Winstep Xtreme v6.11 Final Released!

Cool! Finally some customization options on the PC. That is the only area where I have been jealous of the Mac people. I would love to even test this out on Vista. I’m running Vista Business on my laptop. Sign me up and pick me pick me pick meeeee for the free key!

This just might be the release that gets me off my NeXT Cube.

Chris is right! WinStep Xtreme rocks big-time! Makes computing easy and fun all over again!

Wow this looks cool - I’d have to use it for a while to decide whether all this stuff is useful or just desktop clutter…can you put me in the draw for a free key please ?

First, congratulations on you recent marriage. Best wishes for a long and happy married life!

Next, please enter my name in the drawing for the free copy of WinStep Extreme. In addition to reading your comments, I visited their webspace and it looks very cool. If I understand it right it supports an incredible capability for customizing the Windows GUI. A background bitmap for the System Tray? Whoda thunkit! And it works with Windows 9x/ME through Windows XP. Amazing!

Again, congratulations on achieving marital bliss.

One of the best — informative and exciting — product introductions in a long time. I went all the way up to pressing the Paypal button before deciding that probably the $40 could be used for something actually necessary. Still, it seems like not much money for such an experience-enhancing product. Please let me win.

As XP Pro x64 is becoming more popular with power users and gamers can we please have more specific topics, or dare I suggest, a dedicated site to address the multitude of problems that arise from converting from 32bit.

You still maintain one of the best and most comprehensive sites that I have found. As I am disabled, possibly the occasional topic on the problems facing a small (I guess) but enthusiastic group devotees.
Well done!

Wow. Now THIS is UI innovation! UI features, functionality AND consistency! And I’ll bet that I don’t have to buy a new graphics card to run this, as opposed to Aero. How is it that a small company could figure all this out, whereas the big 800lb gorilla (MS) could not?

Looks like an awesome desktop workspace tool–would definitely love to give it a try!

Hey, put me in the “hat drawing” for the free key to the Winstep Xtreme software.

I get the daily Windows Fanatics and IT Professionals e-mail newsletters and love ‘em, keep up the GREAT work, thanks!

Seems to be good and capable of running on my Windows 98SE. Sounds unbelievable.

I hope MS offers this as a real cheap addon to XP (they wouldn’t give it away). Of course, it will mostly eliminate the “need” for Vista.

If MS buys the comapny, it would be to eliminate Winstep, so I would hope they do something counter to form for once.

This time of year, you should be drawing from a Santa hat.

Well… sure would like to give this one a whirl..!

I think this is an interesting alternative to original XP explorer and forthcoming vista. Maybe ist’s a more stable solution as a buggy new vista.

Awesome guys, but why haven’t I heard of this b4? Oh well, what matters is that I’ve heard of it now. And if you PICK ME PICK ME I will tell everybody I know how awesome it is.

I saw the article about Winstep Xtreme in Lockergnome Windows Fanatics and was quite impressed with all the things it is suppose to be able to do. I do plan on buying Windows Vista at the end of January and would be interested in receiving the serial number for Winstep Xtreme. Thanks in advance.

Very nice concept a desktop environment that is not forced feed by the Redmond group.

I HAVE NOT TRIED THE WINSTEP SOFTWARE AS YET……SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT UTILITY……..WILL DEFINITELY DOWNLOAD AND TRY…….HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON……

How much resources does Winstep use

Looks like the wave of the future!! Would love to try it out.

Great program.

I will download and install after you send me the Key

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I’m always on the hunt for some customization that help make the days mundane tasks easier and a lot less boring. I’m going for the demo now and I’m going to test it on Vista.

Sounds great!
I hope I win one.

Going to give this a try, looks awesome. Thanks for the tip Chris!

Your review of this software is terrific and makes me want to use this program even if I have to pay for it. This is just what everyone needs and can use and probably can not do without.

Hmmm this looks pretty nifty. Cant wait to have a play. So a fee key would extend the extreme experience. Bring it on . . .

Sounds interesting. Sign me up as well. I need a Christmas gift.

Happy Holidays.

This sounds like one of those programs I only dreamed about!!! Can’t wait to try it.

great newsletters. I learn someting new every time. Thanks

Could you please make (at least more prominent) mention of whether a software program is freeware, shareware, postcardware, etc. Right now I am unable to buy anything. (I won’t go into details….it’s too depressing.) In thie future (I hope) my situation will improve, and I can consider purchasing software. Thank you.

Wow, I had given up on these types of packages — there always were glitches and inconsistencies and other matters which made them too much of problem. But so far this one looks terrific.

Winstep is great!!! This is what the computing environment is supposed to be all about. Now all we need is a Computing Environment Protection Agency to see to it that it will never go away!!!!

I would like to be entered

Looks great! My PC can shed the “coat & tie” image …
BTW, congrats.

Looks like a great app.
Hope my name gets drawn!

ok im an idiot, so this is the link.. pick Jeff pick Jeff!..no i mean pick me! pick me!..well pick us both…im using objectdock now, but this looks better, alot more options

It is soooo nice to see software come out that allows us to control and make windows do what we want/need and not what the people at Microsoft decide. This is the kind of software that I can have hours of fun playing with. Thanks for finding it. And, oh yeah, pleaseeeeeee pick me!!!!!

I’ve played around with tons of individual progs that do many of these customizations. How cool to have it all packaged into a complete integrated package! This would be a GREAT Christmas present for me this year (along with the new house I’m moving into this week).

I want to win.

This sounds like wonderful software. It would help me a lot in all I do on the computer! Right now I have everything I can think of on my quick launch bar but with win xtreme there are lots of utilities that would help me keep an eye on all sorts of things. Thanks lockergnome. I love this newsletter!
Gloria

This is exactly what I have been waiting for. Thanks for the opportunity to use this product. BRAVO.
Cisco

I am 64 and will turn 65 on Feb 7 2007. Would be a good birthday present. Thanks for your consideration
Chuck

Wow, I am constantly adding different themes, docks, toolbars etc to get the right feel for my desktop. THIS is IT!! I am running a dual boot of XP and Vista Ultimate and would love to run this on Vista. Customizing my computer so that it looks like no other is my ultimate goal…and useability also, of course. I use files a lot and Windows does tend to make it difficult to access individual files. I have to make up icons and then try to remember what they represent. This would make my life a whole lot easier.
Please oh please pick me for the free key. Having Winstep Xtreme will be just toooooo cool here in the mountains of North Carolina.

Very impressive!

Nice Design.Can’t think of another customization needed… Tabbed Interface is the way to go. Everything is at your fingertips.
Robb

Looks like a program that would be as much fun to learn as to use. Windows is so complicated to me sometimes it gets me ready to dynamite the thing.
Would like to try this program out and really make my life somplified!

Winstep Extreme - Fantasmagorical!

Count me in, sounds like nice software.

Extremely interesting. Have not had enough time to play with it as much
as I want, but look forward to exploring it to the nth.

This sounds like my kind of program. Lot’s of doo-dads to play with. You know us geeks like doo-dads. ‘

Merry Christmas!

A little pricey.

I’d like to win that free key.

How is it on memory??

I have Windows XP also running Microsoft Suite 2000 and I would like to know if Winstep Xtreme v6.11 on my computer is compatible. I also changed to Mozilla browzer after a lot of problems with Explorer knocking me off the Internet. Thank you for listening to my problems and will look forward your feedback. I recently purchased the Dell E1505 with Windows XP Media can I use Winstep Xtreme v6.11 on it.

NextStep has always been one of the best customization options around for Windows, glad to see it’s still being updated and supported.

This sounds great, but being on a fixed income will not allow me to purchase it. Winning a key would be my Xmas present.

I have had Windows Fanatics on my Blogliner for a long time. Thanks for all the good information. It looks as if Winstep Xtreme is worth a try.

Sounds interesting.I’d like to give it a whirl. Thanks

I’ve been a big fan of lockergnome since it began. I’ve also been a big Nextstep fan. It’s good to see that windows can be made to look like it. I can’t wait to try this prog out.

Sounds awsome. Draw from santa hat.

Hey! Put me in the pot for the drawing.

I’m using StarDock’s Object Desktop now; would really like to compare it to Winstep.

Looks neat - toss me into the hat!

Chris, I subscribe to the Windows and the Ubuntu news letters and they are really helpful. I don’t know how you find the time to do all that research, but I appreciate it. Winstep Xtreme looks like a really cool program.
Thank You,
WRB

If you can remember DOS and Borland Sidekick, this utility is in that catagory, puts the “Personal” back in the Personal Computer.
Love It. Thank You!

Very nice! Thanks for informing me of Winstep Xtreme. The free key would make for a great Christmas present…for me!

Please enter me for the key thank you

Sounds like it’s worth a long look, anything to have more to do with the computer. Congratulations Chris and Ponzi on the wedding and new home.

Will try it, I do a lot of tweking I use TClock,Object Dock,4t Tray,DS Clock so hey I will try it.

Hmmm. Been drooling over winstep for years now. Can’t figure out why I never bought it, guess there’s a hidden geek-triggered conscience that says buying eye-candy is a no-no. Anybody seen Freud lately?

I’m just getting started with this program but so far it seems pretty intuitive and may end up making my time more prductive - if I can set it up the way I want. So far so good.

Winstep Xtreme sounds good … hope its not like that 3DNA interface that MSI was hawking! no one needs a workspace environment that resembles a complicated circus. I wouldn’t mind giving Winstep a try. … oh by-the-way, i’ve been subscribed to the Lockergnome newsletter for a long time, and I gotta say: as informative as it is, I liked the old one better. It was so much easier having the list of articles right at the top so I could find what I was interested in without scrolling the entire page! Keep the new look, but please consider adding the list back at the top! thanks.

I guess you could call me somewhat of a minimalist regarding Windows. I have only the programs I use on a daily basis installed and very few, if any, bells and whistles, since the more you install and uninstall with Windows, the lousier it gets. However, this Winstep Extreme looks interesting. I may have to give it a try.

Pretty high recommendation! I’m looking forward to trying it out.

All I want for Christmas
is a Winstep Xtreme,
a Winstep Xtreme,
see a Winstep Xtreme!

Gee, if I could only
have a Winstep Xtreme,
then I could wish you
“Merry Christmas.”

It seems so long since I could say,
“A new Windows desktop would save the day!”
Gosh oh gee, how happy I’d be,
if you would pick me to receive a key!

All I want for Christmas
is a Winstep Xtreme,
a Winstep Xtreme,
see a Winstep Xtreme.

Gee, if I could only
have a Winstep Xtreme,
then I could wish you
“Merry Christmas!”

Happy Holidays and best wedding wishes. Please enter my name in th esoftware key giveaway.
Thanks

This looks like a great little program. Being a Computer Tech I’m always on the lookout for new software. I beta test here and there for different companies and love getting in on first release programs. Merry Christmas to you and keep up the good work with Lockergnome, I’ve been a long time fan and have recommended Lockergnome to all my family and friends and will continue to do so.

I had never seen this program before but it looks fantastic, would love to give it a try……. Please allow me to enter for the draw.

Is this where I leave a comment in order to be in the draw for a free key…?

Looks really cool. Would love to check it out ! Count me in.

Why couldn’t MS come up with something like this and incorporate it in their OS’s?

The key to this key is entering a comment?
Okay, okay…I’m one of those folks who isn’t known for paying attention to detail, but this time I’m going to give it my ALL!!!

Here’s what I’m leaving after you say to leave my comment here…

with your name and email address where asked - three lucky people will be randomly selected on Monday (we’ll make Chris pick ‘em out of a hat or something. A funny hat. With horns or an umbrella, perhaps) and contacted by email! Good luck!

I think I did it exactly right. When will you contact me saying I won?

I have been a regular subscriber to Lockergnome Windows for many years and have seldom if ever disagreed with a recommendation on software. I have never before heard of Winstep Extreme but based on this report I hope to get it to use.

This looks pretty awesume and I would love to give it a try. Seniors always get a bad rap about being too old to learn or keep up with the latest technology but I’m a MCSE+I and have an A+ certification. In my free time I build and maintian computers, for free, for our friends and family and am always looking for new programs to make my computer experience easier and more fun. This looks like it could be on of those programs.

Very impressive program. I think that the $39.95 is a bit steep, but the sale price of $29.95 is a bit more realistic. I know that there is usually a lot of time and effort put into writing these programs, so I don’t begrude paying this price. If you like to tweek or play, then this is probably worth looking at.

I’m always looking for improvements to GUI’s. This looks AWESOME and also looks very functional. I’m looking forward to you possibly picking me for a free key!!

Hmm This looks interesting, I would like to try it and see if it works with Motorola Phone Tools. Most explorer shell replacements I have tried in the past do not allow this software to work; therefore I cannot use it.

But would like to see if this one maybe will!

I hope SantaChris picks my name for the license key

I love changing the appearance and functionality of my pc. I would very much enjoy being picked for a free key to Winstep Etreme v6.11

I sure would like to win a free key to this software.

Hi,
I’m a silverhead and not really into playing around with my computer but something in your article said to me why not, who know where this may lead!
So please enter me in your draw, thanks, Keith

This looks pretty interesting. I’ll be downloading it and trying it out. Add my name, Greg Hicks, to the drawing!
Greg

Sounds like a great product to have. I have a been a readed of several of your newsletters and I really enjoy them. They are very informative and one sure can learn alot about the computer world and the many other scientific advances that are taking place. Keep up the great work.

This looks like the program that will give me the incentive to make some changes to my desktop. (I’m one of those guys who never fiddles with things other than changing the background once every couple of months.) I was actually going to buy it but I think I’ll wait and see if I win one or until after Christmas when I have time to play with it.

It would make a nice Christmas/birthday present for me since I hit the big 50 on the 27th.

Thanks for offering the three copies as prizes.

This sounds like a lot of fun….guaranteed to make sure I would never get any work done!

I sure would like to have me some of that winstep seeing hows we caint afford us nun o that vista any tine soon.

Looks good but can it be easily unloaded if I don’t like it?

This looks awesome!

Great utilities!

This really looks like something that I would love to have……so I’m homing that my name will be pilled. It would be great to see a senior citizen win something as modern as this. Would bridge the generation gap so to speak…..oh I’m 62
phil b

Commercial, Shareware, Freeware, Cardware, etc but certainly noe Dreamware. Great stuff!

Great!! Why couldn’t Microsoft have come up with something like this. It will take a little time to learn all of its configurations but it has worked fine so far

Sounds super………..xtreme

Thanks for the opportunity to let us download it. Unfortunately, I never heard of it before, but the great reviews posted here makes this app a worthy download. I’ll give it a try.

Sure would like to add it yo my putor.Thanks

A cross amongst MAC,Vista,Yahoo Widgets, and Stardock Widgets without changing the shell of Explorer.exe is truly unique and welcome.I have tried all including several shell replacements and “engines” and they all caused me some headaches by crashing at inconvenient times.This is innovative and ‘ simply’ promising.

Sounds like a neat set of programs, I’ll give it a try. It’d be nicer if it was free. Lockergnome rocks!

Great looking software and it works better than advertised.

This does look really cool! I believe I used to have (or maybe still do, somewhere!) an earlier version of Winstep. I use a free program called PowerPro for button bars/macros/hotkeys/scripting and it also does skins and alpha-blended graphics (recently added) but it’s skins can be a little tricky to understand, and it is not for computer newbies, but it is free! I love trying out different programs and I will certainly give this new version a try. Of course, if I win a free key, that would be awesome!

Winstep Xtreme is almost as cool as Chris … but not quite. Chris, it is amazing how you find all of this great stuff. This is a terrific utility. I work at a Computer College and I am picky. Winstep Xtreme allows me to manage all of the things I need to access most often … and have fun doing it.

Pretty cool …

Thanks Chris. Happy Holidays!

Looks great! It’ll especially be nice for a XP user that’s not planning to move to Vista any time soon. Hope I get a key!

Looks pretty neat. It is an intriguing concept.

I used both Litestep and Winstep several years ago. Winstep was a very well thought out program environment with many useful and convenient features. If 6.11 lives up to it’s billing, it should be a great addition to Windows.

Glad to here that WinStep is using drag and drop.
those ” build a shortcut ” tools are a real pain.

I would like to try it so here’s hopeing.

Thanks for listening
Richard

Please put me in for the drawing.

NextSTART has always been a great program and continues to provide greater functionality and user experience with every new release.

I’d love to win a free key! Pick me Chris

This is the most beautiful interface program that I have ever seen.All of a sudden Christmas doesn’t depress me. Thank You.

Looks great! Would like to see comments/review or an article in Lockergnome Windows Fanatics comparing Winstep Xtreme to Stardock Object Desktop.

nice !! what ekse us there ti say,,,,,,,

Looks like a great product, would love to try it out.

Great product

I really liked the features of this piece of software. A key would be great cause I don’t have the chance to pay for it.

Sounds cool. Don’t mind if I try..

Have to give it a try.
Nice that it has Multi-Monitor Support.
One of the programs I now run does not.

Sounds IMPRESSIVE!! Glad to give it a try

Wow cool product and great review. I am downloading it now to see if it is worth it or not. Keep the reviews coming.

Starting vacation Monday thru 1/2/07, looking for something to occupy my extra time.

This is one of the best sounding programs I have seen yet. Please enter me (Dave Davis) in the drawing.

Nothing like creating your own personal computing environment - andhen it’s this easy why not?

This looks really cool.
It’s about time someone brought out a package that offers this level of functionality, which allows to customise Windows to this level

great stuff thanks
john

looks like something that would make like easier

have to ‘unlearn’ some of the old GUI usage habits, but looks like a good alternative to being a sheep.

Looks really cool - I’d like one, please.

This looks like what I have been looking for to customize WinXP.

Sounds great! I wonder if I can set up a secure desktop for my kids with this!

Me too! Enter me in for the draw, please.
First time using it, and it sure looks like a huge clutter. But, will come to know as I also like to shortcut around and be able to customize things my own way.

I have used windows blinds from Stardock but after reading the info on the Winstep site I will definately be switching over to Xtreme.
Keep the gret newsletters coming guys.

cheers
Craig
an avid gnomie since 1999

I have not heard about this before. What impact on cpu or ram? Looks good.

I will definately give it a try. Hopefully it uses less reasources than Stardock.

Really sounds like a neat product!

Woah this looks totally amazing. I’ll be sitting at my desk impersonating Horshack in hopes that I am picked for the free key

This seems like an awesome piece of software. I would love the chance to obtain a free key.

Winstep Xtreme sounds fantastic! I’d like to try it out.

SO, How does this compare to our friends at Stardock? I always have believed that the original can be improved on, but with the advantage of an active skin community, stardock seems to still have an edge.

This looks like a really nice program. I would love to win a key!

Wow this looks cool - I’d have to use it for a while to decide whether all this stuff is useful or just desktop clutter…can you put me in the draw for a free key please ?

Looks like a great product to me! I show new products to folks all the time and this is one I’d like to show them.

Nice addition..Microsoft should just make the core OS and leave this good stuff to others who have great imaginations!!

I used to use Winstep but it had lots of problems. Of couse that was a long time ago. Really looks nice now.

I am a sucker for new stuff. I have been playing with this all morning. I like it. Thought I would try my luck in the “hat” drawing.

Looks cool! I like that you can make the desktop more unique.

Right on!

Wow!! This looks really awesome and the features are very cool. Finally something that will Jazz up Windows nicely…WOOT!!!