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DOWNLOAD WindowBlinds Enhanced 5.0

WindowBlinds is a program that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows to however you want it to look like. WindowBlinds allows you to completely customize your desktop look by changing the style of title buttons, bars and toolbars.
download - comments - 7.12.2005

2 Office products enhanced

Microsoft looks to expand market by adding features

Microsoft Corp. is trying to expand the potential market for two of its Office programs for businesses, increasing its competition with Oracle Corp., SAP, IBM Corp. and others that make corporate software.
microsoft - comments - 22.1.2006

SuperFetch Enhanced Prefetch

Microsoft has always been blamed for delivering poor quality products. And most of this used to be true. This is not an apology for their products but you have to admit that lately they hit the market with very good coding.
windows - comments - 1.9.2007

Windows 7 User Interface – The Superbar - Enhanced Taskbar

One of the elements of the Windows graphical user interface that is evolving past what end users have come to traditionally associate with it is the Taskbar.
common - comments - 4.11.2008

WindowBlinds 5 download

Customize the look and feel of Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It's a Windows utility that enables users to personalize nearly every aspect of the Windows graphical user interface. It can "skin" your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, radio buttons, and nearly every other part of Windows.
download - comments - 8.1.2006

WindowBlinds 5 FULL

WindowBlinds is a program that enables Windows users to completely change the look and feel of the Windows user interface. Users customize Windows by using visual styles (skins) created for WindowBlinds.
download - comments - 31.12.2006

Windowblinds 5.5 final

Stardock released WindowBlinds 5.5 today. WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to customize the look and feel of the graphical user interface of Microsoft Windows.
download - comments - 14.3.2007

WindowBlinds 6 Released

Stardock has released the highly anticipated WindowBlinds 6 today. WindowBlinds is a utility that allows users to change the look and feel of the Windows desktop experience by applying skins to the user interface.
download - comments - 3.10.2007

5imple WindowBlinds skin

I made this skin for the PlanetAMD64 Skinning Contest (got second place) http://www.planetamd64.com/ Link This is version have some small changes like some settings tweaks to make the skin faster and more. I tried a design to make the skin easy to use everyday, all parts are skinned.


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Vista SKIN for windowblinds 5

Customize the look and feel of Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It's a Windows utility that enables users to personalize nearly every aspect of the Windows graphical user interface.
download - comments - 21.2.2006

WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

One of the most anticipated features in Windows Vista is its redesigned user interface that features glass-like title bars and alpha blended windows. But with the upgrade a year away, Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to offer Windows XP users the same capabilities right now.

Version 5 of Stardock's flagship Windows customization software has been in the works for over a year, according to company CEO Brad Wardell. Initially, Wardell's team was dubious that such features could be added without severe performance lag to Windows XP, which lacks Vista's new advanced graphics subsystem.
windows - comments - 30.11.2005

WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

One of the most anticipated features in Windows Vista is its redesigned user interface that features glass-like title bars and alpha blended windows. But with the upgrade a year away, Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to offer Windows XP users the same capabilities right now.

Photos: View images of WindowBlinds 5..
betanews.com - 30.11.2005

WindowBlinds 6 Alters Vista Interface

Stardock has released version 6 of its popular WindowBlinds user interface skinning application, which is the first tool that can overhaul the look of Windows Vista - from the Taskbar to window borders and buttons...
betanews.com - 03.10.2007

Stardock WindowBlinds 6 transforms Windows XP, Vista user experience

Stardock, the worlds largest Windows customization company, released the highly anticipated sixth version of WindowBlinds today. With over 12 million downloads on CNETs Download.com, WindowBlinds is a utility that allows users to change the look and feel of the Windows desktop experience by applying skins to the user interface. WindowBlinds can change title bars, push buttons, Start bars, scrollbars and nearly every other element of the Windows user interface. The software is $19.95 and can be downloaded directly from www.windowblinds.net.



A WindowBlinds skin can change Windows to look like an alternative operating system, favorite sports car brands, favorite sports team, or virtually anything else. With modern video cards, WindowBlinds can do this without reducing performance. WindowBlinds 6 adds the ability to have œblurred glass� window borders on Windows XP which allows artists to make skins that could make Windows XP look virtually identical to Windows Vista.



Additionally, WindowBlinds 6 adds full support for customizing Microsofts new Windows Vista operating system. Everything from Internet Explorer 7 skinning, Sidebar skinning to explorer backgrounds, WindowBlinds 6 skins virtually every element of Windows Vista while making full use of the hardware acceleration features on Windows Vista for maximum performance.




winbeta.org - 03.10.2007

WindowBlinds 5.1 released

Stardock has released a new version of its popular Windows skinning utility, WindowBlinds.  WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to completely change the look and feel of the entire Windows user interface -- title bars, push buttons, scrollbars, the Start bar, and more. 

WindowBlinds 5.1 includes new wallpaper changing functionality allowing users to provide a series of wallpapers that can change by the time of day or other criteria specified by the user.  It also includes months of updates to enable WindowBlinds skins to be more compatible on software that has its own unusual interface controls along with faster performance.  WindowBlinds 5.1 works on Windows XP in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

WindowBlinds works by integrating itself seamlessly into Windows XP to add support for thousands of visual styles that are available on the net. Starting with WindowBlinds 5, the program actually can improve overall performance thanks to making use of 3D acceleration on most video cards.  Its engine supports alpha blending which allows skins to have smooth edges, glass-effects, and other visual improvements.  It is the only program of its kind that is certified by Microsoft for use on Windows XP.

WindowBlinds is also used by dozens of companies to create their own custom looks for Windows including Blizzard (World of Warcraft skin), Microsoft, Alienware, ExtremeTech, and more.  Users can also create their own skins using Stardock SkinStudio, a free program that provides a host of tools to make skin creation easier.

WindowBlinds 5 recently passed the 11 MILLION download mark on CNET's Download.com and has been the most popular desktop enhancement download on CNET (and elsewhere) for over 50 consecutive weeks.

WindowBlinds 5.1 is available as a free download at http://www.windowblind s.net.  Users can upgrade to the enhanced registered version for ร.95 or they can purchase Object Desktop which provides not just WindowBlinds but over two-dozen other popular desktop enhancement such as IconPackager, DesktopX, ObjectBar, WindowFX, and more.  
neowin.net - 12.10.2006

GUI Championships 2008: Most original visual styles

The final days of the 2008 GUI Championships are approaching, and today we announce the winners in the Most Original WindowBlinds category. The winners in this category were voted on after the panel of judges determined the finalists. 1st Place - Plastic Fantastic by vStyler 2nd Place - FLASH Live System by 1MrPAul1 3rd Place - Dream Loricae by bingxueling These WindowBlinds skins, along with all the others submitted, can be downloaded for free at www.guichamps.com

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neowin.net - 18.12.2008

Windows Vista gets skinned

Software developer Stardock released WindowBlinds 6 today. Amongst the new features includes the ability to customize the entire Windows Vista user interface as well as the capability to give Windows XP users the look and feel of Aero (Vista).

CNET.com has taken a look at the new version and highlighted just how close to Vista WindowBlinds can visually bring XP. WindowBlinds 6 can even do the blur effect on XP with superior performance to the same hardware on Windows Vista. Computerworld has pointed out that programs like WindowBlinds force Microsoft to make a stronger case for Windows Vista and in particular Windows Vista Ultimate (which Stardock is also involved with).


neowin.net - 03.10.2007

Windowblinds comes to Vista

Version 5.5 of WindowBlinds has been designed to enable Windows Vista to become skinnable. This is no easy task for a number of reasons. The biggest reason has to do with the new Desktop Window Manager (DWM). While technically WindowBlinds could have hacked its way to work on Vista, it was important that WindowBlinds work natively on Vista and that means using the new 3D composited desktop. By using the DWM you get hardware acceleration and a ton of other possible effects.

The second challenge was making visual styles (skins) made for Windows XP work on Windows Vista without parts missing. So Stardock developed "Smart Skinning" in which graphical elements in XP skins are translated to take care of new parts in Windows Vista.


neowin.net - 16.11.2006

GUI Championships - Icon finalists

The GUI Championships has announced the finalists for most creative icon package and most usable icon package.  Thank you to everyone from Neowin.net who voted for the finalists.  Now, our own Steve (Neobond) from Neowin along with Chris Pirillo from Lockergnome, Nate Mook from Betanews.com, Angelo Sotira from deviantART amongst others will judge the final entries.