At first, my wife thought I was going through some kind of a phase--you know, editing dock icons, creating dock icons, customizing my dock into the late hours of the evening... She humored me, but that was about it.

Now, she uses ObjectDock and Desktop X primarily, and is my biggest fan! (I know you'll pop in here eventually, Honey! )

Funny thing is my husband got me hooked. At first I thought he was going through a phase--you know, editing dock icons, creating dock icons, customizing his dock into the late hours of the evening...so I humored him, but that was about it.

Now I use ObjectDock and Desktop X primarily, and I'm his biggest fan! (How'd I do poppin' in , Honey! )

Well if you must know Grand Theft Auto, Bank Fraud, Littering, Bad Attitude, Parking Tickets, DW...

Oh Wait!

You want to know what am I in for as far as customizing applications?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!

Never mind!

WindowBlinds is what got me hooked!

It all started with finding WindowBlinds on a disc that came with a computer magazine.  Quickly turned into ObjectDesktop and took off from there.  I have tried just about everything that will work on my XP system.

What's more important though is what keeps me here, the community and its members. 

Oh, I guess Stardock does have a hand in making folks like me very happy also.

I saw a sys admin booting his machine at another office, the bootscreen was different from anything I had seen, asked him what it was and how he did it, he mentioned bootskin and showed a me a few different bootskins he had used on his machine, tried it and then learned that I could create my own bootskins and I was hooked ever since and that was a couple of years ago.  Funny but something as simple as a bootskin brought me to this site and from there it was logons and wb's,etc.  I've been a fan of this site ever since.

- the friendly users & forums at this site aren't half bad either

Don't worry, cp, I'll keep it quiet!

Don't worry, cp, I won't tell anyone!

Stupid doggone update post/edit/refresh error!

I started out with Windowblinds, then once i got a hold of Objectdock plus, i thought i hit the mother lode, then for the heck of it one day, i installed MyColors, and havent looked back, i purchased almost every one of mycolors themes, (exception of NCAA, just the Boston College one and the Boston Celtics) now i spend more time changing themes, and matching the colors of the theme with my docks, i swear at this point i am constantly changing things all the time, maybe, just maybe i have too much free time on my hands LOL

I've just realised that my sentence will be up as of January 09.  Bah, they're not gonna get rid of me that easily.  No siree, I'm gonna bribe of of the guards with $69.95 to have my sentence extended for another year... and if they're not gonna give me a life sentence, I'll happily cough up the cash annually to ensure I never have to leave.

Besides, I've decorated my cell to my liking - with a great set of Windowblinds so's nobody can peer in, a dock to keep all my personal stuff tidy, and a weather thingumygig so's I know what the weather's like outside - so it's like home to me now and, with the planned prison upgrades, I ain't never leavin'.

Being a "Program junkie"  and using computers since 1984, it's hard to say what started me down this long, winding road to customization.  I too went the route of alternate shell programs. (Litestep, bbLean, Talisman, Aston) A freeware program, PowerPro, let me make toolbars, menus and lots of other stuff (and I still use it for macros, menus, alarms, hotkeys and stuff) but my taskbar and windows were still Boring!  Then I got stuck on StyleXP for the longest time and I thought I was happy.

When I got my NEW computer, it had Vista, which StyleXP didn't work on, so I searched for an alternative and recently (June, 2008) found Windowblinds.  I've since purchased ObjectDesktop Ultimate and OD plus.  I go through WC everyday (sometimes more than once!) and get more skins, dreams, widgets etc.  I've made one widget and uploaded some Walls.

It's taken over my life! (and I love every minute of it!)

Basically...I came across a site called TweakXp http://www.tweakxp.com/ which had a link to this thing called WindowBlinds. After I saw what it did I just bought the whole package along of course with ObjectDock & CursorXp and the rest is history,

Rule Of The Yard:  Never ask a convict what he did, you're suppose to ask him what did those SOB's accuse you of?

If you want to be his friend that is!

On a personal note, I had another worthless Public Defender!

Um, like I'm worried about a possible mass breakout, being somebody posted a link to a fancy shmancy, new fangled, freebie ObjectDock alternative.....see here https://forums.wincustomize.com/324305

I therefore recommend that all of you who never want to be released keep a vigilant eye out for any inmate who appears to be getting itchy feet and wanting an out.  If need be, call the guards and have them put in shackles... even a dose of solitary until they come to their senses.  Stardock is the Stalag 13 of the internet... there has never been a successful escape, and we are duty bound to ensure none of our fellow inmates even attempt an escape.

Yeah, I got asked that!  I told him that they accused me of desktop customisation addiction, defacing default Windows GUI's and having a concealed dock... then he asked how do I plead, I said: "Guilty as charged"

Well...for me it started out stumbling upon LiteStep, then I found Beatnik, Coolpad and a few other little things like that. As my addiction grew..I had to have more. I couldn't stop. It consumed my life....somehow 7 years ago I stumbled upon this little fledgling website call Wincustomize. I saw what they had to offer so I tried out this Windowblinds thingy. It worked pretty cool, I liked what it could do. Then I saw this thing called Desktop X. hmmmmm, I said. How bad can I screw up my system with this. Tried it out....Wow, I can really screw with people's heads with this. After DX, it was OD, then all the others. After this, my friends and family new I had a problem, They looked for that magic "800" number (you know, like the one you find on the back of scratch lottery tickets". Well, they couldn't find one so they called in some outside professional help. The pro's took one look at me and had me committed to a life long sentence in rehab to recover from this addiction. My body is trying to recover, but my mind won't let it. So just to mess with myself...I come here everyday. I refuse to recover. I'm now permanently committed to the WC looney bin.

Damn you people here! Why do you have to make everything so incredible and be so nice and funny all the time.

I just realised, I've been doing this for about 10 years!!! I started out just changing wallpapers on Windows 95 and getting skins for winamp. Then I discovered Litestep and got involved with that and started making themes for it. Then I discovered WindowBlinds and Desktop X  and all the other goodies. I haven't made anything for DX for a while, but I think I'm still No.2 in the downloads list for DX themes. Amazing!!

I'm in for life I reckon, and the people at Stardock are just the best you will find anywhere, so I don't want to get paroled thanks........

For me it was Obect Dock..  Then it was all down hill from there.  I am just happy to be a part of this site and all the great people here.. 

Did computer science Saturday arvos at BIT, Bendigo while at Secondary school fortan, cobol etc then later on at Uni doing Vet Med I sneaked in to lectures for Comp Sci and learnt how to colour DOS prompt and background like on TV. Then via StyleXP, till their downloads had more than I wanted, to here CM, SDC and now Impulse with tons of goodies and a fair few games too.

Yeah, I reckon they're the best, too... and since agreeing to scrapping the early release/parole program, they're even betterer than best.  And BoXXi, you have no worries about ever getting paroled... er, that's been scrapped... um released.  You are a repeat offender, and without remorse, so your sentence is for the term of your natural life... never to be released.  Happy Now???

And yeah, it's great to see you popping in again... here's hoping all is well for you and your family.

hehehe..... thanks Starkers....