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I should I already have wincustomize as a listed site for compatibility mode.

Since Firefox worked when AdBlock was set to not Block any sites with scripts running on Wincustomize, I'm thinking its the tracking protection I subscribe to.

Yep its Tracking Protection that's doing it.

I can't comment on skins using Firefox... haven't been able to for a while.  I have my ad blocker and 'tracking protection disabled for WC and Stardock [both .net and .com], yet commenting is still unavailable to me.  I even disabled both entirely and still no go.  I even went as far as uninstalling them... still no go.  I thought it may have had something to do with 'No-Script' but that too was uninstalled and has not been put back on any of my machines, so it wasn't that, either.

Beats me!

Did that with no success... still no commenting.

I suspected it maybe Java /system scripts relative as AdBlock/AdBlock Plus simply does. When Opera in 12 v,some of webpages wouldn't render rightly,especially on comment area and these areas are using JavaScript to show.  

I always run Ccleaner to clean remnants after uninstalling anything/everything... that's on top of using Iobit uninstaller which has a deep clean function that removes left over registry entries, etc.  As for my disc images restoring remnants, I have Acronis set to discard backup images once 3 incrementals have been made, then it starts afresh with a new full backup followed by 3 more incrementals.  So while it is possible I think it's not likely remnants have been restored.

I have all adblockers and do not track addons disabled on WC and Stardock sites because I am a subscriber and see no ads, so I'm stumped as to what is preventing me commenting on skins. However, I am thinking of doing complete rewrite of Windows in the next week or so to freshen things up, so perhaps a clean slate will resolve the issue.  I do have a couple of system images from just after the installation of all my programs, but many of them have had updates since then and clean slate would be preferable for a snappier, more responsive system.

I already am a Subsciber and don't see adds.

I run IE 11 with tracking protection on by default.  Commenting in forums and posting in forums functions fine this way.

It is only when trying to post Skin Commenting that there is this issue.

Tracking Protection is a built in function in IE11 and does not require any addon.

It sounds to me like Wincustomize is allowing Third Parties to dump their cookies in my Wincustomize Subsciber Session but only in Skins Commenting and not in the Forums.

Perhaps ID, you could look into that and see if what is happening is consistent with the Ad Free access we are promised as Subscribers.

Allowing Third Parties to dump their Tracking Cookies in my Internet Browser storage and having the Skins Commenting function fail when I block them is a valid Wincustomize Subsciber Complaint, I believe.

Thank you.

The 'tracking cookies' required to be unblocked are Wincustomize site cookies, not third party ad ones.  Those are disabled by the subscription.

Interactive sites require interaction...hence the title.  To enable database commenting [commenting on skin files] you need to enable the 'tracking' by Wincustomize.com...

It probably doesn't reside with Windows, but the idea of a rewrite is more to do with installed programs and possible left over fragments, etc.  The problem likely resides in Firefox, and even though that has been uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times, in the hope of resolving this issue, it could well be there are hidden remnants that the uninstallers missed/couldn't see.  Besides, I have a couple of other programs that aren't behaving as they should, and nothing I've done to date has rectified that, so starting with a clean slate is a good option to rid myself of any niggling bugs, etc.

Any OS will slow over time, and any OS will pick up fragments of uninstalled programs, etc, and Win 8 is no exception, so it doesn't hurt to freshen things up from time to time.  Besides, this image I'm currently using is over a year old now - restored from an Acronis backup made shortly after the initial intallation of Win 8 - and it wouldn't hurt to create a new image, given this one was transferred from an AMD machine to an Intel one. 

The thing is, Win 8 is running well and is still quicker than 7, but as I alluded to above, I have some programs that do not function as they should, and starting from scratch makes sense if I want to eliminate/remove any bugs and potential for conflict.