Happy Friday everyone!  Lets end this week and get ready to close the month of January out as well with some favorite skin picks from the past week.   Construct FX by neone6   Something Blue by gmc2   Touch the sky by c31marius

If you have already upgraded to Windows 8 Pro, be sure to visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs before January 31 to take advantage of the free Windows 8 Media Center Pack offer. The Media Center pack also includes video codecs for decoding MPEG2 videos (these were previously available in Windows 7, but are limited to the Media Center pack for Windows 8 Pro users). Even if you have no plans to use Media Center, we encourage you to take advantage of this f...

Windows 8 is here and tons of users have downloaded Start8 to bring back the missing Start menu in Windows 8.  Among the many features of Start8 is the ability to have custom start menu buttons.  Start8 includes several already, but users can also create their own and upload them to WinCustomize to share with others. This is a relatively new gallery on WinCustomize, and I’d like to encourage you to create some buttons and get them uploaded. Start8 gallery - https://www.win...

Start8 1.1 was released today with many improvements and features such as multi-monitor support for the Start button, custom places support, additional languages, and more.  Start8 is the “best solution” for the missing Start Menu on Windows8 by USA Today, Forbes, CBS News and Lifehacker! Full changelog for v1.1 can be found here , but here are the highlights: Added drag & drop including rearranging items in the all programs tree. Added rename support in the tree ...

I hope you are having a great week so far.  It’s been a few days since some skins on WinCustomize were highlighted, so I figured it was time to get that done. Here’s some of the latest from our galleries! Cryo64 Apocalypse by D. Arnaez   CDJ 850 by don5318   Kahlua 7 by DaveBax   Innominatum Xtreme by Xiandi

We have released the v1.09.3 (1.1 RC) beta for Start8 today.  Start8 brings back the start menu missing in Windows 8, and offers other customizations to help make Windows 8 work the way you want to. Changelog for v1.1 RC: Added new start button images Added option to disable multiple monitor corner stickiness feature of Windows 8 Added option to make right clicking the start button when at the bottom of the screen open the Win + X menu Modified custom places to support l...

Oberson 7 for CursorFX is the newest Master Skin from Vampothika.  This highly detailed cursor has some fantastic animations and matches lots of popular WindowBlinds skin as well.  Don’t forget WinCustomize Subscribers get 20% off! Download : Oberon 7

The holiday sale for Stardock software is ending tomorrow, so now is your last chance to save on some great software. https://www.stardock.com/holiday_sale/software.asp   Acoustic Bridge Reg: $9.95        Sale: $7.46 CursorFX        Reg: $9.95    Sale: $7.46 Premium Themes (All Themes)           ...

After a nice holiday break we’re getting back to work and catching up on stuff from the holidays.  It’s been a while, so lets post some favorite skins from the last couple of weeks as we get ready for another great year! ...

We have another beautiful Master WindowBlinds skin added to the galleries this week from vStyler.  A futuristic skin with 3D lighting effects making this a very unique design.  Be sure to grab this one and don’t forget WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount. Metropolis by vStyler  

We’ve taken a look at some holiday inspired WindowBlinds skin, and some wallpapers , so I figured next up would be some animated wallpapers (.dreams)!  We have some awesome holiday animated wallpapers that look absolutely great on your PC desktop, and go especially well with some of the Christmas WindowBlinds skins we also have on the site. To use these you will need DeskScapes.  Get more info and the download here - https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/ ...

Today marks the end of the 2012 GUI Champs as we are excited to announce the overall winners of the competition!  We would first like to thank everyone who participated in the events and to the community who helped make this another great event. Now for the winners! Overall Winner in WindowBlinds Galaxus 7 by roflmfaoo $650 Cash, Official GUI Champs Medal, 1 Year Object Desktop Subscription and 1 Year WinCustomize Subscription   ...

Today we are excited to announce the winners of the Most Creative and Most Usable in the WindowBlinds category of the 2012 GUI Champs!  Congrats to all the winners and thanks to the community who participated in voting for these great skins! Most Usable First place – NOIR by TomRichter   Second place – Day Spa by k10w3   Third place – Crux by LightStar     Most Creative First place – Cimmerian b...

The Christmas holiday is always a great time for skinning as there are so many options and a ton of skins available.  Today we’ll take a look at some of the best WindowBlinds skin that you can use to decorate your desktop for the winter holidays.  First, get WindowBlinds at www.windowblinds.net Then, come download these skins from WinCustomize.com. Miricla Christmas by Mirsguy   Christmas 2011 by LightStar   Plastic...

Master Skinner adni18 has released another beautiful Christmas holiday theme! This includes the fantastic holiday skin for WindowBlinds, Christmas icons, and a desktop gadget. WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount! Christmas Holidays Theme