Dead Program
Monday, January 10, 2005 by David Parfitt | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
H'i Tell me( hand on heart people) Has anyone got these programs to work as they should do! I waited a long time for my old computer to die then, with a bit more horsepower,i could get my hands on Objectdesktop. Something that i had longed for, beatiful state of the art desktops,make your own design,super icons lots of goodies to make windows much improved.How wrong can you be! After parting with $60 dollers,i find only three work Theme manager just about works,Icon packager works when it feels like it Skinstudio works but with such obscure help fies what are supposed to do with it? Then when i run through the forums and see what trouble everyone else has,the only help i got from stardock central was ( download it it must be a corrupt file) Been there, done it,got the electric bill.I feel really let down.However thanks to all who tried to help. Perhaps i'll try to get it working,but have run out of ideas!
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Essencay
Reply #22 Friday, January 14, 2005 2:14 PM
I hate it too and it was a long time before I switched over to XP from Win9x, but that hate only stems from its butt-ugly gui and ODNT does quite a good job killing it. As for the system itself...XP vs. Win9x, especially WinME. XP is rock solid and continually updated or fixed, depends on how you look at it, while MS support for Win9x is dead or dieing.
Reply #22 Friday, January 14, 2005 2:14 PM
| Because my wife has XP on hers and i hate it! |
I hate it too and it was a long time before I switched over to XP from Win9x, but that hate only stems from its butt-ugly gui and ODNT does quite a good job killing it. As for the system itself...XP vs. Win9x, especially WinME. XP is rock solid and continually updated or fixed, depends on how you look at it, while MS support for Win9x is dead or dieing.
Hankers
Reply #23 Friday, January 14, 2005 2:33 PM
Reply #23 Friday, January 14, 2005 2:33 PM
In the meantime, why not try the ObjectDesktop programs on the other computer that has XP on it to make sure everything works. Just an idea. 
David Parfitt
Reply #24 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:07 PM
Reply #24 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:07 PM
H'i everyone. Have e-mailed Stardock support about using objectdesktop in Win ME.They have stopped support for Win ME and just like other tech support for programs the answer is "tough".
Well I've got ThemeManager + Icon Packager to play with,so i can alter Windows to make appear nicer.
Just say thanks to you all for your help & advice much appreciated!
I'll maybe think about XP,but not happy.
Well I've got ThemeManager + Icon Packager to play with,so i can alter Windows to make appear nicer.
Just say thanks to you all for your help & advice much appreciated!
I'll maybe think about XP,but not happy.
aufisch
Reply #25 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:15 PM
Reply #25 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:15 PM
Sorry to hear that, but IconPackager and Windowblind already make a huge difference compared to the standard WinME-(un)design.
And if you can spare the money, an upgrade to XP is very recommended, you will be surprised how much more stable your system will be. I haven't had to reformat my harddrive since I swapped to XP two years ago! (With Win98SE I had to do it approx. every 9 months or so).
And if you can spare the money, an upgrade to XP is very recommended, you will be surprised how much more stable your system will be. I haven't had to reformat my harddrive since I swapped to XP two years ago! (With Win98SE I had to do it approx. every 9 months or so).
PurrBall
Reply #26 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:41 PM
Reply #26 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:41 PM
I just got XP, and everything is happy (I had the DX probby too). NOT A SINGLE CRASH YET!!!! Also havnt needed to reboot yet, and with 98se I had to do so ~40 times a day. 
The $89 was well spent. Will never regret it! 
The $89 was well spent. Will never regret it! 
Jafo
Reply #27 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:57 PM
Reply #27 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:57 PM
Citizen David Parfitt ... comparing the 2 OSs.....ME and XP....you have opposite ends of the functional scale.
ME is arguably the worst operating system ever devised by MS....if it were still being developed it 'might' almost be safe to release in a few years...
XP on the other hand is usually argued as either better than, or as good as Win 2000....one or the other being the best MS OS ever.
I found thar 2000 had issues with device drivers, where XP did not....so for me XP is best.
Your best bet is to install XP...though you will need a bit more ram.....256 isn't really sufficient....
aufisch
Reply #28 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:15 PM
don't insult my laptop Jafo, it runs XP quite fine with just 256 MBRam
Reply #28 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:15 PM
| 256 isn't really sufficient |
don't insult my laptop Jafo, it runs XP quite fine with just 256 MBRam
Chris TH
Reply #29 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:52 PM
You don't need ODNT to change the way XP looks. First thing I do after a new install is reset the look of everything to classic.
Reply #29 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:52 PM
| hate it too and it was a long time before I switched over to XP from Win9x, but that hate only stems from its butt-ugly gui and ODNT does quite a good job killing it |
You don't need ODNT to change the way XP looks. First thing I do after a new install is reset the look of everything to classic.
Essencay
Reply #30 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:09 PM
Me Too
XP vs. 2000....XP does a better job running older Win9x and MS-Dos apps.
Reply #30 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:09 PM
| everything to classic. |
Me Too
XP vs. 2000....XP does a better job running older Win9x and MS-Dos apps.
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Reply #21 Friday, January 14, 2005 11:45 AM
Thanks to every one I will let you know how it goes