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Reply to Whatever happened to that neckbeard Hippy? in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="voo" reply="208" id="3461959"]I can't remember though, did PJ move to America? I remember he spoke of… that he was leaving the UK fairly soon years ago but couldn't remember where it was he was moving to…[/quote] Well, I did go to the US for 3 months (to get married to my wonderful wife Alicia, meet all the in-laws and visit the Stardock offices), then after a year and a half (and the birth of my son Luke in 2012) I moved to Myanmar/Burma which is whe

Reply to Whatever happened to that neckbeard Hippy? in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Typical, late to the party again! Where's all the nibbles? I bet Hippy scoffed the lot. Incidentally I thought you were launched into space when I kicked you off #stardock one of those times many moons ago.This is a real blast from the past though, those days were a lot of fun. Somehow there seem to be less hours in the day now :( /kick Hippy

Reply to BoXXi says Hi..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Sorry to hear this Bryan. Hope you feel better soon and you will be in my prayers.

Reply to Jark is my friend in Virtual Communities WinCustomize Forums

on behalf of Stardock Corporation, its shareholders, and Stardock's affiliated websites and partner websites (which are more than most people are probably aware of), Which shareholders are these then?

Reply to Any Wi-Fi users here? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I use that spray and not only is the data transfer faster but my wireless exudes a smell of summer meadows all year round.

Reply to New kid on the block in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Somehow I missed this earlier. Just wanna say it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Congrats and get to work!!!!

Reply to Any idea why Corel Draw would suddenly stop working? in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

Aha! Thanks so much for posting this question David. I've been battling the same problem for the past week or so. Should have checked here sooner I was almost to the point of reinstalling XP.

Reply to Is skinning an art form? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Is getting hit in the face with a bat a form of artistic expresson though? Or just a random act of violence which rearranges facial features? Art is very much in the eye of the beholder in my opinion.

Reply to Scripting Help needed in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

You would need to switch off the option to automatically connect to the internet when there is no connection already present in the control panel. I don't know of any other way to resolve this problem as windows is auto detecting an attempt to connect too the internet and then trying to connect you.

Reply to Object Controllers in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

To make an object invisible at startup just right click it and open it's properties from in builder mode. Then change the visible at startup property on the relation tab. (Think it's relation tab, second one along).

Reply to Analog clock hands disappear on widgets? in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

The plugin should be autoinstalling to their sdplugins folder so I don't think that'll help. It's probably worth checking with them that it does exist though just in case. Also getting version of dx from those who can and can't see it might show the issue.

Reply to Analog clock hands disappear on widgets? in DesktopX Stardock Forums

Not seen that here. Which widget/s? And are the hands made using the analog clock plugin?

Reply to DesktopX 3 is geeting to be one of the most annoying programs I use. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

brickhead: You should always download the trial and see if it'll work and whether you like it before spending the cash. The whole point of the trials is for that very reason.

Reply to Haven't we "Over Burden" Our Skinners in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Personally I have to agree that the extra stuff to skin in WB IS a burden to me. I was never a prolific WB skinner (4 full WB and a port) and have turned my attention largely to DX now though even that is losing it's lustre somewhat and I am thinking to just go into helping people realise their dreams for DX rather than trying to realise my own. For me the fun in WB skinning was always about pushing the boundaries, and making something unconv

Reply to DX3 Crashes in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

A common cause of crashes in DesktopX is that the Windows scripting host has been damaged. You can download this from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en Many crashes in dx and it's widgets happen because the script plugin can't connect to the host. This seems to happen most often with PC's that have antivirus that hooks into checking for malici

Reply to Gmail Makes Other Netmail Companies Cry... in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Google scanning my emails is no different to my servers spam checking software scanning my emails. An automated process is searching the emails for specific keywords. In googles case it targets adverts to them. In the spam checkers case it uses a system to determine if it's spam.

Reply to Apples discovers two button mouse in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

OSX works fine with my MS Explorer and that includes the left/right scroll and all 5 buttons. Explain to me how someone can use MS software on a Mac? I thought that was near imposible? As I read it they're talking about the MS Explorer mouse (intellimouse maybe). Regardless MS do make some M

Reply to DesktopX 3 Beta Reports in Beta WinCustomize Forums

DVG: That looks like it's crashing in the script host. You may need to reinstall MS scripting host in order to correct that. It looks like something may have corrupted it. Get it at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp

Reply to Network card on my laptop in PC Hardware WinCustomize Forums

You don't have anything enabled that might just be sending loads of broadcast packets onto the network that really aren't going anywhere do you? Try downloading a packet sniffer like ethereal http://www.ethereal.com and see what type of traffic it is and where it's going. Might help you track down and eliminate the cause.

Reply to Some clarification needed about use of DXscripts. in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I get True False as expected. But only if it's a widget. If run as an object it gets False False (as I would expect as it's not a widget).

Reply to New features suggested for DesktopX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

These are great ideas. Many times I end up tweaking/applying/tweaking/applying just to see what it really looks like. A preview would be sooo much better.

Reply to Some clarification needed about use of DXscripts. in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

MJM: I tried your widget but it won't run at all for me. Just complains it's being imported (and it isn't) and then puts an error icon in the systray. DXWidget then crashes some seconds later. However I did get to see the code and it's quite an interesting idea and gives me an idea of another way to do a similar thing.

Reply to Some clarification needed about use of DXscripts. in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

f0r3: The images are also readily available to anyone who uses it but there would be a great outcry if they were used in other peoples themes/objects without permission. The goal of this was more to make sure scripters get the same recognition as the artists from those re-using scripts who may not even realise that it's the same premise. Obfuscating the script code would make no difference. People haven't even modified the scripts or object

Some clarification needed about use of DXscripts. in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I would like some clarification about fair use of dxscripts. I have recently noticed several objects which have the code from other authors objects/widgets in them. There is no credit given to the original author in many of these cases. Is this considered OK? Should it be classed as ripping? Can I (as the author of the scripts and should I choose to) request the removal of any of them using my code without permission? I personally have no

Reply to You just HAVE to see this in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Not to take anything away from the artist but 3dmax can export to AI format. Never tried it myself as I don't have AI to see what they'd be like. Looking at the complexity of the images I would say they have to have been produced in some sort of 3d application.