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Reply to Hard To Believe in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote who="Lantec" reply="9" id="2047938"] Any other bright ideas? nope....fresh out........[/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]o_O[/e]

Reply to Windows 7, list of working sofware in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="AzDude" reply="24" id="2020262"]Cliff - admin at another site - reports losing Vista partition when he installed 7 - anyone else lose Vista ? [/quote] if he truely lost Vista it would probably be because he made a mistake and did not specify the partition for Win 7 and formated the entire drive. or possibly did not specify the CORRECT partition an installed it on the Vista partition over Vista thus losing it. This could be easy to do especially if

Reply to start menu user icon in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

ok thanx maybe I can find it now. I found the skin that applied the bat user icon I mentioned earlier. it is Transilvania by TreeTog . Been looking at it, it applies the user icon, strange thing though is I can't find the actual icon image in SKS other than in backgrounds under wallpaper???? guess I will see if I can open the UIS file and see how it is inser

Thanks to the site vets in Everything Else Stardock Forums

just wanted to say thanks to the vets of the forums and especially those who skin. a lot of forums you go to these days have a large membership that seem to do nothing but flame the noobs and forget that they too once needed help in the very areas that they are flaming the new people about, treating them as though they are stupid. I have yet to see that here, the vets respectfully provide help without a better than attitude. thanx people.

Reply to PCs VS. Consoles in Everything Else Stardock Forums

Definately PC for me. I don't own a console and don't plan to. But then I only play a few games, still I prefer to play on a PC.

Reply to start menu user icon in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote who="2of3" reply="2" id="2045389"]The user icon is determined by your system. To change that, go to control panel and click on user accounts. There you can change your user picture [/quote] first, thanks for the time to respond, but this does not really answer my question. for the above quote, thanks but, this I knew and is part of what lead me to wonder if the customer user icon is simply an icon stored on ones PC and chosen as the user icon rather than being incl

start menu user icon in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

2 questions, part a WB and part an SKS. WB -- when downloading a skin that should have a user icon it will no longer apply. I had one skin apply a very nice user icon of a bat. since then no other user icon will apply. I have checked and unchecked (several times) the setting in WB for replacing the user icon if the skin has one to no avail. any ideas as to why? or how I can get it back to applying user icons (other than resorting to uninstalling and reinstalling)? SKS

Reply to Vista suddenly won't boot and states incompatible version upon trying to repair installation. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

it may be an MBR problem. have you tried fixmbr in the command line? you could try this if fixmbr doesn't solve the problem. just a thought. as a side note... I always leave my system running. the fact is with electronics, constant powering up and powering down will eventually (sometimes sooner rather than later) cause damage to electrical components from the heat up/cool

Reply to Reccomendations in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="CapnWinky" reply="5" id="2041532"]If the price is right, I wouldnt mind buying one. If I can save money assembling it, then I would rather go that route. Thanks for all the info guys! I will take your suggestions and check out the provided links. I will post back when I know what I'm going to get! Thanks again! [/quote] buying a prebuilt proprietary system such as Dell, HP etc... vs building your own really comes down to a matter of personal preference. in my experie

Reply to Reccomendations in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

First....if you have never been there try shopping newegg.com first. http://www.newegg.com hard to beat their prices and service is excellent. I only buy PC componects elsewhere if newegg does not have what I'm looking for. I too am not up on the currently lastest and greatest so I won't suggest much for specific parts/models, also do your research... part of it depends on the games you want to play. If your w

Reply to Go back to original to start over? in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

as well you can create a copy of the original skin when you open it in Skin Studio. if you do this you can rename it at that point. then you don't have to worry about making sure you use the 'save as' function.

Reply to What happens if I uninstal service pack 3? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Moosetek13" reply="3" id="2037301"] What happens if I uninstal service pack 3 from my computer. You'll likely hose your system. It is never a good idea to uninstall a Service Pack. If you do decide to go that route, backup any important files in case you have to reinstall the OS.[/quote] this was true with SP2, uninstalling SP2 usually meant losing everything and doing a clean windows install. I made that mistake once...LOL I don't think SP3 is

Reply to can i run a 512mb 9800gtx in SLI with a 512mb 9800gtx+ in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="7" id="2035281"]Good catch, blackcurtain. Both the fixed ATX main power connector and PCI-e connector are on the same rail. There are two PCI-e connectors on the Toughpower 750W other than this fixed one, and these two connectors are on their own 12V rail. The manual states if you are using high end SLI/Crossfire that you should use the two modular PCI-e cables. So if you want to run SLI, you'll need to run them off of the modular PCI-

Reply to What Are You Working On? (Part II) in OS Customization Stardock Forums

My first skin, starting basic while having to also learn photoshop in the process so it is going very slow. 3 weeks in taskbars (horiz and vert) done, start menu about half done, pop up and group menus done. LOTS of redos on images so far from my graphics learning curve....LOL but I enjoy it. Have wanted for a long time to learn skinning and photoshop and finally decided it was time to pull my hair out! [e digicons]8|[/e] need more coffee! The wall is not mine. Because it

Reply to can i run a 512mb 9800gtx in SLI with a 512mb 9800gtx+ in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

provided that your PSU is not 2 or 3 years old it has the total amp output to power it. the PSU is 60A. if it is more than a year old I would consider replacing it with a new 60A. The thing I SERIOUSLY donot like about that PSU is that it is multi-rail with 4 rails. each rail has a MAX amp output of 18A. as Sole SOul said the cards require 141W each at max load which is going to be 11.75A. Each card requires 2 - 6pin connectors. which means you will need to be using 2 separate power c

Reply to can i run a 512mb 9800gtx in SLI with a 512mb 9800gtx+ in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

short answer...Yes you can. Now the book explanation and suggestion.... the only thing that REALLY matters is that they have the same GPU (9800) the clock speed difference is simply a factory setting. I would however suggest that you either overclock the 9800GTX to match the clock of the 9800GTX+ or underclock the GTX+ down to the GTX speed The next thing that would play a part is the vram. you can run cards of different sized vram but they will both perform at the lev

Reply to Problems in firefox while using windowblinds in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Undoubtedly it is an issue with your system. some sort of conflict going on. The way you worded it sounds like it is happening with all blinds? or is it just one or two? Firefox is the only browser I use and have had no problems. Try support if you haven't fixed the problem. Beyond that I would suggest playing with Firefox settings or uninstalling software to see if you can find what is conflicting. Something that a lot of people don't know, don't realize, or forget ab

Reply to Help, saving in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

the only only other simple option would be to copy the WB install.exe to disk and all your blinds files so you can install them on the second PC. which is basically the same as what Philly suggested, just a different route of getting your install.exe file on the other system. your still going to have to install WB on the second system and then install each blind into it. the only option for actually getting WB and your blinds on the second system without installing each as nor

Reply to What Price Point Should Microsoft Set for Windows 7? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="CobraA1" reply="22" id="2033569"]MicheleJane posted while I was writing up my response . . . After all the crap I've had to experience with Vista...it literally ate up XP....Vista users deserve it. No. Sorry if you had a lot of troubles with Vista, but that doesn't mean you should get their next OS for free.[/quote] Well said Cobra. I purchased Vista upgrade a few months after release, I used it for 2 months and went back to XP, deciding to

Reply to Possible Virus? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

sounds to me like you have a highjacker. if what MottiKhan suggested doesn't solve the problem, uninstall all AV software and try Kasersky. IMO it is the best and v7 (2008 version) was also rated as the number one AV by PCWorld Magazine last year. I have been using it for over a year and have not had a single problem that it could not fix. v8 is pretty much the same with a nicer, more user friendly GUI. One nice thing about kaspersky is that the trial version is FULLY function

Reply to What Price Point Should Microsoft Set for Windows 7? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote] i've spent more than that on a case, psu, vid card, cpu, motherboard, or memory before. i'd say 200 for the most important component of the computer is worth it. [/quote] I agree with your price point. However you got your priorities all messed up with concerns to the most important component. By FAR the most important component in your system is your PSU!!!!! without a good quality PSU that also provides a large enough wattage/AMP output, AMPs being the

Reply to SkinStudio 6 issues in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

ablebodied, Welcome, I too am new to skinning, still working on my first. a few things can make life a little easier (for me anyway): if you leave a little transparency room on your canvas you can also move the image on the canvas to help line up properly to. This is also helpful for certain areas too like the start menu. if your top, bottom, left, and more programs images are against the left edge of the canvas the start menu will render on screen all the way to the l

Reply to Firfox double entries? in Keyboard LaunchPad Stardock Forums

I don't use KLP but a thought occured to me. have you checked your privacy settings in Firefox. under tools >> options .... try unchecking "remember what I enter in forms and search bar" also try looking at password settings in the private data field, check to clear private data and open the settings button to make sure passwords are being cleared. you may also want to check the security tab and make sure the passwords field is unchecked. I thought this might be the prob

Reply to angles pixelation help in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

[quote who="Lantec" reply="1" id="2026212"]looks like you're not using anti-aliasing..........I'm not famaliar with either program but someone will probably come along who is.[/quote] Well that is my main problem...LOL...I am not very familiar with either one, I am learning them as I go. I thought about an anti-aliasing but the only place I can find an option for that is in the bevel/emboss gloss options. and it does nothing for the edge of the image, only for the gloss highlight appl

angles pixelation help in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

can someone help me get rid of the pixelation of my angles. I'm trying to create my own shape for the start menu, I have tried creating it in illustrator and photoshop. If creating it in illustrator I have tried exporting the image with various ppi from 72 to 500 regardless of what I do any angles are pixelated when rendered just to different degrees I have tried looking through the forums here and in the Wiki but can't seem to find anything. this may or may not be my