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07-21-2004, 10:39 PM
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StyleXP or Windowblinds?
I would like to download one of these programs for customizing Windows XP. Which one do you think is better? Just looking for some opinions and feedback on each from people that are using them. And are there any negatives to using one of these programs? IE can they mess anything up? I put the wibsites of each below, thanks.
http://www.tgtsoft.com/prod_sxp_ss.php http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/
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07-21-2004, 10:45 PM
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I like Style XP better. You can find a lot of themes at ThemeXP and instructions how to install the free version (WindowBlinds is shareware only).
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07-22-2004, 02:13 AM
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I have always used WindowBlinds. There are thousands of themes at Wincustomize.com.
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07-22-2004, 05:40 AM
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I have both , used both and Style Xp is alot less of a ressource hog. So much easier to configure too.
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07-22-2004, 09:45 AM
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i have tried windowblinds a couple of times, neat program but it can be a big hog to your system. i had to take it out because it would slow my computer down to a crawl.
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07-22-2004, 10:24 AM
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I've never had a problem with it. Both of my computers only have 256 MB of RAM at the moment and it doesn't slow it them down. It takes up 3 MB of RAM at the most.
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07-22-2004, 11:33 AM
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I have used both and like both but in my opinion Windowblinds has better skins. I bought the program but my suscription runs out today. I wont be renewing I will be switching to StyleXP.
Now that you remind me Im going to download my final update. 
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