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 CursorXP |
Use CursorXP to customize your WIndows XP cursors.
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 BootSkin |
Use BootSkin to change your WIndows XP startup screen (bootscreen).
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 IconPackager |
Use IconPackager to apply sets of icons to Windows.
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 LogonStudio |
Use LogonStudio to apply new Windows XP logons.
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 SkinStudio |
Use SkinStudio to make your own skins!
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 TweakXP |
Use TweakXP to customize all the settings of your Windows XP system.
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 WindowBlinds |
Use WindowBlinds to give XP the ability to add additional themes or 'visual styles'.
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 WinStyles |
| Use WinStyles to apply or create a theme suite. |
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Thursday, February 14th 2008 - Stardock Forum Maintenance (2/17)
This weekend we will be conducting extensive maintenance on the database server that powers the Stardock forums system. During this maintenance window, the forums will be locked, preventing new posts. For full details on the downtime, click the link below.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - WindowBlinds 6.0 Released
Stardock releases version 6 of its flagship Windows Customization product, WindowBlinds. WindowBlinds 6 brings Animated Start Menus, Blur & Transparency effects and more to Windows XP. Check out the next-generation of UI customization.
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Friday, May 18, 2007 - WindowBlinds 5.5 supports Windows Vista
The new version of WindowBlinds (version 5.5) now supports Windows Vista. The visual styles you download here will work on Windows XP or Windows Vista if you have WindowBlinds installed.
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Friday, March 16, 2007 - WindowBlinds 5.5 released
Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5.5. This new version of WindowBlinds will allow users to apply the visual styles from this site to both Windows XP and the new Windows Vista. Check it out.
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 - Animated Wallpaper for Windows DreamScene
Windows Vista has shipped and for those users who have switched already to it, you can now get animated wallpaper for it if you have Stardock DeskScapes installed and the "Ultimate Extra" installed called Windows DreamScene.
Visit http://dream.wincustomize.com for animated wallpaper.
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - Object Desktop 2007 released!
There are lots of individual programs on the net that let you customize the way Windows looks. Some of them are pretty good...and a lot of them are not so good.
Stardock is the world's only developer of size that focuses on creating software that lets users truly personalize their Windows experience. They develop most of the top desktop enhancement programs.
Once a year, they take these programs and put them together into a single seamless package called Object Desktop 2007. These programs, when used together, can completely remake the way Windows looks and feels to YOUR preference. And it does this without slowing it down with bloat or hogging all your memory. The programs of Object Desktop are incredibly efficient, due to years of work, in system resources.
To get Object Desktop, go to www.objectdesktop.com.
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Monday, July 10, 2006 - Object Desktop 2007 nears..
Stardock is putting the finishing touches on Object Desktop 2007. Object Desktop is Stardock's flagship product for enhancing the Windows experience. It is where IconPackager, WindowBlinds, SkinStudio, and more come from.
Check it out for more information.
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Friday, June 23, 2006 - Summer fun!
Sorry I haven't been posting new news lately. Lots has been happening as a lot of "Stuff" is going on for Windows Vista which has taken away time from the site. Lots of good stuff to come.
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Friday, November 18, 2005 - Skin Primer 2006
Stardock's Brad Wardell has gone through nearly every major Windows customization program to put together a comprehensive guide to how to customize your Windows PC.
Outside computers, people customize nearly everything about their lives to match their own needs and tastes. Yet computers, particularly Windows desktops, are amazingly uniform despite the fact people spend long hours in front of them.
Microsoft has traditionally limited the amount of customization options that come with Windows in order to keep support reasonable and ensure a Windows brand, but they have also encouraged users and developers who want to customize Windows to look for solutions to meet their needs. This guide will help guide you through those different solutions.
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Sunday, September 18, 2005 - Windows Vista features unveiled
This month Microsoft unveiled the technologies behind Windows Vista. We'll be creating a sister site to support Theming Vista (maybe ThemeVista.com or VistaStyles.com, haven't decided yet).
Amongst the more interesting announcement is that Microsoft is going to support gadgets. Gadgets are mini applets that are similar to widgets (popularized by Stardock DesktopX, Konfabualtor, and Dashboard) except that Gadgets don't require any special run-time in order to use. The executable code is all within the applet.
Some Macintosh users reacted in dismay at Microsoft "stealing" their ideas. In reality, Apple, nor Konfabulator came up with this concept first (not in the modern sense). User created mini-applets got its start in 1999 with DesktopX.
Links:
Mac user reaction: http://www.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?AID=86734
DesktopX home page: http://www.desktopx.net
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Sunday, July 24, 2005 - Windows Vista coming
Microsoft has dubbed the next version of Windows as "Windows Vista".
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Sunday, July 10, 2005 - Object Desktop in action
Object Desktop is the full suite of programs that can completely change the look & feel of Windows XP. So how does it work and what comes with it? Here's an article that goes into some detail.
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