Make Windows the Way You Want It
Elegant new program brings
Windows customization to the masses
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brad Wardell (bwardell@stardock.net)
Stardock.net, Inc.
(734) 762-0687
The entire user interface experience can be transformed
easily; by simply locating and downloading any WinStyles theme, end users can
completely customize Windows. For
example, a “Dalmatian” theme could be used by WinStyles to transform the
desktop and applications to have a complete Dalmatian puppy look. When applied,
WinStyles would then talk to the various elements of the Windows Operating
System to apply the transformation. It
would talk to WindowBlinds to change the title bar to have black and white
spots, then change the wallpaper to have a Dalmatian on it; it would talk to IconPackager to change the icons to a Dalmatian theme; to
ObjectBar to change the Start bar to have black spots on a white background; to
the Windows Media Player to change it to have a Dalmatian skin; to CursorXP to have a mouse cursors that are shaped like
Dalmatian tails. Finally, WinStyles
would talk to DesktopX to change the desktop to have a Dalmatian
theme—completing all customizations easily and quickly. The user is left with a
fully functioning system, altered to the “Dalmatian” appearance. The process is further simplified by
WinStyles by locating and obtaining any necessary files that may be missing,
and installing them for the end user prior to any appearance alterations. In
this way, users do not have to know which programs do what,
WinStyles takes care of it all.
WinStyles is easy to use, and it is also easily accessible;
WinStyles adds itself as a tab in the standard Windows display properties
dialog so that it’s easy for users to access their suites. Creating one’s own
complete customization suite is also very easy. Once a user has their desktop
just the way they want, WinStyles can save it as a “suite”. These suites can
then be distributed to other users. Stardock has had some early success with
WinStyles in corporations for this reason – companies distributing a single
unified corporate desktop.
WinStyles can even control individual programs right from the
WinStyles display properties dialog. This brings a consistent way for users to
control the way Windows looks and feels. No more having to figure out where in
Windows Media Player to change the skin or figuring out how to change the Start
bar in ObjectBar or using a different skin in WinAmp.
WinStyles is available as a free download. It can be
registered on its own for $10. It is also part of Stardock’s Object Desktop
which includes full versions of most of the programs people use to customize
Windows.
Stardock’s
home page is http://www.stardock.com.
Object Desktop’s home page is http://www.objectdesktop.com.
WinStyles can be found at http://www.winstyles.com. Look at the screenshots below to see just how
easy to use WinStyles is and how completely it can change your desktop.
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Screenshots and Info:
Media Guide: http://www.winstyles.com/media
Screenshots:
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles7.jpg
(WinStyles used to make Windows look like Linux)
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles8.jpg
(WinStyles used to make Windows look like MacOS)
http://www.winstyles.com/winstyles9.jpg
(WinStyles used to make Windows 98 desktop look/function like Windows XP)
Stardock WinStyles
Price:
$10 ($49.95 as part of Object Desktop)
Requires:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP.
Pentium 233 or better PC with 64 megabytes of memory or
better.
Stardock.net, Inc.
http://www.stardock.net
17292
Farmington Rd.
Livonia
MI 48152, USA
Phn: (734) 762-0687
Fax:
(734) 762-0690