sttroopers

sttroopers

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Reply to Linux in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

For my last post here lemme tell you a story... The analogy between cars and operating systems is not half bad, and so let me run with it for a moment, as a way of giving an executive summary of our situation today. Imagine a crossroads where four competing auto dealerships are situated. One of them (Microsoft) is much, much bigger than the others. It started out years ago selling three-speed bicycles (MS-DOS); these were not perfect, but they worked, and when they br

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Reply to Hello again my old friends and a WB4 question too! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm not sure if these are the "official" answers but this is what works for me: #1 Save your images as 32 bit bmps. not 24 or 16... #2 You can move the username clear off the userpanel if you want by adjusting the right content margin. For example, I set it to 600 for the themes I use so I dont see the name. I know who I am lol. I'm think you're stuck with the userpic though. As far as I know the only way to get rid of it is to disable it in WB4 overrides. #3

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Reply to Getting permission for skin ports in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Remember also that WB came first, so many more 'unauthorized ports' were done of WB skins by these StyleXP people...more so than the other way round, as WB predates XP by many years... This may have been true in the past but now that SkinStudio has the ability to convert msstyles to WB format you're really gonna have to keep your eyes open for ri

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Reply to Getting permission for skin ports in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, think of it this way... If your neighbors have been gone for a few weeks you dont just walk into their house and take their stuff lol. I know how frustrating it can be though.. I've been sitting on an msstyle that I modded and would LOVE to make it available for WB folks. http://www.jbedigital.com/ibf/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=21

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Reply to My hard drive to small in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You can't download directly to your CDrom drive. You gotta save it to the hard drive then burn it after. If you're that short on hard drive space you may want to consider buying a new one. They're pretty cheap these days. Here's a 45 gig drive for $55.00 http://www.driveguys.com/TabStyle/itemdesc.asp?CartId=&ic=WD450AW&cc=&tpc=

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