Happy Birthday Windows 10! Today is 5 years since Windows 10 was originally released on July 29th, 2015. I've been a user since before that being in various beta programs, and overall I have been happy with it over these past few years. It's also exciting for me to be part of a great company that makes awesome products to make Windows 10 even better! Windows 10 has certainly changed a lot over the past 5 years with lots of updates, and our friends over at Neowin have put together a great arti...

I can't believe we are just coasting through summer and that August is just about here! I hope you're staying somewhat cool as the heat here has been just about unbearable. It has been quite a busy summer already and that's what we'll go over in this month wrap-up. Stardock News: NOW AVAILABLE: Curtains - Add Additional Style Modes to Windows 10 "Stardock released its new customization tool today. Curtains™ allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mod...

Computer monitors have become much bigger and the prices have become quite more reasonable than they used to. I picked up a nice 34" widescreen for just a couple of hundred bucks. It's not 4K, but HD has been working quite well for me. I do have a 4K touchscreen laptop, and that is certainly nice to have when working with images and video. But the question today is what size wallpaper resolution do you typically look to download? Do you even look to see what resolutions are available? ...

I have a new CNC machine going in my shop, and I needed a Windows PC to run the code going to the machine. My current laptop I use for work is a Dell XPS 15" 4K touchscreen which is something I'm not going to keep in a place that is often filled with sawdust. So I needed something as cheap as possible but still capable of running quite a few applications. After searching on Amazon and eBay I narrowed it down to a $90 Windows tablet and an Acer 15" laptop for $190 . I ended up purchasing the lap...

I'm working on types of content people like and want more of on WinCustomize. Something I'm looking at now is triggered .dreams for DeskScapes. A triggered .dream is basically an animated wallpapers that changes at a designed point.  Blissful Dream was always one of my favorites. So my question to the community is do you use any triggered .dreams? If so, what specifically do you like and what themes would you like to see. For example, .dreams that switch from day to night. If you ...

Stardock's Curtains released this week and Danioc has been hard at work on themes for it. He just released a new one on WinCustomize and it is hot! It's a dark theme pack with multiple color variations, and has quickly become one of my favorites. Check out Play for Curtains .    

It's hot here. I mean really hot. With that being said I need make my desktop a bit more "cool" by giving it an ocean theme with nice virtual breeze that I can imagine relaxing and cooling off with. Fortunately, we have plenty of those types of designs here on WinCustomize. Lets take a look at some of the best ones to try! Barreling Ocean Waves for Wallpapers   Reflections for DeskScapes Animated Wallpapers   Swimming Sea Turtle for Wallpapers...

Changing the default icons is one of the earliest and most popular ways to customize the look and feel of Windows. Whether users were trying to emulate another operating system (like MacOS) or just trying to create a particular theme, changing the Windows icons has been a key part of desktop customization for quite some time. IconPackager was introduced to make the process much easier, allowing Windows users to change nearly an entire set of icons with just the click of a button.   ...

I admit I should be using more keyboard shortcuts aside from just the most basic ones such as copy and paste. I was browsing Windows Central and they have an article which lists all the essential Windows 10 shortcuts. They even have them broken down to help you narrow down any you might be looking for. I'm going to go through it and find some of the most useful that I might use. Here's their list:  https://www.windowscentral.com/best-windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts

I received my order from We The People Holsters recently and I just wanted to pass along their info in case anyone else is looking for quality holsters for their firearm. Great quality, and best of all....American made! I wanted an OWB holster for my Glock 19, and they also gave me a deal on an extra mag holder so why not. They have a wide variety of styles for most handguns, and the holsters can be customized with a bunch of different patterns. You can get $10 off your purchase here...

I received my order from We The People Holsters recently and I just wanted to pass along their info in case anyone else is looking for quality holsters for their firearm. Great quality, and best of all....American made! I wanted an OWB holster for my Glock 19, and they also gave me a deal on an extra mag holder so why not. They have a wide variety of styles for most handguns, and the holsters can be customized with a bunch of different patterns. You can get $10 off your purchase here...

Even though we are halfway through 2020 I just got an email that was telling me how Aqua Menthe is the trending color of the year. Not sure who determines this but I took a browse at some images that have that color and It looks pretty nice. From Shutterstock : "In web design, Aqua Menthe is an ultra-bright and vivid mint-green hue, with the hex code  #7FFFD4 ." What do you think about it? Would this look good on a WindowBlinds skin or Curtains theme? 

We are approaching Independence Day here in the U.S., and I wanted to point out a few skins that you can download. Some of the coolest ones I like are the fireworks and U.S. flag animated wallpapers.  If you have any favorites I missed please be sure to link them in the comments! July 4th USA for DeskScapes American Flags for Wallpapers   America for Wallpapers   Fireworks Celebration   USA Flag for Curso...

The official start of summer was just a few days ago, and not sure about where you are but it is HOT here. So much so it's hard to do much of anything outside, not to mention the other reasons you're supposed to stay inside for. We some really cool themes on WinCustomize that are perfect for a summer desktop. I picked out several that might help you put a great summer desktop together. When have that desktop ready, show it to us on our monthly desktop screen thread here !   ...

This is a detailed tutorial for SkinStudio which shows you step-by-step with images on how to create a WindowBlinds skin.  It was created by Master Skinner Vampothika and we give her a big thanks for helping out the community with this.  Also, another big thanks to gmc2 for getting the resources for this so we could share it with the community. There’s a lot of images with this tutorial, and it’s broken up into 3 directories.  I wanted to make it easy to view,...