Hi Frustrated,
Small text on web pages.
In the Windows Blinds(6),
Select Look & Feel>Fonts
Make sure you have selected "Normal" font size
and
Check "I do not want shadow and outline text effects used on controls" and
"I do not want to use any system wide fonts defined by this skin"
Click the "Apply Changes" button.
Close Windows blinds. You should be right to go from there, although I have
had some blue screens caused by WBA on Vista x86.
Oh! (bubble thought!)
On an XP machine you may have to select the "Never blur the background even
if the skin has blur enabled" on the "Transparency & Blur" tab, to get the
menu captions to appear in IE8 on XP machines.
Regards.
"Machine Frustrated!" <MachineFrustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:19FE1433-EF31-4C6D-B8D8-9BD516F27103@microsoft.com...
> Well, looks like it'll work if I use the hideous XP themes. Looks like I
> might as well just remove IE all together then. Lord knows I can't use it
> like this, and I refuse to look at the hideous default theme. I paid good
> money for WindowBlinds and intend to continue using it. Maybe someday,
> they'll get their heads out of their "you know where" and fix this
> messedup
> program. For now, it looks like I have to scrape using IE since you can't
> go
> back to 7 after installing 8.
>
> "Machine Frustrated!" wrote:
>
>> I have windowblinds 6.0. Another problem I have found is the microscopic
>> text window for entering like a change of address and search website
>> entry.
>> I have tried different themes, using standard xp themes, and nothing
>> seems to
>> be working. Basically, it's pissing me off, and I can't do anything
>> about
>> it. I have tried to reinstall IE7, but it won't work. The only way to
>> get
>> IE working again is to reinstall the cursed IE8. I have other browsers,
>> but
>> use them for specific purposes, and IE for emailing and ordering online.
>>
>> "rob^_^" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Frustrated,
>> >
>> > Which version of Windows Blinds or Wincustomize Browser are you using?
>> >
>> > Which Theme or WBA file have you applied? Use only XP themes for XP
>> > machines
>> > and switch off "Apply fonts Globally applied by themes"
>> >
>> > Regards.
>> >
>> > "Machine Frustrated!" <Machine Frustrated!@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> > wrote
>> > in message news:6647323C-D9DB-497F-BEF6-B76A12A8DEF4@microsoft.com...
>> > > Okay, I finally got IE working again after trying to undo IE8.
>> > > Needless
>> > > to
>> > > say, I had to put IE8 back on to get it working. If I could, I'd go
>> > > back
>> > > to
>> > > IE7 but it won't let me. I made the mistake of installing 8 and the
>> > > buttons
>> > > on the right don't work. I click them, and they open, but there's
>> > > nothing
>> > > listed that I can see. I have included a link to a screenshot of the
>> > > problem.
>> > > I have Windows XP Home edition on a Compaq Presario f730us.
>> > > http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/Gaobaldy/IE8problemshot.jpg
>> >
