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re: Why use third-party apps?
Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 12:55 am
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Posted by Doug Sheffer (1 messages posted)


Very good suggestion!


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? (Wet in Washington: Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 5:20 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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