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I checked the AMEX return program...it is only up to $300, even on their platinum card. I wonder how MEDDUDE can take advantage of that program, since we are talking about a much larger sum.

Whoa, haha, not a minor detail! At least Go-L isn't doing a really bad practice by refusing to refund him.

TD 4.0 is a theme? How does this relate to Shell Replacements such as Aston? I checked the website and there are themes for Aston as well...I thought one had to first replace the Explorer shell and then install themes. I didn't think you could replace the Explorer theme.

apparantly you have to overwrite the uxtheme.dll file to do it. hasn't worked for me so far. going to try it again with a boot disk later today.

Guys it's super simple no need to replace explorer or some such hacking. This straight from the readme of that TD4:

Install instructions:

1. Before you begin, please make sure you have installed
either a tweaked uxtheme.dll file or a copy of StyleXP
(from TGT Software). If you don't know what these are,
please visit the following web page where the entire
process is explained:

http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/vs/in...structions.php



As I understand it, Microsoft in its infinite wisdom has enabled users to use different themes with XP, Luna, Silver, etc. But lo and behold it has forbidden you to use themes not made by Microsoft (i.e. the good looking ones).

The "lock" is a file called uxtheme.dll (just a 100 kb file, which is used for nothing else but this lock), you just replace that with a non locked version (available from all graphic artist/ themes sites), you just replace it.

Thing is Microsoft is kinda paranoid, so you gotta do it using safe mode or whatever, or just use a really (and I mean stupidly) simple program called replacer (rinse it here) . (it's just a window, you drag the original file into it, then the file with which you want to replace it, and it's done.)

Uhhm,.. Go-l style, this information above will be $1399 please...

I wonder which gives you a greater degree of change, Theme replacement or Shell replacement. If in fact all the components of the GUI can be modified through a theme, then there is little point in replacing the shell. (Except to save some memory) There is also a possibility that a shell replacement may affect the dll's that has to do with the Win32API, and perhaps in the process modifying a few GUI calls. That would be a bad thing.

A greater degree of change would be with a shell replacement (e.g. Desktop X), but these just put a very heavy load on RAM and processing cycles, and most look very amateur/childish.

"Themes" on the other hand use no more resources than the original XP themes (Luna, Homestead, Silver) and are made by very talented graphical artists.

Discuss this issue in the new thread I created here. As this thread was about the lies and deceit of Go-L.

Uh Gold, would you accept a coupon for 30% off on their next wundar-machwheeener?

Do you take travelers checks from Papua New Guinea?

if there's a positive side to be found in this entire debacle, it's good to see that Go-L refunded meddude's money and owned up to the misrepresentation.

p.s. for some reason, this post was previously deleted.

I believe the forums have a standing policy of previously deleting all your posts posthumurously, Gr8.

i love being special

? Did gr8gatsby laugh himself to death!?!?

Sad day for the forums...only for a day though

Three cheers to the deceased and diseased

Medude did you ever get your cash back?

MEDDUDE said from the beginning that AMEX can take care of everything. I still wonder about that...how he will manage it. (AMEX only returns up to $300)