I am sorry you don't beleive...

Take a look:

you should have frames and close/min/restore buttons at least but everything else appers to be controlled by the program. why your's is not???

office2007/vista 64bit

I've found that on XP it won't skin, on Vista you get frames only.

That's a few version behind. Try updating to the most recent version.

Lantec.  This happens also without windowsblinds

Philly0381. No. No other customizing program is running and all the patches are applied.

Bichur: 

Yes, I'll try a newer version.

What I mean is even without WB unisatalled I have the same issue: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6325/excel2.jpg</p>

Yesterday I uninstalled and reinstalled WB. After the reinstallation I took the screen capure I share before

Here is my config as requested:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 3.5

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.2 (build 102 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon X1270 

Wblind.dll         2008/07/22 10:08:20
Wbsrv.dll         2008/07/22 10:11:10
Wbconfig.exe         2008/07/22 10:10:32
Wbload.exe         2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll         2008/04/28 11:35:07
Tray.dll              2008/04/28 11:35:21
Wbload.dll              2008/04/28 11:34:28
Screen.exe         2008/07/22 10:10:09

One question if you don't mind.

Impulse vs. Stardock Central

I installed with the last.

hmmm..

I just opened sdc to check

I'm on XP and

SDC is showing I have WB6.40.114 dated 02/11/2009 installed

Impulse says I have WB6.40.114 dated 03/24/2009 installed (matches the dates in wb config)

what version/date does SDC show as available?

If it 6.4 dated 02/2009 - 03/2009 - I say go ahead and try the SDC way 1st

1st -revert WB to default windows skin - usually one of the skins all the way to the left in the list

  this will unload wb

use sdc to uninstall

reboot

use sdc to install new - this will give you all new files instead of just updating some of them

i think the 02/2009 are when the files were created for use with SDC

and 03/2009 are when created for use with Impulse

and I'm thinking eventually some things won't be updated in SDC anymore

Bichur, hi.

I'll take your advise and thanks for your research on this.

I went to some groups (microsoft.public.office.misc and vistax64.com) with no results.

So,  I decided to uninstall WB then boot and tried again. Same result.

Then I uninstalled office and boot. No WB now.

I installed office and tried. No WB, just office and same result. everything is with glass borders but office. So I guess I have to fix first this thing here before I move again into WB. Don't you think?

If you knows where to ask for this I'll appreciate that info because I am lost now.

If I install WB (even my version) I have the same issue, all is with skin but office.

Maybe some other software is conflicting with office on this; but I have no clue where to find some info.

I hope you can advise on where to go now.

Regards

just a side note: I lost my choosing of icons on my old system in the start menu, all icons were the default windows image UNLESS I had the icon on the desktop also, very frustrating. I blamed it on "object desktop" (no proof though). I uninstalled all WC product and the problem remained and remains today as it is my son's computer now.

the point; some things once broke can not be fixed, you may have to just live with it. look at it as one of life's little tests.

xp or vista or 7?