Winamp first drew me to what a skinning app could be like to use, then I was at skinz.org for awhile. I got hooked on Windowblinds and other programs there. Used to visit Stardocks site where they had skins and became one of the first to join Wincustomize when it was created, user no. 129. I've been here ever since. I'm not a skin contributor but try to give my input where possible. I also try to interest others in what goes on here.

I heard about WindowsBlinds back in 2004 and became a member while enjoying customizing the boring, plain Windows original interface. From there I moved on to try the various other Stardock programs. I haven't started skinning anything until quite recently, but I've loved using this site for all my customizing needs for years. I've come to enjoy the work of so many professionals and newcomers alike. I love being able to learn more or help others out if I can too. Wincustomize has been an excellent service; I'm glad to be a user and now a new provider. I hope the site continues to have great success !

I joined not too long ago. Cool place to hang out though. Lots of nice people, lots of cool skins.

It all started when I bought a used machine that had some weird look to it. I thought something was wrong with XP. I didn't know it was running WB and I new nothing about any of this stuff. When I figured it out, I found out it was a running cracked copy of WB making my machine look so weird.

So, I uninstalled it, came to WC and subscribed during the Christmas Hospital Kids drive, and bought the OD package from Stardock with intentions of making some skins. It looked soooooo easy. NOT!

I ended up not skinning but I love WB6, Icon Packager, and Cursor FX PLus. Maybe when I'm finished with school I can learn to skin but my job is going to keep me away from a computer most of the time anyway.

Thanks to all you awesome skinners out there. Keep on skinnin!

Cheers, f

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I joined in October of 2005. Stumbled in from a Google Search I believe. Never been the same monkey since. Thanks WC!

I was searching for wallpapers back in 03' and Wincustomize was turning into favorite place to snag them, i believe the site was an awful brown color back then, i signed up in 04' gave Windowblinds a try, then IP, then i was hooked and i haven't left since, but i am returning the favor and submitting a wallpaper or two!

Happy Birthday Wincustomize! I've been a member since Jul 22, 2001. I had been looking for shell replacements as I hated Windows looks. I found winstep, hoverdesk, Talisman and Aston shells. Something about those programs at that time just didn't have any umpfff! I ran across the windowblind program and wincustomize by pure luck and search engins. We have been a match ever since, I still go every once in a while and check the new versions of those other programs, as I own them also. For the most part they have evolved into pretty good programs, But there is nothing like stardock software and I doubt there ever will be. I plan on being a loyal stardocker for as long as I can. Thank you stardock.  

I must have signed up within 2nd or 3rd day of Wincustomize went live. I was skinner at Skinz for a long time before.

I found Wincustomize on www.download.com. It started first with Theme Manager and then I started to cruz the wincustomize site and tried to figure things out. I have been a member since 2005 and I have enjoyed every minute of it.

It all started one day when i was getting really bored of the three color taskbars. i wanted to see if i can change the color of them to black, red or whatever color i had on my mind at the time. I searched on google to check if such a thing was possible. Then i saw an advertisement for Wincustomize on a website (Don't remember what site) and clicked on it. That's when i started knowing about all the things you could customize on windows. (Bootskins, logons, windowblinds, etc.) But i was a visitor and i didn't make an account. i just downloaded one windowblind skin i thought was neat and never went back to Wincustomize again. That was in 2003. Then, a year later, something happened to my computer that made me had to reinstall windows XP so i lost the skin i had. That's when i went back to Wincustomize (once again through an advertisement cause i forgot what the site was at the time) and installed a new windowblind skin. Thats when i decided to make an account (on August 20, 2004 ) and learned how to make bootskins. THE END (sorry for the long story)

I found WB4 by way of a CD in a computer magazine. I loaded it tried it for a couple of days, uninstalled it. A couple weeks later I tried it again, said yea why not and got a subscription. Within a month I upgraded to an Object Desktop subscription. Then probably about a month or so later I subscribed to WC, Nov '04.   

During the time I've been here I've realized that the talent and skills needed were not there to make skins but I sure did like customizing my desktop. That's what brought me and keeps me here. Well, that and the fact I can't find the door to leave.      

HG Elim,I remember BuilderBlinds! Not sure how I stumbled upon BB / WB. Been in love with it ever since. Been around a long time before Wincustomize. Gravitate here everyday to see what's new.     

I really don't remember when I started with Stardock but the oldest e-mail that I still have is from 10-19-01. My member # is fairly low so I must have started early.