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Reply to Hotspots and Menu Editor tutorial for NextSTART in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

The theme is Unlighted by Treetog. You can find it here in the NextSTART section, and you can download NextSTART and Workshelf from http://www.winstep.net

Reply to IE6 - Released, out of Beta in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Ie6setup.exe chokes here on my W2k system when downloading the Media Player component (says it can't find it on the server). Judging by posts in the Microsoft newsgroups, I'm not the only one with this problem.

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Hi China

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Thanks, Jafo!

Reply to WARNING: AquaX for NextSTART! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

If the theme is installed as normal, there is no problem. It's users following the author's instructions of restoring from the NBK (NextSTART Backup) file that presents the real danger. NBK files are user-created backup files that contain ALL of NextSTART settings, including menu structures, hotspots, etc..., unlike the normal theme files that only include theme specific information. Restoring from someone else's NBK file will overwrite *everything* in your current NextSTART co

WARNING: AquaX for NextSTART! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

If you decide to download this theme, please make sure you read the post I left in the comments section first and do NOT follow the author's instructions - doing so will result in ALL your NextSTART settings (including menus and hotspots) being completely overwritten with settings that are, most likely than not, incompatible with your system! Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A Windows interface that you can actually use! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies

Hotspots and Menu Editor tutorial for NextSTART in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Winstep Software Technologies just posted a step-by-step tutorial at Winstep.net explaining in detail how to create new NextSTART Hotspots and Menus. This tutorial greatly extends the information provided in the NextSTART User Guide regarding the use of the Menu Editor and the creation of

Reply to Help im a newbie to all this cool SKINS stuff!!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

The paragraph describing each application is a very nice idea, Martin. Anyone else care to support this point of view (or any other)? I know most of the regulars in here already know where the link to external applications is, but do you remember having trouble locating it at the begining? I know I did, and pointing this out might be important so that changes are made and future newcomers have no trouble with it. Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A Windows interface that you c

Reply to Help im a newbie to all this cool SKINS stuff!!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Actually, Martin has a point. Most of us only discovered the links to external programs by accident: If you go to the NextSTART section here in WC, the title of the skin will be something like 'QNX for NextSTART'. The actual 'NextSTART' word is the link that takes you to the developer's site (in this case winstep.net). However, in most cases you will only find this out by accident, when (and if) your mouse passes over the 'NextSTART' word and the cursor changes. Unless you do

Reply to NextStart ??? How does it work ? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hi East, If you haven't already, download the Winstep Full Pak from our web site at http://www.winstep.net Winstep Full Pak comes with about 19 themes for NextSTART and WorkShelf. You can check our Themes page for places to download more NextSTART/WorkShelf themes from. There are literally hundreds of them available online. NextSTART themes come in a zip file. Easiest way to install them is to download directly to the c:\program files\winstep\autoinstall\ fol

Reply to Questions about Convergence in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Phil, I would call it feasable, yes - all it takes is about 2 lines of code. Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A user interface that you can actually use! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies IRC Chat: #winstep on AustNet

Reply to Questions about Convergence in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

What's the programmer's email address so I can tell him how to accomplish that? Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A user interface that you can actually use! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies IRC Chat: #winstep on AustNet

Reply to Questions about Convergence in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Brad, very useful program! However, in the Convergence description page it says that the first beta of Convergence supports NeXTStart (partially) and WorkShelf(partially). I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, so what exactly does 'partially' mean? Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A user interface that you can actually use! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies<b

Reply to DEsktop X vs LiteStep Vs. Nextstart in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Nah. I'm still blue in da face. Now... Where is Jafo? I swear I didn't even use a spill chekcer (sic) on that! Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.70 - A user interface that you can actually use! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies IRC Chat: #winstep on AustNet

Reply to DEsktop X vs LiteStep Vs. Nextstart in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Brad is quite right - you can use them all together. Only thing I want to point out is that NextSTART, DX and LiteStep are very powerful programs with hundreds of different options and abilities, so it might take some time before you fully realize what each program can do. Reading through documentation is always important, more so in some cases than others, granted, but in every case it will enable you to better grasp the potential of each program. Anyway, I can't speak about the other

Reply to Napster and sour grapes in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

> Blame the Users, and not the software. Keep the blame where it belongs. If you were a software developer, Cygnus, you would not say that. Just the other day I had this argument with some cracker kid in Russia (yes, I still waste my breath trying to talk to them from time to time)... His final argument was that he wasn't making any money out of it and that it was people who used the cracks he made that did all the damage, not him. I pointed out that this was the same as someon

Reply to EMAIL VIRUS alert in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, I can't find any information on this virus whatsoever. Must be brand new? Anyway, I never run attachments either. I can't afford the 'luxury' of having my production machine infected. I also always scan downloads for viruses, even if they come from known sources.

Reply to EMAIL VIRUS alert in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

c:\recycled? How about clearing your trash can then?

Reply to The article on content and backlash in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Problem with paying to provide things for free is when you start having to pay so much that it begins to affect your life and the one of those that depend on you. On the web, as previously stated before, sites are victims of their own success - this because there are literally millions of people surfing the web at every instant. A site becomes too successful and the bandwidth bill goes through the roof. No can do (unless you're some kind of altruistic Bill Gates, of course). S

Reply to Immortality bad for the brain in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

What?! Live forever? And never find out what lies beyond death?! What if it is sooo much better than this life? Guess what... the ultimate thing every imortal who had tried everything would want to do in the end would be... to die.

Reply to Winstep releases NextSTART 2.70 and WorkShelf 0.70 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Johanne (Alexandrie) has made an incredible job with the website and she is one of the best professionals I ever had the pleasure to work with. I'm sure Pixtudio (Johanne and Renato's brand new web design company) will do very well.

Winstep releases NextSTART 2.70 and WorkShelf 0.70 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

What's new in NextSTART 2.70? * Lots of new skinning abilities, such as dynamic width bitmapped menus, icon and text offsets and inactive selection bar. Most new themes will take advantage of the new capabilities, so this is definitely a must have release! * Easy backup and restore

Reply to How to Idiot-Proof My Desktop... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hehehe... Have you tried NextSTART already, Jafo? You can run it together with LiteSTEP if you want... Jorge Coelho NextSTART 2.51 - The Desktop Revolution Begins Here! http://www.winstep.net - Winstep Software Technologies IRC Chat: #winstep on AustNet

Reply to How to Idiot-Proof My Desktop... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Beekman, You might be interested to know that Winstep will release NextSTART Corporate in the next few days, a special version of NextSTART intended for places that need strict control over what users can and cannot do on their computer systems (places like public libraries, trade shows, cyber cafes, banks, etc...). NextSTART Corporate combines the flexibility and ease of use of the regular NextSTART version with security features that prevent normal users from changing any as

NextSTART 2.70 and WorkShelf 0.70 beta previews available! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Winstep is proud to announce that private beta previews of NextSTART 2.70 and WorkShelf 0.70 are now available to all registered Winstep users! Themes like Treetog's just released No OS take full advantage of the extra skinning features only available in the new versions. To be a