Darco

Darco

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Reply to Appearance tab messed up after WindowBlinds uninstalled in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[B]From the description it sounds like the 'error box' is the usual Windows XP preview which is an inactive window with an active window with a messagebox on top.[/B] This message from Neil was correct when I looked at the computer. The WindowBlinds were uninstalled in the control panel and I deleted the one WindoBlind folder that had only some things in it in Program files. I then reloaded Windows 4.6 and everything skinned except the task bar and start menu. The start button chan

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Reply to Appearance tab messed up after WindowBlinds uninstalled in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Birchur, It's been so long, I knew there was something about Windows Classic involved. I guess that is just for uninstalling it. This is the reason I am on 4.6 I hate installing and uninstalling I never know what to do, and 4.6 is working perfectly for me. Something always goes wrong when I change versions and I don't want to mess things up. If I did change to version 6 and I don't use SDC, would I have to uninstall in in control panel and then use the zapper to get the

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Reply to Appearance tab messed up after WindowBlinds uninstalled in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Can someone answer a question for me? If I try to reload WindowBlinds on the old computer with the appearance tab stuck in Display Properties can I install it over Windows XP which it is on, being I can not change it to Windows Classic. Or does it have to be on Windows Classic? Is there another way to change it to Windows Classic if that is the case, or can it only be changed to Windows Classic in the Appearance Tab. Darco

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Reply to Appearance tab messed up after WindowBlinds uninstalled in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I don't know what you mean installed by SDC, if you mean that viewer that you can view wincustomize and get the latest updates, I never use it. I install my WindowBlinds from the letter they send me with the links to all of the things that I have bought. My WindowBlinds are still the 4.6 version. I do not want to update to the latest because these were working fine. My motto is if it isn't broke don't fix it. I had a lot of trouble with WindowsBlinds 3 which they updated to 4. because of some

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Reply to anti spyware in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I have it also, it seems to work pretty well but it is usually the last one I use. I think spybot is the best, I also have adaware 2007 and spywareblaster, Nod32 antivirus and use Windows firewall. All are free except the Nod32. I make sure I empty my cache and go through my cookies and delete the one's I am not subscribed to before I run it. So far they all have worked pretty well although the new Adaware 2007 always finds 2 MRU (most recently used) which are harmless. Usually it is the last

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Appearance tab messed up after WindowBlinds uninstalled in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I recently took my 2 computers to the shop to have them install the new Nod32 antivirus, both were ready to expire. I had WindowBlinds on both of them and had Nod32 on both for the last year. One computer is new and I told them to not touch any settings or add any updates. The other computer is 8 yrs old and had both WindowBlinds and nod 32 for the last year with no problems. My Daughter uses that one.

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Yes, that is where I deleted them all of these years tools, internet options, delete files. Then I went through the cookies that were left and deleted all but the ones I subscribe too. The files and cookies were gone all day yesterday and that's what sent me looking for them, but just after I replied to you I hit delete files in internet options and they came back. Must of been a quirk or something. Thanks all of you for your help, and special thanks t

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I have already sent for and received the CD, I know I will have to bite the bullet sooner or later, but with an anti virus and firewall, spywareblaster, adaware and spybot plus emptying my cached and deleting the cookies every night I was hoping it would be later. That is why I was upset to see my cache of the temporary internet files gone. It is much faster to delete them there than go to Norton's System Works, wait till they find them and then I nev

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

My computer which is about 5 years old came with Windows Me installed. Well it kept breaking and giving me a lot of grief, so the last time something happened to it, I tried what the guy at Comp USA did and put my CD in and tried to fix it. Needless to say it didn't work and I took it to a Computer store and they said Windows Me was junk and to put Windows XP on. So I upgraded right about the time sp1 came out. When I downloaded sp1 everything broke o

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hey! They timed-out and didn't finish my letter, maybe it was too long. Here is the rest of it. Which brings me to my next problem, you know the big bug that Microsoft had with the WMF. They were not releasing the patch for a week and on my ZD Net newsletter they had a patch released from someone as a temporary fix. It was a WMF_fix hexblog 14.exe unofficial patch. Well I downloaded it and saved it. A couple days later Microsoft

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Corky O, I know it took a long time to get back to you, but with the Holidays and everything. I did a lot of reading also, forums and google searches. I wasn't going to let this go with my Windows Media Player not playing. Here is what I did, I only had the Windows Media Runtime in the control panel, and couldn't remember seeing it there before. In one of my google searches someone was having the same problem as I was. I kept coming bac

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Tried 4 different dates for system restore and all 4 failed, that program only worked once for me and that was the second day that I had XP on my computer and downloaded sp1 which totaled my computer. System Restore worked the next morning and hasn't worked since.That was about 4 years ago. I have a backup of WMP 8 on another disk which I just remembered. What If I try to install that over my broken WMP 8?????? Now that I know system restore doesn't wo

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Corky, Did the thing with the file types have them all checked, did that a few days ago. Looked in the plugins folder, besides the SDPlugin folder the other plugin folder only had one plugin for a calendar. Going for the System Restore again, this time before I installed DX. Darlene

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Corky, These are good directions and I am going to save them until after New Years or until I really total Windows XP and am ready to call the repair man. They are a little beyond my pay grade and definitely above my expertise. I will continue trying Desktop XXX. It is working on most of the objects and widgets and my Norton's is working so all I am missing is my streaming radio, though I miss it. A few other things are showing up that I used t

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Reply to Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Corky, thanks for getting back to me. Here are some of the things that you suggested that I tried today, Deleted the DX Cache folder, reinstalled the MS Script file, downloaded and installed the security patch for the WMP. None of this worked, went to the control panel > Add Remove Windows Components, could not deselect the WMP because it is not listed there. They had Games and Accessories, it wasn't under Accessories, Internet Explorer (only t

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Messed up again with DesktopXXX in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hi, This happened more than a week ago but I didn't want anyone here to know how stupid I am. After getting back my blank pages with the scripten exe. and having a few more bad experiences with DesktopX that I was able to either get out of or live with. I have one that I tried to find a solution to everywhere. I was trying out a few of the media players, and only one of them worked, that one was Tiggs, Killer because it played my WinAmp. None of the

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Reply to Desktop X turned off Nortons autoprotect and broke my computer in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Corky, I must of read your primer but didn't remember you had to unload DesktopX. After a few crashes or "desktopx must close now do you want to send a report" I did go to the Current theme and just deleted everything in the folder. I also deleted the .jpeg and note in ThumbsCache, also went to Application Data and deleted the folder that was giving me trouble. It hasn't shut off Norton's or given me blank objects since I downloaded th

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