prickly pear

Join Date 12/2003

New FREE Skin for WB6 Solarion

Hello,
I am using WindowBlinds 6 (free trial). On the WinCustomize home page there is a new FREE skin for WB6. It's states it's free to all users. I tried to download it but it won't let me. It states I have to purchased WB or a purchase a WinCustomize subscription. Why can't I download it if it's suppose to be a free skin? Thank you.

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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Did it say the following:

Thank you for trying out WinCustomize.com! We hope you have enjoyed the skins, themes, and wallpapers available here.

As an active user of WinCustomize.com who has downloaded over 50 megabytes of content from our site, we ask that you help support WinCustomize through the purchase of either a WinCustomize Subscription or by registering a Stardock product.

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Hello,

Here is what I am getting when I try to download the free skin....... Dear past Stardock customer,

WinCustomize.com is funded heavily from Stardock but it is expected to help pay for itself. Each month, over 3 million people visit this website. As you can imagine, this site costs tens of thousands of dollars each month to run.

As a result, we ask that even users who have once purchased something over a year ago and who have downloaded over half a gigabyte of conten either purchase a WinCustomize Subscription or purchase something else from the WinCustomize Store. Doing so will provide you with a full year's worth of downloads of the content of WinCustomize for a costs of less than $2 per month. In exchange you get personal pages, personal photo albums, a WinCustomize subscription browser, no ads, extended site features, premium suites, and more.

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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So I gues it's free in that you don't have to buy it like a Maste skin or MyColors but you still have to be a member of Wincustomize or have bought a recent product.

I would consider the message you got a clarification. You would get the same message if you tried to download any skin at WC.

Try out the skins that came with the trial. If you like them, consider buying the full version of WB and you can download all you want.

If you are a recent member and you think the message you are getting is an error, let us know adn maybe we can help with that too.

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Hello Zubaz,

Thank you for the quick reply. I think their stating that it's a free skin is a little misleading.....considering I am just trying out their WB6 for the 30 day trial. I thought you would be able to download the "free" skin and add it to the 30 day trial. At least that is they way I have interrupted it.

I do understand what you are saying.........and I really appreciate your time and trouble in answering my questions. Thank you.

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CerebroJD

Join Date 01/2003

Well, if you had NOT already downloaded more than 50 megabytes of material from WinCustomize prior to the release of the skin, it would have been free. However, since you've already exceeded this, you are no longer entitled to recieve the benefits. Much like WB has a trial, WinCustomize has one as well.

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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CerebroJD,

His message was not the same as the one I posted (and expected). It indicates he is a past customer. However, having said that, Prickly Pear has WB6 with the four skins he can use the trial with and he has been a past customer so he should know what the deal-io is.

Prickly Pear. WB6 is worth the price of admission.

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Hello Zubaz

Yes, I am a past customer. I have Icon Packager and Cursor XP. It's been a long while since I have visited WinCustomize and downloaded anything. There have been many changes on the WinCustomize website since the last time I visited it. If I remember correctly (old age thing) you use to be able to download things without a limitation. I can fully understand why WinCustomize now limits your downloads and why a subscription is required. I have no problem with this. Like I said......it's been a long while. So Zubaz.....thank you again for answering all my questions and for your patience and understanding. Oh, by the way......I am in the process of purchasing WB6. It's a fantastic program!!!!

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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Oh, by the way......I am in the process of purchasing WB6. It's a fantastic program!!!!

Great news!!

Welcome back into the fold!!

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