dukeofchutney

dukeofchutney

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Reply to AOL Quietly Posts Version 8.0 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

For what it's worth, I work for a company that produces/manages/maintains websites here in Plymouth, UK, and we've basically had to tell our clients we don't support AOL in any way, shape or form. So if punters visiting our clients' sites complain of weird things happening then one of our first questions is: Are they running AOL... Now that may be because our web programmers are no good, but as a support techie I can testify that AOL makes a right mess of rendering some of our sites' pa

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Reply to Are you an information god? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Brad, Point taken, it's just a pity it wasn't more blindingly obvious! Judging by your follow up blog, it looks like you've stirred a small hornets nest. You are a brave man, sir. But I fear it's still called "rushing in where angels fear to tread". Nevertheless, I follow your argument and agree with much of what you've said, including your follow-up conclusion were you s

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Reply to Are you an information god? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I have no problem with your point, Brad; I understand the angle your coming from and you are right in what you say. I just have a problem with you calling these people "gods". To confer "god" status on a certain percentile of the general world populace because of their ability to manipulate a search engine or other news source is er, um, how shall I put this...asking for trouble...? What did Benjamin Franklin say? There only two certainties in life, death and taxes. Gods,

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Reply to windowblinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Roland Spooler is part of your OS's printer config that loads at startup as part of the OS, I would suggest you look at temporarily disabling the different "extra" programs that load when your PC starts until you find it starts without the Spooler error - at that point you'll know which one has caused the problem. Use a program like StartupCPL to systematically disable them - one at a time after each reboot. Here's the link to get it, it's freeware, the screenshot on t

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Reply to If the site feels faster... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Aaaaah....that warm, fuzzy feeling of self-congratulation... Now all we need are the promised premium skin-suites and we'll be in 7th heaven... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"

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