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skinnylegs

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There was a website with forums back in the day that was very popular and catered to people that wanted to make their PC look like a Mac. This was back when the Aqua UI was all the rage. Can anyone help me with the name of that website? For the life of me I can’t remember. Thanks!
 
It's probably not it, but the only one that comes to mind for me is WinCustomize.com (and WindowsBlinds).
 
Probably Aqua-Soft - neither URL's I have are working. Example search below. Seems to be down. There's also one more site that has stuff for turning your PC into a Mac. Although it was blamed for including stuff in its installers that no-one wanted to have installed. I forget the name at this current time I think this site is the one I'm having in mind WindowsXLive - not secure btw. Also, Skinnylegs? from HardwareGeeks forums?
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There's things to be done - but the whole makeover is tougher today. Here's an example theme that has Aqua-like elements for Windwos 10 1909
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Probably Aqua-Soft - neither URL's I have are working. Example search below. Seems to be down. There's also one more site that has stuff for turning your PC into a Mac. Although it was blamed for including stuff in its installers that no-one wanted to have installed. I forget the name at this current time I think this site is the one I'm having in mind WindowsXLive - not secure btw. Also, Skinnylegs? from HardwareGeeks forums?
Google search

There's things to be done - but the whole makeover is tougher today. Here's an example theme that has Aqua-like elements for Windwos 10 1909
Swapnil on deviantart

Join this group on deviantart for more stuff in relation to theming. We'd love to see you there.
Aqua-Soft. That’s it! Thank you sooooo much.
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This is Skinnylegs from HWG’s! Man that’s going back some years! We’re you a regular on the site?
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*Were you a regular on the site. 😬
 
Aqua-Soft. That’s it! Thank you sooooo much.
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This is Skinnylegs from HWG’s! Man that’s going back some years! We’re you a regular on the site?
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*Were you a regular on the site. 😬

I didn't make much of myself but I was a regular over some time. I was either "Fonzie" - "FonzieDK" or later "Visualize". I couldn't settle on a nickname back in those days. Today I just settled on firstname - middlename. I am friends still today with GFXman(dane) and Predatorz(norweigan) from the site - though we've grown apart somewhat in perhaps relation to computers; me switching from a PC to a Mac. I maintain a high interest still in customization while the other two doesn't.
I followed the site for a time. I didn't post as much anymore, memory is vague, but activity there dropped heavily? Like gfxoasis and SkinDojo - poof. Michael tried bring HWG back but apparently it didn't go so well as being a news aggrigator. I don't know if Septimus(Paul) was member on HWG but think he was because of his friendship with GFXman. Some nicknames back then was perhaps too pompous. :cool:
 
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