5 Awesome Christmas Wallpapers

November 15, 2011, 10:48 am

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Hard to believe Christmas is just over a month away.  I wanted to start featuring some of the best Christmas wallpapers we have on WinCustomize, and any of these are perfect for your desktop wallpaper.

Now is also a good time to remind everyone of our WC Holiday contest.

1. Christmas RedGlass by FrankieF

 

2.  ..it’s Christmas 2010 by Ton-K300

 

3. Christmas Tree at Night by Island Dog

 

4.  Where Christmas Gifts Are Bor...

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Winstep releases Winstep Xtreme v11.10 and Nexus dock free v11.10

November 19, 2011, 8:29 am

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The Winstep Nexus dock is a FREE, dock for Windows. Nexus is one of the most attractive, powerful and flexible docks available today, boasting just about every feature you’d expect from a dock and much more: widgets, mouse-over effects, skins, drag-and-drop, live icon reflections, background blur, full system tray and tasklist support, built-in animated icon support, etc. Completely customizable, Nexus Ultimate has thousands of backgrounds freely available online and is fully compatible wi...

Tiles Public Beta Released!

November 19, 2011, 12:13 pm

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Stardock has released the public beta for Tiles today.  Tiles is an application that lets users organize their desktop applications into pages of tiles.  You can quickly view and manage your running applications with Tiles as a customizable sidebar.  The look of Tiles can also be customized further with additional themes, background images, and more.

The beta version is fully functional with the company looking for feedback from users on additional features and usability they...

New WindowBlinds Master Skin: Nocturne

November 21, 2011, 12:12 pm

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Master Skinner vStyler has released another fabulous WindowBlinds skin called Nocturne.  This has a subtle use of color and doesn’t hurt the eyes when used on a daily basis.

Nocturne by vStyler



WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount!

New to Stardock Tiles? Check Out This New Guide!

November 23, 2011, 5:08 pm

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If you are new to Stardock Tiles or just want to familiarize yourself with some of the features, come check out the first of many new guides for Tiles.  This one focusing on pages in Tiles and how to set them up for your use.

Using Stardock Tiles: Pages

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011, 2:55 pm

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From the staff of WinCustomize and Stardock we want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  We hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday, and we will be back in a few days to wind down another exciting year.

Stardock Black Friday Sales are a Go!

November 25, 2011, 10:21 am

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While people rush to stores and wait in long lines for hours, you can also get some great deals by going online and checking out our Stardock Black Friday sales.  Many of our desktop applications are on sale up to 50% off regular price.

Fences Pro (50% Off / $9.95)

ObjectDock Plus (50% Off / $9.95)

CursorFX (50% Off / $9.95)

WindowBlinds (33% Off / $13.37)

DeskScapes (50% Off / $9.95)

IconPackager (50% Off / $4.95)

 

If you want the whole Object ...

ID’s Long Weekend Picks!

November 29, 2011, 2:27 am

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We have returned from a nice, long weekend and now it’s time to get back to work.  We’ll start off by featuring some skins from the past few days, including several entries for the WC Christmas contest!















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ObjectDock #1 in Desktop Enhancement Downloads on Download.com

November 29, 2011, 10:21 am

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I was browsing through Download.com and was checking out what’s on in the desktop enhancement section, and it’s always great to see Stardock apps at the top of the list.  With an amazing 25,738 downloads just this week alone, ObjectDock tops the list!

Right behind that is Fences with 25,638!

WindowBlinds and LogonStudio are also in the top 10, so be sure to stop by and check out the desktop enhancement lists.

http://download.cnet.com/windows/desktop-enhancements/?tag=bc

DesktopX 4 and DesktopX 4 Pro Beta Updates

November 30, 2011, 1:58 pm

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We have released an update for both DesktopX 4 and DesktopX 4 Pro.  These updates are only bug fixes for DesktopX.

You can download the betas (v3.96)  via the Stardock store only.

https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

Top Christmas Wallpapers for your Desktop!

November 30, 2011, 2:05 pm

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Tis the season again, and as we enter December it’s often time to change your desktop to one that shows off some holiday spirit.  There’s always a huge amount of choices when it come to Christmas wallpapers, but I went through the WinCustomize wallpaper gallery and picked out some of my favorites. 


Christmas one by Frankief


Merry Christmas II by DP Studios

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Christmas Desktop Gadgets and Widgets

December 3, 2011, 9:00 am

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In continuing with our series of highlighting some cool and favorite Christmas themed skins on WinCustomize, we shall continue today with some gadgets and widgets.  These are created with DesktopX, but many are created as gadgets so they will run by themselves.

These are fun mini-apps you can place anywhere on your desktop to add some neat decorations on your PC.

Christmas Countdowns:
Santa Sleigh Countdown

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Site Maintenance - Monday Morning

December 4, 2011, 9:40 pm

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Starting around 7:30am to 10am EST tomorrow morning, we will be performing scheduled maintenance on our servers.  During that time you might experience site outages or errors.

 

New Skins for Monday Morning!

December 6, 2011, 7:50 am

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Happy Monday!  We’ll do the usual today and post a few skins that came in this weekend.  Sip your coffee and enjoy!

Decorate Your Desktop with these Christmas WindowBlinds Skins

December 7, 2011, 10:55 am

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In continuing with showing off some of the great skins and themes here on WinCustomize for Christmas, we move on to skins for WindowBlinds.  We have had quite a few new ones recently, and some classics that never get old to use.


Christmas 2011 by LightStar


Sapphire Blue Winter by k10w3

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Purchase Gifts from the Stardock Store

December 8, 2011, 8:44 am

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The holidays are here, and if you are looking for gifts for your friends or family that can be delivered nearly instantly, then you should come check out all the goods at the Stardock store.  Whether it’s games or desktop applications, anything can be easily gifted to another person – all you need is their e-mail address.

Here’s a quick guide on how to do it!

Gift Purchasing from the Stardock Store

Post Your December Desktops!

December 8, 2011, 11:11 am

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We have entered the final month of the year, and it’s time again to post your screenshots to our monthly desktop screenshot thread.  If you have a holiday desktop, this is also a great time to show that off!

December 2011 Desktop Screenshots

WC Christmas Holiday Contest–One Week Left!

December 10, 2011, 10:06 am

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Just a reminder that there’s only a week left to get your entries in for this years WC Christmas Holiday contest!

Get the details here.

http://forums.wincustomize.com/413420

12 Days of Christmas Sale–Day 1

December 12, 2011, 11:12 am

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Stardock has started its 12 Days of Christmas sale, and today we have WindowFX on sale for just $6.67.  WindowFX adds really cool special effects to your windows enhancing your computing experience.

Video examples and more information can be found at the WindowFX site.

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/

This sale is for today only, so head over to the purchase page and grab your copy today, and don’t forget you can gift it as well!

http://www.stardock.com/produ...

Day 2 of Our 12 Days of Holi-Daily Deals–ObjectDock Plus!

December 13, 2011, 8:39 pm

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We are at Day 2 in our 12 days of Holi-Daily deals, and today we have ObjectDock Plus for 50% off!  ObjectDock Plus is a great upgrade from the free version with the addition of tabbed docks, multiple docks, and more!

Get it today only for just $10.

http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/purchase.asp

You can also get a sneak peek at the upcoming deals this week here.