nopers, windows defender is a peace of (*&)&)(&**(#^*@) anyhow

LOL
I checked all resident services and there's nothing running that should be inerfering with it!
Ah well...
I've actually hacked the windowsxp theme dll, and I can apply whatever themes I want just fine, I just like the ease of window blinds (by the way, the hack won't mess with WB either, it infact utilizes the same .dll and changes it in the same way LOL
I dropped em an email will wait till next week, no biggie