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Is it dangerous? Thread last updated on 2003-05-05 07:04:32

Posted by member 28732 on 2003-05-04 14:00:29

I tried LiteStep once. But I didn't know how to get my regular Windows setup back so I uninstalled it (!). I have some questions though...

1. Is this dangerous? Can it mess up my hard drive/registry or can I just safely uninstall it w/o problems like I did?

2. Does it affect all users, because I am not the only one who uses this computer (i.e. this is a multi-user Win98 PC). I want to be the only one that is affected.

Thanks x 1,000,000!!!

Posted by member 1 on 2003-05-04 14:07:49 link

1) Only if you don't understand text editing and basic PC diagnostic application use like "edit"

2) Install yourself a shell manager instead of LS as your shell and you are good to go.

Posted by member 35 on 2003-05-04 14:07:53 link

1) it's not dangerous, easy to install-uninstall (just one change in system.ini).
2) on 98 affects all users, you could use a shellmanager like shellon or carapace, and set it to use litestep on your user only.

Posted by member 28732 on 2003-05-04 14:11:51 link

1) "Edit"... What's that mean?? Just kidding. I get it.
2) I'll go ahead and try those programs.

Thank you for a quick response!

Posted by member 28732 on 2003-05-04 14:12:36 link

Wait, Can I use ShellWM. That's what I run now.

Posted by member 28732 on 2003-05-04 14:15:35 link

Oh, I just answered my own question. ShellWM does not yet support Litestep.

Posted by member 186 on 2003-05-04 16:08:13 link

you may want to considier 2000 or xp at some point, it really is nicer. It allows per-user shells (i don't use a shell manager) and it handles alpha transparency like what is used in many themes.

Posted by member 35 on 2003-05-04 16:08:21 link

ShellWM is developed by ls developers...

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-04 16:25:16 link

ShellWM will work with litestep. It doesn't support litestep in the sense that you can't write a theme that will automatically select a matching ShellWM theme.

Posted by member 28732 on 2003-05-04 18:48:04 link

Thanks, I'm gonna buy a new computer in a few months, and i'll probably get xp (And dual-boot w/ linux but that's a different story). For now I'll deal w/ win98.

Posted by member 333 on 2003-05-05 07:04:32 link

actually I bet you could write a theme that'll automatically select a matching ShellWM-skin... it'd take some mzscripting here and maybe a .vbs there and some trying and failing, but I bet it's feasible.