When attempting to upload to the logonstudio and wallpaper galleries I'm receiving a HTTP ERROR message when I try to upload the skin preview. The preview is a normal JPG image approx 320kB, similar to many I've successfully uploaded in the past. Any ideas folks?

I almost forgot myself that Fences v0.99.2032 Beta is due to expire on 1st November, and an update to v1.00 Release Candidate is available via Impulse. Thought I'd post this in case there are other Fences users out there who may have forgotten too. You need to go through Impulse to get it, Fences Beta itself will just inform you that you are up to date.   

First of all I dont know if I should be posting this on WC, its not a WC issue. But I dont know who else to turn to - if the mods think it's out of place and end the thread, I will not be upset.

Our laptop, a Dell Inspiron has run normally for 18 months, but developed a problem yesterday. We run Vista SP2 32 bit with two user accounts, mine and my wife's, both as admin. Since yesterday, logging on using my account results in a drastic reduction in run speed. Previously the used RAM/free RAM was approx 1GB/1GB. Now it's 1.5GB used and 500Mb free. Time between icon clicking and response is in the order of several minutes. Also the spinning circle busy symbol is permanently running. But everything is running normally when I log on using my wife's account. Could this be a virus? Can a virus infect one account while ignoring another. Nothing has been downloaded, and a system restore to two days previous has no effect. CCleaner didnt help this issue either. Anyone got any ideas before we resort to the dreaded factory image reset. WE never do backups!!!

From 24th Sept to 11th Oct, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, Liberty Hall will be illuminated with colour animations. The organisers are looking for submissions from artists, whose works will illuminate the entire tower. Just thought it might appeal to some members.

I've noticed when I click on skin thumbnails in the galleries to go to the skin's download screen there's a reference to Referrals just to the right of the Comments click. These Referral links can take you to ads or in my case with one of my skins to a blank page with the message "Hi". As a newbie what are Referrals and are they best left alone?

I use the free version of ObjectDock, but I have too many apps (docklets) to fit visually on one dock, so I have two docks. OD free allows me to create and save several docks, but only one can be displayed and therefore used at any one time. To switch docks I have to open the OD Properties window, select Themes, select and open the new dock. Apply the dock and finally close the window. This is cumbersome to say the least. Is it possible to string these mouse clicks into one "meta" click that could then be assigned a shortcut I could place on the Quick Launch Bar to one-click dock switching. Two mini programs would be needed to change from Dock1 to Dock2 and vice-versa. Is such a thing possible? I remember hearing ages ago that multiple key presses could be assigned to one key press - but I think that was back in the MS-DOS days!

I use the free version of ObjectDock, but I have too many apps (docklets) to fit visually on one dock, so I have two docks. OD free allows me to create and save several docks, but only one can be displayed and therefore used at any one time. To switch docks I have to open the OD Properties window, select Themes, select and open the new dock. Apply the dock and finally close the window. This is cumbersome to say the least. Is it possible to string these mouse clicks into one "meta" click that could then be assigned a shortcut I could place on the Quick Launch Bar to one-click dock switching. Two mini programs would be needed to change from Dock1 to Dock2 and vice-versa. Is such a thing possible? I remember hearing ages ago that multiple key presses could be assigned to one key press - but I think that was back in the MS-DOS days!

As a Vista user I use the excellent WP Corp email notifier to notify me of new mail. It sits on my Windows Sidebar and monitors my Eircom and Gmail accounts. My sister-in-law uses XP and has a Yahoo.ie mail account, and we have searched high and low to find a widget or something that will sit on her desktop and notify her when she has new mail - all to no avail. Any ideas anyone?

I recently downloaded a mail checking docklet from the ObjectDock Gallery (Docklets section). When I unzipped it, my McAfee Security Centre popped up to inform me that it had detected and safely removed the Banker Trojan. This may or may not have been a coincidence, so I dont think I should name the Docklet here. Perhaps the Moderators might look at all the Mail Checking Docklets in the Gallery (there's not that many) to see what they might find.

I'm currently trying out the free version of Bootskin for Vista and I'm impressed. I will certainly buy the full version when available for its Create and Upload functions. However I notice that the applied skin appears only for the duration of the replaced Microsoft load bar. Then a few seconds of blank screen followed by the Windows logo with jingle is displayed. Is it possible to extend the display of the applied bootskin until the Logon screen appears? Is this a Stardock or a Microsoft issue?