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February 23, 2003 5:10:06 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I installed Litestep yesterday and it wouldn't let me shut down, log off, change users or restart.

I was able to get to the control panel through IE and remove it which allowed me to change users only.

Is this normal because I would like to give it another try?
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Reply #1 February 23, 2003 6:23:54 AM
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No....not normal...but anything can happen when playing with shells...

You'll need to provide a little more info for anyone to be able to assist you...
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Reply #2 February 23, 2003 7:04:52 AM
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Try this URL for instructions:

http://www.brembs.net/litestep/win2k.html

If you don't understand it fully, don't use Litestep, it's not that simple!
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Reply #3 February 23, 2003 11:42:22 AM
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Wow gef, that's just a bit outdated with the installer now, isn't it? ^.^
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Reply #4 February 23, 2003 11:51:29 AM
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Speak of the devil...

Just saw this on shellfront.org - the whole thing seems to be pretty decent, too.

http://students.seattleu.edu/connolb/tutorials/litestep_tutorial/
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Reply #5 February 23, 2003 12:18:19 PM
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I have a suggestion... if your using XP create a new user with admin rights and install litestep as the default shell for that new user.
Now when you boot you would have a choice of your regular log in with Explorer as your shell.
Or a litestep log in.
citats has been using this method for months without issue.

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Reply #6 February 23, 2003 12:21:22 PM
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I just stick to Carapace (which works wonderfully for me now that I've reinstalled Windows,) but that might be a bit much for somebody totally new to shell alternatives!

(even though it's simple, slick, and easy as pie to set up.)

Still has a small bug when you select explorer though... (and graphically it isn't happy with the XP style logon screen )
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Reply #7 February 23, 2003 8:39:10 PM
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Static: That is a brilliant idea!! I may even put Litestep back on my system and make some more themes for it. I haven't used Litestep in ages, kinda got caught up in DX.
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Reply #8 February 24, 2003 4:28:36 AM
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Litestep installed just fine at first. I have 2 users on my PC with admin and only set it for one.
The trouble started when I tried to change a theme. Nothing happened and I lost everything on the desktop. I had to hit the reset button to get anything back. Flashback to the WIn98 days.

When I got everything back I set tablaunchpad to be visible all the time and that saved me from the reset.

I was able to change the theme through the Litestep configuration which I got to by using IE to navigate to the folder. \ nothing on the theme buttons would work. The menus showed but no functions.

I tried three themes. Elegence, Saphandra, and le. They all acted the same. BTW does every theme have winamp? I like winamp but the new version takes forever to load.

I noticed that Litestep was using 36MB of memory to run. Is this accurate?
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Reply #9 February 24, 2003 8:12:12 AM
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You shouldn't ever get much over 11 or 12 meg...but if your shell goes bung you can expect quite a lot more, as well as CPU use around 90 to 100 %.
I've had to 'kill' LS when it's got to 350meg plus and counting, due to me mucking up some coding...but a 'proper' theme will be a lot better than Exploder.

Chances are you are using OTS-compliant theme changing and not LSCP.exe but LSTS to select them and having a problem with the *.thm file...a common bug that's easy to overcome.
just make sure the reference to 'step.rc' in the *.thm file reads 'step.rc' [without quotes] and has no other letters to its name, like 'rstep.rc'.
And use LSCP.exe to change themes...
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