5 Top Christmas Wallpapers for Your Desktop

November 13, 2012, 7:57 am

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December is just around the corner, and I wanted to start highlighting some Christmas and holiday wallpapers.  We have so many holiday skins on WinCustomize such as wallpapers, WindowBlinds skin, Cursor themes, and much more.  These are 5 Christmas desktop wallpapers I’d like to recommend.

You can find more Christmas wallpapers in the WinCustomize galleries.

 

1. I’ll be home for Christmas by vStyler

 

2. Christmas Joyous by Frankief

 
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Start8 Mentioned in Forbes!

November 13, 2012, 2:39 pm

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Forbes.com today has a piece up about Windows 8 and the Start Menu, and has a great post about Start8.

“I’ve played with a number of utilities that allow you to add the Start menu back to Windows 8,and the best by far is Stardock’s Start8.”

Link: Put The Start Menu Back Into Windows 8

Stardock’s Start8 in USA Today Article

November 14, 2012, 9:59 am

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USA Today has an article about the departure of Microsoft Executive, Steven Sinofsky, the Windows 8 start menu, and how Stardock’s Start8 has brought back the start menu to users.

“Software company Stardock has sold tens of thousands of copies of Start8, a $5 application that restores a fully functioning Windows 7 Start Menu interface to new Windows 8 PCs. Stardock has distributed tens of thousands more free trial versions, says Kris Kwilas, Stardock's vice president of technology.

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New Master WindowBlinds Skin: Tanger

November 14, 2012, 10:21 am

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LightStar has shared with us another fantastic Master WindowBlinds skin called Tanger.  Highlights of orange with a contrast of darker grays really made this an enjoyable skin to use, and I highly recommend it.  WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount!

Tanger by LightStar

WindowFX 5.1–Now with Windows 8 Support!

November 14, 2012, 10:26 am

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WindowFX allows you to customize your windows and start menus with cool animations and effects.

With options to control the visual emphasis of your background windows and desktop icons, WindowFX helps you focus on what is important.

Features:

NEW! Windows 8 support. Wobbly window animations. Animated effects for: open, close, minimize and restore window actions. Start menu animations. Desktop icon display controls. And more! Purchase WindowFX now for only $9.95...

GUI Champs 2012: Most Creative and Most Usable Wallpaper Winners Announced!

November 14, 2012, 12:02 pm

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We are excited to announce the winners in the Wallpapers category for Most Creative and Most Usable in the 2012 GUI Champs!  We had over 70 wallpaper entries and it took our judges a while to decide on the finalists, which were then open to public voting.

Now for the winners!

Most Creative First Place: The Cyper Club by neone6

 

Second Place: Water Towers by RomanDA  

Third Place: Eyecon by TheMasterBaron

 

 

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Start8 v1.03 Released–Bringing the Windows 8 Start Menu Back!

November 15, 2012, 10:49 am

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The v1.03 update for Start8 has been released today with many improvements and fixes such as drag and drop support for start menu items, control which taskbar the start button appears on, expanded search options, new themes, and more!   Start8 is the “best solution” for the missing Start Menu on Windows8 by USA Today, Forbes, CBS News and Lifehacker!

Highlights of the v1.03 update:

New Desktop page in config UI New options to control which taskbar the start button appe...

Start8 Mentioned on Engadget

November 20, 2012, 9:21 am

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Start8 is still getting lots of attention, and today it got a mention on Engadget!

“When we first reported on Start8, a mod that brings the tried-and-tested Start button back to Windows 8, it was impossible to know how fiercely the fires of controversy would burn over Microsoft's new interface. Some of us adjusted to the full-screen Start "experience" pretty quickly, but it's also clear that a sizable population of users prefer things just as they were. How sizable? Well, accor...

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Decor8 v0.99 Beta Available

November 20, 2012, 1:03 pm

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The v0.99 beta update for Decor8 is now available.  Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only 10 provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes. Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors.

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Additional filter options for start screen backgroundsSupport for quickly and conveniently changing the lock screen backgroundAdditional wallpapers (including some extr...

GUI Champs 2012: Community Voting for Dreams Begins

November 21, 2012, 8:09 am

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Community voting for Dreams (animated wallpapers) is now open to the public.  Head over and vote for the Most Creative and Most Usable Dream.

http://www.guichamps.com/vote/

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2012, 11:02 am

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If you are one to celebrate Thanksgiving, then we want to wish you a happy and safe holiday! Have a great day with family and friends!

 

Stardock Has A New Support Page

November 25, 2012, 2:45 pm

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Thanks to both the web team and support team we have a brand new Support page!

The new page has all the important links to those urls we all have been gleaning from various different threads. It’s all just become a whole lot easier.

It’s very well organized and functional as well, and even has an instant chat (mibbit) widget embedded, so you can (M-F, 9am-5pm) reach support folks.

To access this page and put it on your browser’s “Favorites”: http://www.stardock.com/su...

TWIS

November 25, 2012, 6:13 pm

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My chance at throwing together a TWIS (this week in skinning). I.D.'s off somewhere playing hooky AND I got his lovely wife to disable all interwebz connections on his devices.

So.... here are some skins deserving of your interest:

     

        Tanger Master Suite                                      Hollyday Docks     &nbsp...

Stardock's Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving Sale

November 26, 2012, 9:16 am

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 Don't regret missing these deals!Head over to:  http://www.stardock.com/thanksgiving_sale/software.asp   

Personalize the Windows® 8 start screen with Decor8™ from Stardock!

November 27, 2012, 10:16 am

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Decor8 expands your start screen customization possibilities from the 20 images included with Windows 8 to a limitless variety of user photos and background images. With Decor8 you also have the capability to create your own background image slide shows and color scheme combinations. Apply effects like fade, blur and more to your background images to create unique a look for your start screen.

 

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Personalize the Windows 8 Start screen with background images and colorsD...

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Decor8 Reviewed at c|net

November 30, 2012, 6:25 pm

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Eddie Cho of the c|net review staff has given Decor8 a nice review.

“After you install the app, Decor8 will appear on the Start screen like any other tile. When you open the app, you'll be greeted with an options menu that appears mighty hard to discern from a standard Windows 8 settings menu. From the Background settings, choose any custom image or photo to set as your background for the modern UI and add visual tweaks like fading, blurring, and color overlays. Decor8 als...

Start 8 And Multiplicity 2.0 In PCWorld's "100 Best Products of 2012"

December 1, 2012, 11:12 am

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Congrats to Stardock!

It isn't everyday that a product...any product is honored this way. Kudos to the dev!



 



 

Would you like to learn more?  http://stardock.com/products/start8/

 



 

 

If you'd like to learn more about Multiplicity 2.0:  http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/

 

 

 

New Master WindowBlinds Skin: HAL 2030

December 4, 2012, 7:15 am

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Master Skinner vStyler brings us another fantastic skin for WindowBlinds called HAL 2030.  This “futuristic” skin is designed for XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and if you are a WinCustomize Subscriber you get a 20% discount!

HAL 2030

GUIC 2012: Community Voting for WindowBlinds is Open!

December 4, 2012, 10:12 am

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The next round of public voting is open, this time for WindowBlinds skins!  Head over and cast your votes!

http://www.guichamps.com/vote/

New Master WindowBlinds Skin: Christmas Holidays Theme

December 5, 2012, 9:15 am

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Master Skinner adni18 has released another beautiful Christmas holiday theme! This includes the fantastic holiday skin for WindowBlinds, Christmas icons, and a desktop gadget.

WinCustomize Subscribers get a 20% discount!

Christmas Holidays Theme