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erathoniel
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Join Date 04/2008
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Why I love WindowBlinds

Yeah, it's plugging a product, but a product I love.

April 17, 2008 8:56:47 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

    I love WindowBlinds. It's my most used program along with Firefox. It makes my PC so much nicer to use, with the custom themes being a major plus. It's very easy to use, and I love how it makes my PC look. It's worth trying, if nothing else. It helps, however, if you have an idea of what you want. It also has a lot of skins available.

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erathoniel
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Reply #1 April 17, 2008 10:13:27 PM
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It's the first thing I install after rebuilding a PC.

Windows is naked without it.
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Reply #2 April 17, 2008 10:33:17 PM
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Windows is naked without it.


Yes it is.   
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erathoniel
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Reply #3 April 17, 2008 10:34:52 PM
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Windows isn't naked without it. It's ugly and you can see its guts without it. Seriously, it looks exponentially better.

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erathoniel
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Reply #4 April 17, 2008 10:37:51 PM
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Preachin' to tha choir,preachin' to tha choir.  
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Reply #5 April 17, 2008 11:14:41 PM
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Probably. Every positive review helps.

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Reply #6 April 17, 2008 11:59:04 PM
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Windows isn't naked without it. It's ugly and you can see its guts without it. Seriously, it looks exponentially better.

LOL, great way to put it. XP is sooooo fugly, especially blue Luna. Silver isn't SO bad, but still makes me want to stab my eyes out compared to being skinned with WB.
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Reply #7 April 18, 2008 1:04:53 AM
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XP is sooooo fugly, especially blue Luna. Silver isn't SO bad, but still makes me want to stab my eyes out compared to being skinned with WB.


Oh yeah, I have to look at blue Luna every day at work (shudder).
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Reply #8 April 18, 2008 1:15:57 AM
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XP is sooooo fugly, especially blue Luna. Silver isn't SO bad, but still makes me want to stab my eyes out compared to being skinned with WB.

Oh yeah, I have to look at blue Luna every day at work (shudder).

Why not switch it to the silver subtheme? That's what I always did (FIRST thing I did).
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Reply #9 April 18, 2008 1:25:03 AM
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I guess it would be better than the blue, a little. I need to get a better wallpaper for it too (I'm not the only one that uses it....I wonder if my boss would even notice?)  
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Reply #10 April 18, 2008 2:57:57 AM
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I agree with Bebi...blue would be tough to go back to but silver was a decent looking luna theme.  
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erathoniel
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Reply #11 April 18, 2008 3:01:10 AM
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Why not switch it to the silver subtheme? That's what I always did (FIRST thing I did).


Even better; install WB at work! That's what I did.

But if you can't get admin-rights, the silver-theme is the way to go.
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Reply #12 April 18, 2008 3:03:54 AM
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Yeah good luck trying to do that on government computers, hell the screensavers tab was completely gone in one department.
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Reply #13 April 18, 2008 3:27:43 AM
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Finally, erathoniel, a post I can agree with.

SD products are the best.
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Reply #14 April 18, 2008 8:42:31 AM
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Macs where I work. Which is kinda crappy.

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Reply #15 April 18, 2008 8:46:58 AM
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I always switched to the green one first, just to get me through till I could install WB. Course green's my favorite color so it made it less painful.

WB is truly the best, you can be a total newb and still have a rocking desktop and impress the neighbors and techsupport!!

I haven't been able to live without it for years now, and will probably never be without it. Stardock please never decide to get rid of it!!!
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Reply #16 April 18, 2008 11:15:13 AM
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But if you can't get admin-rights, the silver-theme is the way to go.

You can also use the Royale or Zune themes.
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Reply #17 April 18, 2008 12:25:44 PM
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I fired up an XP VM the other day and saw Luna.....I was scared.

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Reply #18 April 18, 2008 12:28:51 PM
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I grabbed teh XP/IE8 VM the other day
I think I threw up a little in my mouth.
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Reply #19 April 18, 2008 2:52:14 PM
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I just use the green theme if I can't use WindowBlinds.

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Reply #20 April 27, 2008 11:08:56 AM
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...Even better; install WB at work!...


May we do this, I mean, a copy installed at home and another one at work, don't we have to buy another license?
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Reply #21 April 27, 2008 11:42:53 AM
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I'm pretty sure you can. Only one can be in use at a time,however,and there are other restrictions. Details available,just can't find the link right now. So if ,say, you have a home PC and a laptop, no problem,skin'em both.
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Reply #22 April 27, 2008 11:46:00 AM
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You could also try MyColors. It's similar, to some extent.

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Reply #23 April 27, 2008 1:49:53 PM
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I've been using windowblinds for years... and I've used it on every computer I've owned in the last decade (seriously).... I could never live without it....
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Reply #24 May 1, 2008 10:12:14 PM
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I'm pretty sure you can. Only one can be in use at a time,however,and there are other restrictions. Details available,just can't find the link right now. So if ,say, you have a home PC and a laptop, no problem,skin'em both.

That's awesome! Following that line, I can install WB in Vista and XP, same machine, while I'm deciding wich one I'll keep. 
EDIT:
Forgot to say, thanks goes to Wizard1956
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