Pete Morton

Reply to Windows XP Home: obsolete sooner than you expect in Windows XP WinCustomize Forums

I think you'll find that was someone's opinion on XP Home's demise. Microsoft haven't said anything officially about ending support for the OS. Another scare story, I feel.

Reply to Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger Beta in Internet WinCustomize Forums

The age of intelligent virus activity is coming, folks. Viruses are becoming more and more sneaky...as Threi says, if the link doesn't point to MSN Messenger's site then don't download it. Simple.

Reply to HELP PLEASE!!! in Stardock Software WinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds 5. Link

Reply to Help please!!! WB screwed something up! in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Dude...chill. Its simple. WindowBlinds reverts to the Classic theme when it unloads. If you haven't turned the Windows theme engine off, you can go to Control Panel, Appearences & Themes and then Change the computer's theme. Then go to Appearence and then select Windows XP Style and then click Apply. The taskbar and Start menu will revert back to the default XP look.

Reply to New MSN beta invites (formerly "Anyone on MSN?") in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Good way to share opinions and ideas.

Reply to New MSN beta invites (formerly "Anyone on MSN?") in Internet WinCustomize Forums

[email protected]

Reply to Stardock - (one of) the most annoying software companies...ever in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I have WB5 and CursorXP running right now. With no problems...well, very rarely do I get an error message on unloading (albeit RARELY!).

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Oh, and, yes, that is ABBA on Winamp! I'm a closet ABBA fan. Reinlender is Horizontal.

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Okies...another shot coming after this one. WB: Christmas TIme WB5 (Using the WB 4.6 version) Cursor: Christmas by Sleeping-Dragon Wallpaper: Magical Christmas (I think!) Icons: Default

Reply to Two instances of WB at startup in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

wbload isn't used in WB5. It doesn't rely on it anymore. It uses the OS theme engine. Does wbload.exe appear in the Processes tab on the Task Manager window? If so, it might be the remnants of a previous version. wbload.exe shouldn't be present in the Processes window. But I might be wrong on that...could someone confirm or deny that? So I don't make a complete prat of myself.

Reply to I cannot get the Christmas Lights Small to clone in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Okay. Thanks, guys.

Reply to Activating WB5 and getting it to work!!! in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

On another unrelated matter, I had that problem again. WB locked up when I left it running on shutdown. This occurs on the free version of WindowBlinds 5. Same problem; can't change skins. Again, I changed back to Classic (that's the only skin it would let me change to) and rebooted.

I cannot get the Christmas Lights Small to clone in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I wanted to string the lights around my desktop but it won't let me clone them. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I right-click and it just says Remove.

Reply to The future of Wikipedia in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The forum critique is a bit out of place for me as well. I don't see any egotistical stances on here...but then I'm not on the forums all that much. When I have been on here, I've only experienced nice people who are always keen to help.

Reply to Where is kol_s Vista XP skin?? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

We could always start an internet petition to get the skin reinstated. People power and all that.

Reply to Where is kol_s Vista XP skin?? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

The Vista XP theme was ace. Props to Kol for making a damn fine skin. Best skin I've ever had. I wondered why it wasn't among the list of skins in the gallery...I must admit, I don't agree with MS's logic in this.

Reply to Alienware Sponsors AeonFlux Contest in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, at least we can use Alienware wallpapers to get that Alien or ET look. I find A Touch Of Glass 2 goes well with Alienware wallpaper.

Alienware WB in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I know this is gonna seem like a stupid question, and for some of you it might well be...but could we possibly have an Alienware WindowBlind skin which doesn't rely on the Alienware GUITheme Manager? I'm asking because the download of that manager takes too long. I only managed to take 2.65 MB before the download stopped.

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Ruth, I love the snowman on your second desktop. Made me giggle.

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

OKay...another image from me.

Reply to WB5 Unresponsive in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Will do.

Reply to What Nationality are you? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am an Englishman...living in Wales. My surname sounds like the French for murder. Which is off-putting.

Reply to WB5 Unresponsive in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I managed to sort it out. I left it running when I shut down...and it kinda locked up on me. When I clicked Apply, the skin wouldn't change. I unloaded it, changed it back to the Classic theme and everything went back to normal. Scared me a bit. Its all sorted now though. <img src="ht

WB5 Unresponsive in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

WindowBlinds 5 has become unresponsive. The skins install okay but I can't change them. The software loads normally with the splash screen but the skins won't change when I use the program. However, they do change at system startup. Can anyone help?