Mystakill

Mystakill

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Reply to A simple question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Does anyone have a rough estimate on *when* that might be? My system was upgraded to Vista x64 in late November, and I haven't been able to run WindowBlinds (and most OD apps) since then. I'm surprised at the number of apps that still don't work on Vista (x86 and x64), especially considering the extended beta/RC period that it went through. (For those of you who've seen the new Apple commercial, but haven't experienced Vista yet, it is just like that -- "Cancel or Allow", all freakin' day lon

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Reply to XP Screensaver for Logon Screen in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The "default" screensaver can be set by changing the value of SCRNSAVE.EXE in [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] to whatever screensaver you'd prefer. You can use relative (i.e. If you just type the filename, it'll look in your SYSTEM32 folder) or absolute (i.e. "C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\BLISS.SCR") naming. Note that you must have administrative privileges to change values in this key. You can also change the value of ScreenSaveTimeOut (milliseconds) to shorten the time to wait befo

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Reply to Watch out Windows? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

UnitedLinux sounded like a good idea at first glance. Unfortunately, the main push behind UL is to develop a standard *SERVER* Linux baseline. Workstation/developer/end-user baseline is not part of the plan (yet). I can replicate about 70% of my Windows environment under Linux, but that last 30% is going to take some time. I''m still waiting for PPTP/L2TP for tunneling to my corporate network, DirectX for gaming, better 3D hardware support, Exchange connectivity, writeable NTFS suppo

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Reply to Watch out Windows? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

UnitedLinux sounded like a good idea at first glance. Unfortunately, the main push behind UL is to develop a standard *SERVER* Linux baseline. Workstation/developer/end-user baseline is not part of the plan (yet). I can replicate about 70% of my Windows environment under Linux, but that last 30% is going to take some time. I''m still waiting for PPTP/L2TP for tunneling to my corporate network, DirectX for gaming, better 3D hardware support, Exchange connectivity, writeable NTFS suppo

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Reply to UniverseMetal in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Chris. I guess I'll opt for the WC subscription for now. Since I only run WB & WMP, the rest of the skins in the suite aren't incentive enough for me to purchase just yet.

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