Christmas is rapidly approaching, and if you are anything like me then you just love the holiday season. Dressing up my Windows desktop is also part of my holiday routine, and one of the coolest ways is to use DeskScapes to put some animated holiday cheer on your desktop. WinCustomize has a Santa’s bag full of .dreams (animated wallpaper) available, and here are some of the top Christmas .dreams. Christmas Trees by CarGuy1 The Traditional C...
In the last gift guide we covered some sweet desktop apps for your PC. This week we’ll start to take a look at games and one of the most popular categories is for casual games. These could be puzzle games, card games, etc. Don’t let the name fool you though, many of these games are highly addictive and before you know it hours out of your day are gone! Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing though! Remember, Impulse has gift cards available so a friend ...
The newest Master WindowBlinds skin to hit the galleries is V by vStyler. Using “citrus colors” gives this skin a unique look and the minimal style means this skin is usable and functional as well. V for 7 Vista and XP WC Subscribers get 20% off!
WindowFX is the best way PC users can spice up their systems look-and-feel while still adding productivity benefits (such as maximizing windows to a specific size). Unlike many programs that fall into the "eye candy" category, WindowFX strives to not get in the way of doing real work on the computer. New in version 4.0: Custom window animations Enhanced window resizing options when dragging to screen edges Eliminate distractions by drawing attention to the foreground window Enable ...
Stardock has released version 1.1 which is a huge update to its fantasy strategy title, Elemental: War of Magic. Elemental Lead Producer Derek Paxton (aka Kael) says, "The 1.1 patch for Elemental: War of Magic is an opportunity to enhance and refine the game. In a limited timeframe, the team was able to implement major features. As a result, the game has been rebalanced to remain fun and challenging throughout. It impacts nearly every aspect of gameplay, the interface and most signifi...
Stardock has released version 1.1 which is a huge update to its fantasy strategy title, Elemental: War of Magic. Elemental Lead Producer Derek Paxton (aka Kael) says, "The 1.1 patch for Elemental: War of Magic is an opportunity to enhance and refine the game. In a limited timeframe, the team was able to implement major features. As a result, the game has been rebalanced to remain fun and challenging throughout. It impacts nearly every aspect of gameplay, the interface and most signifi...
We’ve seen some inspiring Christmas wallpapers and DesktopX gadgets in recent posts, so this time I wanted to focus on CursorFX themes for your Windows desktop. There are some really creative ones available, and changing your Windows cursor is easy with CursorFX. A free and Plus version is available, and you can read a tutorial on changing your cursor theme here . Here are some Christmas favorites! ...
I think this is going to be a long week for some reason. We will get it started on the right foot by highlighting some skins that came in over the past weekend!
How is everyone doing this fine Friday? I am so pleased at all the Christmas and winter themed skins we have had come in this week, along with all the other non-holiday skins. This weeks skin picks! V DX by RedneckDude Made to match a WB skin from vStyler, this stands out on its own as a fantastic DX theme. Christmas Fire (dual) by CarGuy1 This is an excellent animated wallpaper created for dual-screen user...
Earlier today WindowBlinds 7.2 was released, and right behind that the update for SkinStudio has been updated as well. SkinStudio is the application where you can create beautiful and functional skins for use in WindowBlinds. This latest release supports the v7.2 update of WindowBlinds. Update includes: Added support for new IE9 sections Added support for updated advanced glass sections SkinStudio is a free application! A Pro version with enhanced feat...
WindowBlinds is the application to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It has been downloaded over 16 million times on Download.com alone, and there are thousands of skins that can be downloaded from sites like WinCustomize.com. Included in WB 7.2: Added advanced glass support including new sections for SkinStudio Improved compatibility with pre-release Firefox 4 and IE9 builds Added new IE9 sections Added suppo...
Stardock is excited to release WindowBlinds 7.2 today! WindowBlinds is the application to completely change the look and feel of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It has been downloaded over 16 million times on Download.com alone, and there are thousands of skins that can be downloaded from sites like WinCustomize.com. What’s updated in WB 7.2: Added advanced glass support including new sections for SkinStudio Improved compatibility with pre-release Firefo...
We have been showing off a lot Christmas wallpapers this week, but another thing WinCustomize has quite a few of is desktop gadget and widgets with a holiday theme. Here are some favorites!
Lets give a warm welcome to the newest member of the WC team, DrJBHL. He will be assisting the site with current news and article postings to keep our members informed of the latest tech and skinning news! Congrats!
Trident is the latest WindowBlinds Master Skin to make its way to the galleries. Master Skinner vStyler says this was designed with productivity in mind, and I can say that this is a skin you will have no problems using day to day. Trident for 7 Vista and XP Don’t forget your 20% discount if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber.