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Reply to Paul Thurrott on Leopard: Lay off the Copycat Jokes in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Please apple, can you just say. "We make cool sh#t, buy our stuff." without trash talking everyone else and making yourself look like snobs. I think the answer to that is pretty obvious.

Reply to Vista hacked at Black Hat Convention in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

You would expect them to say their products are no longer necessary?

Reply to BitDefender tests anti-rootkit software in Windows Software WinCustomize Forums

If BitDefender keeps rootkits off my system I'm going to buy it pronto!!! How are you getting rootkits on your system?

Reply to How To Prevent WB from Loading at Startup in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

alright so windowblinds is the better program. I'm not saying the comments here are wrong, but keep in mind that you're at a Stardock site now. You might get different answers if you were to ask at a more StyleXP friendly site. I'm just sayin'. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" align="absmiddle" bor

Reply to Why do people hate the Mac so much? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

For another glimpse into the anti-Mac sentiment, just read the comments following any article about anything Windows-related at CNET. The obnoxious Mac fanboys gravitate to those articles like vultures, to tell everyone how Windows sucks at everything and Macs are a near religious experience. It's annoying as hell.

Reply to Is WGA the kiss of death? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

How many laptops do you suppose have been sold with XP pre-installed? How many legitimate reports have you seen (not heard second-hand) of laptops being disabled by WGA? Do the math.

Reply to Thurrott to Microsoft: Delay Vista! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Microsoft has NEVER met an initial publicized deadline and has NEVER released a bug-free Operating System. As opposed to all those other operating systems that were released without bugs.

Reply to Microsoft: Push Vista back! in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Since when has Microsoft cared whether a product is actually ready before they release it? If they didn't care, it would already be out. They've already delayed it a number of times because it wasn't ready. That has cost them money and embarrassment. So clearly, they do care. And yes, it will have bugs, no matter how long it's delayed. It

Reply to Poll Results for 7/17 - 7/24 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I voted They're OK for the new forums. They're an improvement over the previous forums, but they still lack features of more popular forums. And the inexplicable continued use of non-standard BBCode tags means tags generated by Firefox extensions and other sites, such as image hosts, don't work. That one just baffles me. Edit: Then there's th

Reply to Upgrade Matrix for Windows Vista Revealed in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

People should do a clean install anyway, regardless of what the matrix says.

Reply to Dell is on FIRE in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Apparently.

Reply to Dell is on FIRE in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I don't think it's the batteries so much as it's the circuitry that's supposed to prevent them from overcharging, and in turn, overheating.

Reply to What is your favorite website? in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Last.fm , a fantastic community for music lovers!

Reply to Dell is on FIRE in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

What point are you trying to make with the Pinto reference?

Reply to Forum Bug Thread in WinCustomize Site Issues WinCustomize Forums

Email notifications link to the front page instead of to the thread, at least for threads from news items. For example, this is the link I received for Kazaa Settles with Record Labels for $100,000,000 .

Reply to How to keep Windows XP stable in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Hey guys, can anybody tell me what the "SVCHOST.EXE" process is all about? It uses almost 2,000 handles and it has "sub-friends"! http://www.google.com/search?q=svchost.exe

Reply to Kazaa Settles with Record Labels for $100,000,000 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Actually, McDonald's has been sued for just that.

Reply to Kazaa Settles with Record Labels for $100,000,000 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Though I certainly wouldn't expect the RIAA to be too generous in distributing that $100M to the artists. After all, their theft is perfectly legal.

Reply to Don't Want IE7? Some Users May Not Have a Choice in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

That's a great point, DesignCaddy! The people who automatically press OK for everything are exactly the people who should have this thrust upon them. The people who are more responsible can decide for themselves.

Reply to Don't Want IE7? Some Users May Not Have a Choice in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

So, it is ironic to note that it won't install without passing WGA so it's another example of where the pirates are going to be safe from possible problems with this new code, while the average legitimate user has to actually choose not to install it to be safe. I think this is a good example of why spyware

Reply to Anti-Spam Company Hires PR Company. PR Co. Spams Press in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Geez, it's not exactly rocket science. No wait, actually, it is.

Reply to AOL Email & Web to Become Free in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

They haven't gone far enough. When they start paying me to use their services, then I'll consider it.

Reply to Don't Want IE7? Some Users May Not Have a Choice in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It's funny how the Microsoft bashers only see what they want to see. No matter what they do, those people always see it as something evil. Bill Gates could cure AIDS and they'd bitch that he didn't cure cancer. It's almost humorous to read the comments for any CNET article that has anything to do with Microsoft. No matter what the story's about, the vast majority of comments are negative, often brutally.