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May 2, 2013 by Island Dog
The update features new abilities, epic items won by defeating elemental lords, tons of balance adjustments and bug fixes. View the full changelog to v.87 now: http://tinyurl.com/forums-87changelog Legendary Heroes is an expansion to Stardock’s popular Fallen Enchantress fantasy strategy game. The Fallen Enchantress seeks to destroy the fragile civilizations that have arisen from the ashes of the cataclysm. Fortunately, your fame has spread far and wide attracting the great ...
May 2, 2013 by Island Dog
I thought I'd start a new thread as I couldn't find the old one.  Take a moment and share with the community the home or office workspace you spend much of your hard working time at. My main custom built PC with two 23" monitors.  It's several years old, but still does fine, although I'd like to build a new one soon.  It's an AMD quad-core, 8GB RAM, and an ATI Radeon 5700 series card. Other is a 21" iMac.  
May 1, 2013 by Island Dog
Start8 has shown to be very popular with Windows 8 users looking to get the Windows 8 start men and button back on their desktop.  Not only does Start8 give you back the Start menu, it also gives you the ability to boot directly to the desktop, and other features like disabling desktop hot corners.  Another cool feature that sometimes isn’t mentioned is the ability to customize Start8 to look and feel how you want it to. Purchase Start8 for only $4.99 today! One of t...
April 30, 2013 by Island Dog
Master Skinner adni18 has released a new WindowBlinds skin called Bauhaus.  This is an excellent skin with sub-styles from XP to Windows 7, and includes wallpapers and a dock background also.  WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount so be sure to grab this today! Bauhaus by adni18  
April 26, 2013 by Island Dog
A new beta build for Start8 is available now for download.  This contains a few minor updates. Fixes for inconsistencies with right Windows key handling ( https://forums.stardock.com/443386/page/1/#3348416 ) Resolved blank share with menu and open with menu not showing all the right items (Open With issue) Resolved a problem with jump lists and having a file in the list that was on a network location which was not available Resolved a problem with search where very ...
April 26, 2013 by Island Dog
The weekend is almost here, so lets end the week with some featured skins that came in this week! View all skins from the WinCustomize gallery here - https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/all  
April 26, 2013 by Island Dog
We have several of our games on sale this week, and will be on sale for a few more days at least. Get them here... Fallen Enchantress - $14.99 Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate - $4.99 Demigod - $4.99 Political Machine 2012 - $1.99 Be sure to share on your social networks.
April 24, 2013 by Island Dog
I have been discovering lots of really good Windows 8 modern apps lately.  This is especially true now that I can use them in a window on my desktop with ModernMix . I listed 3 of my favorites here, but I'd like to hear what others have found and are using. https://www.wincustomize.com/article/442393/ Note: This is not about what you think of Windows 8 or Windows 8 apps.  
April 23, 2013 by Island Dog
ModernMix TM from Stardock is the latest app to help you take control of Windows 8 and have it work the way you want and are familiar with. Windows 8 has a new start screen, once called Metro, that’s home to Modern apps for Windows 8 such as Mail, Calendar, etc. There are thousands more of these Modern applications that can be downloaded from the Windows Store, and many of them are very useful and great to have. The problem is these apps run full screen, and for many apps that’s ...
April 23, 2013 by Island Dog
Lifehacker talks about some great Windows 8 apps, and how ModernMix helps you put them on the desktop! "The great thing about ModernMix is that it opens the door to so many of the awesome Windows 8 apps that are lurking in the WIndows Store to those who prefer using the desktop over the Start Screen." Read more:  http://lifehacker.com/the-best-windows-8-apps-you-can-run-on-your-desktop-477556232  
April 22, 2013 by Island Dog
The DeskScapes gallery on WinCustomize gets a steady flow of submissions each week.  Lots of these are of landscapes and nature, but those also look and work well on the desktop.  I wanted to highlight some recent entries as DeskScapes is an awesome way to put some cool animation on your Windows desktop. DeskScapes animated wallpaper gallery - https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream Get DeskScapes - https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/ Recent submi...
April 18, 2013 by Island Dog
CursorFX is the best way to change that bland, default cursor on your Windows desktop and change it to one of the thousands that are available for download.  It’s easy to use, and there are cursor themes available from very minimal style, to some with wild animations and effects.  Whatever your style is, I’m confident there’s some themes out there you will like. I wanted to highlight 5 of my recent favorites. Get CursorFX - https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/ ...
April 17, 2013 by Island Dog
Gaming Nexus has an interview with Stardock's Derek Paxton about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes! "We first talked to Derek Paxton a few years ago when he first took up the producer reigns at Stardock a few years ago. Since then he's released the Fallen Enchantress expansion pack and is wrapping up development on Legendary Heroes, a soon to be released stand alone expansion pack for the franchise. With the release right around the corner we asked Derek about what we could expec...
April 17, 2013 by Island Dog
Gaming Nexus has an interview with Stardock's Derek Paxton about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes! "We first talked to Derek Paxton a few years ago when he first took up the producer reigns at Stardock a few years ago. Since then he's released the Fallen Enchantress expansion pack and is wrapping up development on Legendary Heroes, a soon to be released stand alone expansion pack for the franchise. With the release right around the corner we asked Derek about what we could expec...
April 16, 2013 by Island Dog
Yes, the start menu and start button is gone in Windows 8. No worries though, as there is a quick and inexpensive way to get that functionality back plus many other additional features. Start8 brings back the Windows 8 start menu, and gives you several ways to customize it so you can make Windows 8 look and feel the way you want it to. Purchase Start8 for only $4.99 today! Features and advantages of using Start8: Customizable Start Menu for Windo...