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Impulse Weekly Roundup – December 4th

Friday, December 4, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

Wow, it’s already December?  The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and if you missed out on any of the recent Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals or just want more, Impulse will be having more big holiday sales coming soon. 

I wanted to remind you that it’s very easy to purchase gifts for others on Impulse.  The best part is there is no need to worry about shipping as their digital gifts are sent nearly instantly.  It’s a great way to give gifts to friends and family.  I wrote a quick guide on how to do it here .

Articles to check out:

New Releases on Impulse:


Updates on Impulse:

 

This weeks Impulse Weekend Buys!


$7.49

$4.99

$29.99

$14.99

$9.95
 

This Week in Skinning – December 4th

Skin Roundup for 12-4-09

Friday, December 4, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization

The first week of December is upon us!  The holiday skins are pouring in, and the WC Holiday Community Suite is just about complete, and that turned out great!  Don’t forget we have a contest going on where the grand prize winner will receive an ATI video card courtesy of AMD.  This contest is for Winter animated wallpapers, and you don’t have to be a 3D expert now that DeskScapes 3 support hybrid static .dreams.

More info about the contest can be found here:  https://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=370464

Now for this weeks picks!


Krim Iron Man by jalentorn

You don’t have to be an Iron Man to enjoy this slick CursorFX theme.

Snowman Sweeper by Ausvet

Another beautiful holiday animated wallpaper.

lantern by B2R

This is a very creative set of dock backgrounds for ObjectDock. 

Trawling by Gammeldansk

This wallpaper is very colorful, with a great design.  Nice work!

Where Christmas Gifts Are Born by vlad

A perfect Christmas wallpaper!
Christmas 09 by LightStar

This Christmas WindowBlinds skin definitely makes my top holiday skins list.  Great job!

Object Desktop 2010: Live Video Demo

Thursday, December 3, 2009 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing

Taking Windows 7 to the next level.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Object Desktop is Stardock’s premiere suite of desktop enhancement utilities.  While Windows itself is made for “everyone” Object Desktop is designed specifically for “power users” who want to get more out of their PCs.

This video demo goes over the basics of what Object Desktop can do.

Visit www.objectdesktop.com to get it.

Object Desktop 2010 Overview

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 by Frogboy | Discussion: OS Customization

Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancement utilities designed to let users turbo-charge Windows. 

The core programs of Object Desktop 2010 include:

wb-icon WindowBlinds. A program that can customize the look and feel of the entire Windows graphical user interface by applying new “skins” that change title bars, taskbars, scrollbars, and nearly every other part of Windows.

 

DeskScapes (Fancy) D only DeskScapes. A program that lets users customize their wallpapers or even apply  animated wallpapers (there are hundreds of free animated wallpapers available to choose from).

 

Fences_Icon256 Fences PRO. A program that lets users organize the icons on their desktops into groups of easily manageable “fences”.

 

TweakVistaLarge Tweak. A program designed to make it easy to modify various hard to find Windows settings and control what gets loaded (or not loaded) onto your system.

 

ip_128x128 IconPackager. A program that can apply new icons themes by loading up a package of icons.

 

ss_icon SkinStudio. A program that makes it easy for users to create their own user interfaces to apply to Windows.

 

tm Theme Manager. A program that ties it all together. Get your desktop just the way you want and save it or apply themes created by others that include WindowBlinds, IconPackager, DeskScapes and other customization program content.

In addition Object Desktop users get a host of other programs to enhance Windows such as DesktopX, WindowFX, IconDeveloper, SoundPackager, Keyboard LaunchPad, RightClick, and more.

Users of Object Desktop don’t just get what is in Object Desktop today but also everything released or updated for it in the year after purchase.  Even now, Stardock’s developers are working on programs that can give new options to Windows 7 users, get the most out of Windows XP, and more.

Object Desktop is only $49.95. For users who want to keep getting updates to the programs after the first year, they can renew their access for only $34.95!

Impulse Cyber Monday Sale!

Monday, November 30, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

The long holiday weekend is over, and whether you missed the Black Friday sales or not no worries, this is one Monday which you don’t want to miss!  Today we have the Impulse Cyber Monda y sale with many PC games and applications on sale starting at just $1.99!

The Impulse Cyber Monday Sale:

Impulse Thanksgiving Sale!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

The long holiday weekend is ready to be kicked off, and to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday we are having a HUGE sale on Impulse!  Since the holiday season is approaching, don’t forget you can easily make a purchase on Impulse for a friend or family member. 

Lets check out the Impulse Thanksgiving Sale!

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Grab Existing Icons with IconDeveloper

Monday, November 23, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

IconDeveloper doesn’t get as much attention as it should, but it is an awesome app that can do nearly anything you need to in regards to icons.  Just today I needed to grab the stock icon from an application, and using IconDeveloper I was able to do in just about a minute.

Open IconDeveloper and select “Open Icon”.

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Now just browse to the application directory and from there I found the .exe which has the icon I need. 

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Selecting it opens it up in IconDeveloper where you edit it, change the color, etc. 

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After your modifications, if any, just hit Save and save it to whichever format you need.  In my case I just export it to an .ico file.

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In just a few quick steps I have the icon I needed.  Pretty simple and very useful!

https://www.stardock.com/products/icondeveloper/

Impulse Weekly Roundup - November 20th

Friday, November 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing

Good day Impulsers!  I hope everyone’s week is going fine, and welcome to this weeks re-cap of the happenings on Impulse.

Articles to check out:

New Releases on Impulse:

Updates on Impulse:


This weeks Impulse Weekend Buys!


$22.49

$14.95

$2.99

$12.50

$9.95

$22.49

This Week in Skinning - November 20th

Skin Roundup for 11-20-09

Friday, November 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization

Good day fine WinCustomize folks!  Just to give a quick re-cap of this weeks activities, if you are a WC subscriber then be sure to check out the new subscriber skin called Tiki.  This was also a huge week for skinning as WindowBlinds 7 was released!  This enormous update brings skinning to Windows 7, and adds a ton of new features.

Now for this weeks picks!


WOM by jalentorn

This is a very creative and cool cursor set for CursorFX.  Definitely download this one.

LongNights by Ausvet

More and more winter .dreams are coming in, and the snow falling in this one is perfect.

SteamPunk by Vampothika

I really don’t need to comment on this.  It’s just that cool.

Winter Wonderland Wall Pk by AzDude

A simple, more minimal wallpaper.  Perfect for a holiday desktop.

iDive Aerospace by TomRichter

I always look forward to skins from TomRichter.  He has an elegant style and always makes good use of darker colors.  Great job!
Satellite by don5318

This is a really sleek skin for the Xion media player.  Nice work!



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