly as you describe. However, I have no idea if it works with the latest versions of Windowblinds You can find RandomBlinds here: https://www.stardock.net/people/wbstuff/tools/randomblinds.html

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Congratulations! Though I know it's in vain, I eagerly look forward to a new, self-congratulatory, thread trumpeting your 1st download, and another self-congratulatory thread that trumpets your 2nd download, followed by yet another self-congratulatory thread that trumpets your 3rd download, and ... [Message Edited]

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First you need the Windowblinds program installed on your computer. You can find a link to the shareware version here: http://www.windowblinds.net Once you have it installed you can download and install the skins (which have a .WBA file extension). Either install them directly from this site or download load them to your computer and double-click them to install them. Then, go to your Windows Display Properties dialog box. You'll find a tabbed window there either called Appeara

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The only Giger skins I know of are This really old Sonique 1.0 skin http://sonique.lycos.com/customize/archive.php?type=skin&view=detail&record=20000504015735 And this Trillian skin http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/downloads.php?d_type=Skins&componentID=2&

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If you mean the Smiley theme from the GUI Olympics site. That is not a DesktopX theme. That is a WindowBlinds skin. You'll need to install the WindowBlinds program before you can use that skin. You can find the shareware version of WindowBlinds here: http://www.windowblinds.net

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I like QCD quite a bit and find it to be far less piggish than Winamp 5 with a modern skin on my underpowered computer. It's about on par with with Winamp using a classic skin. That said, I've pretty much been using Foobar for the most part, especially with the UI Columns plugin [Message Edited]

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