We are getting some reports of "slowness", but they have been pretty vague. If you experience any type of slowness please be specific as possible. What is the page url? What browser? Anything else that might help us track down the problem. Thanks for your help!
LogonStudio 1.7 was released recently, and for most people they use it to change their Windows logon screens to their favorite wallpaper or image. That is great, but speaking with a good friend yesterday he told me about how they use LogonStudio and I thought it was a fantastic idea that I wanted to pass along.
I will just quote him here:
“@IslandDog It's a fantastic branding tool. We use it on all client systems with our own small logo inserted as well, so they remember us 
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That was from my friend John Obeto from www.absolutelywindows.com and Logikworx.
Whether you have a business that works on client systems, or if you do some side work on friends or families PC’s, what a great way to help spread the word about yourself or company! Open up your favorite graphics editor and place your logo, website or social media text link so it’s there when people turn on their PC’s. Take that image and drag it into LogonStudio and you now have your own personalized logon!
Of course, this is a simple and quick solution, but if you are looking for corporate solutions, be sure to click here for more info.
The weekend is just hours away, and already here for some, and we end the week with the latest edition of This Week in Skinning. TWiS is a weekly roundup of the best skins and themes found on WinCustomize, and you don’t want to miss it. Check out This Week in Skinning!
Happy Friday everyone! I hope your week went well, and I hope you are enjoying the beta look at WinCustomize 2010 . Your feedback has been great and we appreciate the help given so far. Now for this weeks picks! clipPaper by B2R This is a fun and unique CursorFX theme. If you get tired of the Windows cursor, this will certainly make a big change. ThunderBallz by amitsaran This looked like a cool idea...
Stardock is very excited to announce the release of DeskScapes 3.1. DeskScapes is an application that lets users have animated wallpapers, also called .Dreams, on their Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 desktops. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more. The biggest new feature in this release is the support for multi-monitors. DeskScapes can now assign a different animated wallpaper to a specified mo...
We are excited to announce the release of LogonStudio 1.7 today. For years, LogonStudio from Stardock has been the most popular way to easily change the Windows logon screen to one of the thousands available for download, or by easily creating your own using your favorite wallpapers or images. LogonStudio 1.7 can apply logons to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Creating your own logon is as simple as dragging an image to the configuration window and saving it. Yo...
Martha Coakley has conceded the race to Scott Brown, after Brown continues to have a huge lead in the race. Congrats to Massachusetts for putting someone in the "peoples" seat.
This morning I was having a discussion with DanilloOc about Photoshop, and of course the topic of CS5 came up. After some searching we found some cool videos of supposed footage of new features in Photoshop CS5.I'm not sure how authentic these are, but all of it looks plausible.
In Windows, one aspect of the user interface that most people see all the time is the taskbar. It is obviously one of the most useful pieces as it contains the tools to launch and monitor applications and other sorts of various data. In the skinning world it’s also one of the most important areas to skin as it’s a huge part of the overall UI. The evolution of the Windows taskbar has come a long way, but Windows 7 has taken it to the extreme and literally stomps all over the old style taskbar found in Windows XP and Vista.
First, lets take a look at the Windows XP taskbar.
It’s pretty simple, it does what it was intended to do. There wasn’t much advanced functionality here, at least not by default. It was possible to add some very cool features using something like WindowFX, which in the screenshot below, it was able to add previews for minimized windows in the taskbar.
We started the week off right yesterday, starting with the addition of two Master Skins to the WindowBlinds gallery. First, we have an update to a favorite, Optix by MikeB314, which has been updated for Windows 7. Next up, we have a brand new skin from Essorant, called Meridian which is also compatible with Windows 7! Keep an eye out, as I believe we have another Master Skin coming soon.
DeskScapes 3.1 is currently in beta for Object Desktop subscribers, and should be released in the very near future. One of the main new features is the support for multi-monitor setups. There have been tons of forum posts asking how to have different wallpapers on different monitors as this is something not supported in Windows by default.
DeskScapes 3.1 is now giving you that ability. Remember, this will also work for static wallpapers, not just animated wallpapers.
Good Monday morning to you all! How was your weekend? Well as usual it’s time to get the week rolling, and the first thing I do is check out what skins came in over the past couple of days. Now is your chance to check them out too!
This is a fascinating special election between Scott Brown and Martha Coakley. This is to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy in MA, which was filled by him for 40 years. Way too long, but that’s another article for another day. Coakley is the MA Attorney General, and Brown is a State Senator. Since MA is one of the most liberal states in the U.S., and that Kennedy held the seat for so long, people assumed a liberal democrat would just be entitled to it. They were...
We are already at the halfway point in January, and we are definitely off to a great head start. The Impulse publishing crew, which we need a nickname for, has been cranking out new releases, updates, and more as fast as they can.
There are some great titles out this week, so lets get to it!
Articles to check out:
New Releases on Impulse:
Weekend Impulse Buys:
DeskScapes 3.1 is looking really good, with some great new features added . Here are a few more screenshots to check out.