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- WindowBlinds 4.51 [4/4/05]
- Shareware build for Windows 2000/XP or later
- news://news.stardock.com/stardock.windowblinds
-
- A component of ObjectDesktop.net
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- Thank you for your interest in WindowBlinds!
-
- If this is the first time you have used
- WindowBlinds, welcome to a new way to customize
- your OS. We are pleased you've downloaded a
- copy of WindowBlinds and we look forward to
- your comments and suggestions (use the newsgroup
- linked above).
-
- Applying visual styles
- ----------------------
- In addition to the shortcut to the WindowBlinds
- Advanced Config window in your Start menu, you
- can change WB visual styles and settings from either
- the Skins or Appearance tab in Display Properties.
-
- Set the skin to Windows Classic to not use
- a WB skin on startup (or use the options on
- the Skins tab or in the Advanced Config window).
-
- Download additional visual styles
- ---------------------------------
- Be sure to check out www.WinCustomize.com to
- select from over 3300 free visual styles.
-
- Creating your own visual styles
- -------------------------------
- Create your own visual styles with SkinStudio (www.skinstudio.net)!
- See WindowBlinds.net for information on the
- UIS Language.
-
- Uninstalling WindowBlinds
- -------------------------
- Add/Remove Programs (in the Control Panel) can be used
- to uninstall WindowBlinds. A reboot may be necessary
- to remove some files that were in-use, but this step
- can be deferred until a later time by selecting the
- Cancel button at the end of the uninstall process.
-
- A note on drivers and compatibility
- -----------------------------------
- WindowBlinds has been designed and tested to
- be as compatible with with thousands of applications
- and pieces of hardware available. Its memory load
- is quite low (unless you are using complex skins
- with lots of animation) and any oddities with
- specific apps can generally be worked around
- quickly (see the Troubleshooting section of the
- online help file for more information).
-
- Obligatory Bits
- ---------------
-
- Non-Stardock visual styles included with the permissions of their respective authors:
-
- Mike Bryant
- GreenReaper/AJCrowley
- Johanne Chaine aka Alexandrie (Canada)
- Treetog (Brazil)
- John T. Folden (USA)
- Dark Phoenix
- Ian Black aka Voodoo_Freak
- Paul Boyer aka Mormegil
-
- Default Explorer and Dialog bitmaps courtesy of DAK (dak@redcom.ru).
-
- And a special thank you to everyone in the Stardock newsgroups
- and on #stardock on irc.stardock.com.
-
- WindowBlinds incorporates decompression code by the Info-ZIP group.
-
- There are no extra charges or costs due to the use of this code,
- and the original compression sources are freely available from
- ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ on the Internet. We will also,
- upon request, mail you the full sources on a 3.5" MSDOS-formatted
- diskette for the cost of mailing.
-
- The full source of the InfoZip compressor/decompressor can also
- be obtained from ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip/.
-
- Developed and Published by:
- Stardock.net, Inc.
- 17292 Farmington Road
- Livonia, MI 48152 USA
- http://www.stardock.net
-
- Stardock is a registered trademark of Stardock
- Systems, Inc. Stardock.net, WindowBlinds, and
- WindowBlinds XP are trademarks of Stardock.net, Inc.
-
- .UIS format and contents (c) copyright
- Stardock.net, Inc. 1998-2005. Image resources
- included with visual styles remain copyright
- their respective authors.
-
- (c) Copyright Stardock.net, Inc. 1998-2005.
-
- All trademarked names mentioned in this document
- and SOFTWARE are used for editorial purposes
- only, with no intention of infringing upon the
- trademarks.
-
- No part of this publication may be reproduced
- without written permission from Stardock.net, Inc..
-
- All rights reserved.
-