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re: Why use third-party apps?
Monday, May 24, 2004 at 1:43 pm
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Posted by Adam Bradley (7201 messages posted)


And this was prompted by what question?
At this point it is looking like a plug for a third party app (even if it only needs to be run once it is still third party)
and advertisements are prohibited here
regards, Adam Bradley


On Monday, May 24, 2004 at 10:30 am, Quiller wrote:
>There is no real need to use a third-party app like WindowBlinds or StyleXP to make
>XP look pretty. Microsoft did it right when they set up the process for applying
>Themes... unfortunately, they also added a requirement that any theme has to be "approved"
>by Microsoft... StyleXP was smart in that they simply bypass that requirement. Any
>theme from themexp.org or wincustomize.org that is intended for StyleXP can run WITHOUT
>StyleXP sitting in the background hogging resources. Get a little program called
>Patch XP and you'll be free to use any theme just like switching from Windows XP
>to Windows Classic themes...



Written in response to:
Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Monday, May 24, 2004 at 10:30 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Monday, May 24, 2004 at 2:11 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Mon, May 24, 2004, 10:30 am)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (J.R.: Mon, May 24, 2004, 11:24 am)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Mon, May 24, 2004, 11:26 am)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Adam Bradley: Mon, May 24, 2004, 1:43 pm)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Mon, May 24, 2004, 2:11 pm)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Adam Bradley: Mon, May 24, 2004, 3:39 pm)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Mon, May 24, 2004, 3:48 pm)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (panicbutton: Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 12:08 am)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (panicbutton: Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 12:29 am)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (e-head: Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 7:54 am)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Doug Sheffer: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 12:55 am)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (Wet in Washington: Sun, Aug 29, 2004, 5:20 pm)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (i am not a nerd: Tue, Aug 31, 2004, 8:52 am)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (brooklynspo: Tue, Oct 5, 2004, 5:17 am)
-re: Why use third-party apps? (666: Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 10:59 am)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (francozero: Tue, Feb 15, 2005, 1:51 pm)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (Goodwin: Mon, Feb 21, 2005, 11:37 pm)
*re: Why use third-party apps? (Shaun: Sat, May 7, 2005, 5:39 am)
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