Wincustomize.com Is 25 Years Old
A Quarter Of A Century
Sunday, March 1, 2026 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize News
March, 2001. Wincustomize.com went live.
This week marks One Quarter Of A Century that Stardock has hosted the longest-lasting Community-oriented skinning site and related Forums.
I remember getting the message while on Skinz.org to log into Wincustomize and create an account, so I did.
The first 20 User IDs were reserved for Stardock themselves so my User ID of '23' gives a good indicator I was day one. Somewhere along the line I was 'assimilated' into the machine and am still here.
OS Graphic User Interface Skinning has evolved with the evolution of the Windows OS. At the beginning it was relatively straight forward and 'simple' and attracted a huge following, however a dozen or so years into the life of skinning things became a little more difficult to achieve and the excitement waned somewhat.
I highly doubt that the concept of 'Customizing' will ever disappear, particularly as the Windows OS takes some odd detours of functionality. Stardock's current successes with both Fences and Start 10/11 in particular, along with the original stalwarts like Windowblinds, and others demonstrates where there's a need there will always be a Better Solution. 
Wincustomize.com was [and still is] Frogboy's "baby". Without his vision, seeing the need for a stable/reliable site for GUI Modding we all would not be here at all.
Thank you, Brad [and the crew with the spanners that keep it alive].
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Reply #2 Sunday, March 1, 2026 11:16 PM
Dave stole first reply from me only because I was replying elsewhere. That's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it.
Dave is right about that
thanks for keeping it going.
I've come to understand what that took since you (and others) were foolish enough to have put up with my nonsense for as long as you have. Thanks for that, too. 
Happy birthday, frogboy's WC. Thank you Brad, for sharing your dream.
And special thanks to the spanner crowd: T-Man and the team of real heroes who saved WC from oblivion.
We all owe you!
Reply #4 Monday, March 2, 2026 12:19 PM
Happy Happy WC! 
Long great trip. I've enjoyed every day (almost)
Thanks to all! Especially The Frogboy 
Member Number : 729077
Member Since : 11/17/2003
Reply #5 Monday, March 2, 2026 12:50 PM
Happy birthday, WC!
Remember that day like it was yesterday... Quarter of a century has gone by... oh boy lol
Reply #7 Monday, March 2, 2026 2:41 PM
Happy birthday, WinC. 
It's been well over a decade, but I thought this skinning dinosaur (user id 109) had to drop in and leave a lill' greating. 
Reply #10 Monday, March 2, 2026 5:41 PM
Member Number:
261
Newby. Lol.
It's been well over a decade, but I thought this skinning dinosaur (user id 109) had to drop in and leave a lill' greating.
Wow! Nice to see you're still around, Morten!
Indeed it is. Hey Snowy...really good to see you here.
*Special for the Jafosaurus:
"Beer O'clock at the Prehistoric Perch".
Reply #11 Monday, March 2, 2026 6:36 PM
Happy birthday, WC ! I didn't join until July 2001, and I got user number 18095. This community grew fast! Thank you forever Brad and Stardock! Cheers to all!
Reply #12 Monday, March 2, 2026 6:44 PM
Happy birthday, WC ! I didn't join until July 2001, and I got user number 18095. This community grew fast! Thank you forever Brad and Stardock! Cheers to all!
I joined in July 2002 and I'm User Number: 310050
Wow... 300,000 users in WC's first 16 months
Reply #14 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 6:16 AM
Happy birthday, WinC.
It's been well over a decade, but I thought this skinning dinosaur (user id 109) had to drop in and leave a lill' greating.
Happy birthday, WC ! I didn't join until July 2001, and I got user number 18095. This community grew fast! Thank you forever Brad and Stardock! Cheers to all!
Frosty! Mike! It's great to see both of you are still alive. Jafo pokes his head in every now and then but not as often as he used to.
Happy B-day, WC!!
Reply #16 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 10:28 AM
Happy birthday, WC ! I didn't join until July 2001, and I got user number 18095. This community grew fast! Thank you forever Brad and Stardock! Cheers to all!
Reply #17 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 11:18 AM
Happy birthday, WC ! I didn't join until July 2001, and I got user number 18095. This community grew fast! Thank you forever Brad and Stardock! Cheers to all!
You made some of the finest windowlinds ever, Mike! We're a lot that miss your excellent work and creativity. Nice to see you're still lurking though!
Subsecret is on my desktop atm. Lol.
Reply #18 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 12:23 PM
Happy Birthday, WinCustomize! I'm truly grateful to have been part of the team for so long. I miss it!
And hi everyone lol. 
Reply #19 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 12:36 PM
Happy Birthday, WinCustomize! I'm truly grateful to have been part of the team for so long. I miss it!
And hi everyone lol.
Spencer, we miss you...you did so much here, but tbh what you're doing now deserves our "Thank you!", also. Maybe even more. Glad you're happy doing it. As Sgt. Esterhaus used to say, "Let's be careful out there!".
Reply #20 Tuesday, March 3, 2026 7:12 PM
Happy Birthday, WinCustomize! I'm truly grateful to have been part of the team for so long. I miss it!
And hi everyone lol.
Hi, Spencer, hope all is well with the new career [saw that video that was going viral...assume the Copper has got his commendation] ...
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Reply #1 Sunday, March 1, 2026 10:55 PM
Happy birthday and thanks for keeping it going.