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Reply #51 August 27, 2011 3:05:41 PM
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Hi,

 

I tried the new WIndowBlinds beta that is up for us at our paid download link but it applies themes ok untill reboot then nothing. Reboots to no theme and will not apply new ones. If I uninstall and reinstall it works again the first time but after reboot it craps out again. WB icon never was in the system tray either at any time. Going to post to terch support too. I uninstalled it and reverted back to the production release but then even that was all screwed up. I recently restored Windows 7 from scratch and Luckily I did a system backup JUST before trying the beta and it was not untill I restored that and reinstalled the production version that everything worked ok. It seems very VERY hit or miss if this beta works correctly. Of course it is a beta so.... Well I am going to stick with the production version for now and monitor this post carefully as well as any new versions they post for us to try. As long as I do a system backup before I try any new beta versions I don't mind trying them. Let's hope we have a good working new release soon.

 

If anyone needs any info that will help with the bugs let me know and I will try to go into more detail about my experience.

This is the about of the beta when I had it on.

 

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

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.3 (build 306 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Asus VH242H Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series

Wblind.dll      2011/08/23 15:17:20
Wblind64.dll      2011/08/23 15:17:46
Wbsrv.dll      2011/08/23 15:17:56
SevenConfig.exe      2011/08/23 15:17:52
Wbload.exe      2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll      2010/10/20 16:08:34
Tray.dll           2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll           2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe      2010/06/07 15:59:43

 

Joe

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Reply #52 August 27, 2011 3:14:40 PM
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Joe -

Some people reported earlier in the thread that if they switched to Aero from classic (from within WB after reboot), then to some other skin, WB would work.  Presumably, YMMV.

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Reply #53 August 27, 2011 3:48:32 PM
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For those who are having issues with it working after a reboot but not after a logout can you answer the following two questions please.

1) Which OS are you on (32 or 64 bit Vista/7)

2) Is your machine set to autologin on reboot?

3) Does a theme reapply by going to classic and then to a WB theme work after the failed skinning at login?

This version of WB has some changes to how WB starts up for forwards compatibility and it may be this is not working quite right in certain edge cases.

For anyone who finds it simply does not work at all could you also answer the above questions and also confirm that the WB about box does not indicate any problems.

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Reply #54 August 27, 2011 3:51:49 PM
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Quoting DisturbedComputer,
reply 29
ok I did the update (WindowBlinds720d_beta_setup.exe [v7.20d]) from the StarDock site
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.3 (build 306 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS  that's weird  that 720d beta [v7.20d] is 7.3 (build 306

as for it changing the skin It did not do that so that is good to see

as for the text well it fixed it SOME WHAT ?  it's not invisible any more EX. like when I RC to rename something it is now just some what faded out but I can see it and read it ... and now I can get the check removed form the Explorer Background from WB interface ...   ya ya that's damn grate..

 

As for the others I don't know what to do so I can;t say one way or the other


Improved compatibility with DisplayFusion
DirectoryOpus tweaks
UIS0 Explorer background fix
Improved forward compatibility
Various tweaks and fixes
 so I say use the site to update well it worked on this end anyway

 



 

EDIT ok I just installed a new WB skin (Prussian Slate) linked to give props

to report on the text well it is now Crystal clear even when RC to rename ..

It might of had something to do with the text being faded after the update do to I had this WB (Tinted) (linked to give props) applied as it was made to have the Explorer Background on, on default and that could of had  some effect on the text .. before update text was invisible after it was just faded... with (Prussian Slate) applied works as it should  

I think you may have misunderstood the list of updates.

It says UIS0 explorer background fix.  This is specific to UIS0 skins where some backgrounds would turn funny colours.

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Reply #55 August 27, 2011 3:53:21 PM
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Quoting Fuzzy Logic,
reply 26
My shutdown button is messed up - some weird green colours. It clears on mouseover.

Is that with all skins or just certain skins?  If so which skins are they?

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Reply #56 August 27, 2011 3:56:02 PM
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Quoting RedneckDude,
reply 36
Is there a changelog we can view? I wonder about this:

"Improved compatibility with DisplayFusion"

 

What was changed?

UIS0 skins now skin the DisplayFusion taskbar and there are internal changes to support DisplayFusion using the WB skin start button once they make some changes to support it.

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Reply #57 August 27, 2011 4:07:49 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 55



Quoting Fuzzy Logic,
reply 26
My shutdown button is messed up - some weird green colours. It clears on mouseover.



Is that with all skins or just certain skins?  If so which skins are they?

I was running Digital Glow on Win7 Ultimate/64 and had this issue also. I don't have the beta installed at the moment to try others. Condition #2 in post 53 applies in my case. If you'd like I can reinstall the beta and report back in this thread.

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Reply #58 August 27, 2011 4:08:02 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 53
For those who are having issues with it working after a reboot but not after a logout can you answer the following two questions please.

71) Which OS are you on (32 or 64 bit Vista/7)            Win 7 64 bit

2) Is your machine set to autologin on reboot?              Machine is set to Autologin

3) Does a theme reapply by going to classic and then to a WB theme work after the failed skinning at login?        The only theme I could get to apply was Aero but reverted to classic on each reboot or shut down. Have numerous WB skins but could not get any to apply. WB was not running after shut down or reboot. Starting it manually did not alleviate the theme not applying.

This version of WB has some changes to how WB starts up for forwards compatibility and it may be this is not working quite right in certain edge cases.

For anyone who finds it simply does not work at all could you also answer the above questions and also confirm that the WB about box does not indicate any problems.

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Reply #59 August 27, 2011 5:13:42 PM
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Well, it just told me my trial was over ( I had 8 days left) uninstalled and now will not turn on, at all.

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Reply #60 August 27, 2011 5:48:52 PM
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Quoting Daiwa,
reply 52
Joe -

Some people reported earlier in the thread that if they switched to Aero from classic (from within WB after reboot), then to some other skin, WB would work.  Presumably, YMMV.

That did not work for me.

 

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Reply #61 August 27, 2011 5:51:57 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 53
For those who are having issues with it working after a reboot but not after a logout can you answer the following two questions please.

1) Which OS are you on (32 or 64 bit Vista/7)

2) Is your machine set to autologin on reboot?

3) Does a theme reapply by going to classic and then to a WB theme work after the failed skinning at login?

This version of WB has some changes to how WB starts up for forwards compatibility and it may be this is not working quite right in certain edge cases.

For anyone who finds it simply does not work at all could you also answer the above questions and also confirm that the WB about box does not indicate any problems.

 


1) Which OS are you on (32 or 64 bit Vista/7) Windows 7 SP1 X64

2) Is your machine set to autologin on reboot? No

3) Does a theme reapply by going to classic and then to a WB theme work after the failed skinning at login? No skinning fails altogether after reeboot.

 

THe "About" as I posted above shows all is installed and activated fine.

 


 

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Reply #62 August 27, 2011 6:27:24 PM
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Quoting Ryvermist,
reply 59
Well, it just told me my trial was over ( I had 8 days left) uninstalled and now will not turn on, at all.

This thread is about a beta only provided to customers.

It would however appear that the WB trial has expired (it was supposed to expire November 2011 according to my records), so we will be putting up a new build hopefully on Monday for that.

It will show up on https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/downloads.asp once it is ready.

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Reply #63 August 28, 2011 12:52:43 AM
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I take back my previous comment. 7.3 began screwing things up. Started getting lots of out of memory errors when launching programs. I uninstalled the beta and reverted back to 7.2. Now all is back to normal.

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Reply #64 August 28, 2011 8:11:23 AM
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Had a beta problem, solved on the next page.

Thanks DrJBHL,
Copperhill

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Reply #65 August 28, 2011 8:27:53 AM
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cooperhill uninstalling the beta, a reboot and installing 7.2 worked for me.

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Reply #66 August 28, 2011 8:43:12 AM
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Quoting JuniorCrooks,
reply 65
cooperhill uninstalling the beta, a reboot and installing 7.2 worked for me.

JuniorCrooks,

I can reinstall Windowblinds, reboot and it will work fine, but when I do a second restart, it's toast. That's why I said it will only work if I never turn the  machine off.

After the restart, Windows Classic comes up. I did as was mentioned previously and chose Windows Aero from WB, then I could go ahead and choose another blind just fine. So the problem is one of WB not loading properly at startup, no matter which archived version I use. Even though I am running 7.19c, the loading at startup is compromised or bugged ever since I did the latest beta update.

Again, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Copperhill

 

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Reply #67 August 28, 2011 9:09:04 AM
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Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.3 (build 306 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell_ST2310_Analog) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 4200

Wblind.dll         2011/08/23 15:17:20
Wblind64.dll         2011/08/23 15:17:46
Wbsrv.dll         2011/08/23 15:17:56
SevenConfig.exe         2011/08/23 15:17:52
Wbload.exe         2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll         2010/10/20 16:08:34
Tray.dll              2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll              2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe         2010/06/07 15:59:43

 

It's so weird; the beta is going just fine on the husband's PC (Haven't put it on my Vista laptop yet; let him test it first), he's changed skins multiple times to see if it'll screw up but nothing so far.

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Reply #68 August 28, 2011 9:16:16 AM
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LadyShrikel,

Has he rebooted the computer?

Thanks.

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Reply #69 August 28, 2011 9:46:04 AM
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Quoting copperhill,
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LadyShrikel,

Has he rebooted the computer?

Thanks.

 

Several times, even turned it off and no problems.

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Reply #70 August 28, 2011 10:14:20 AM
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I tried it I still cannot use it with MS Excel correctly, if a size the window to other than a full screen excell does not work correctly, if i change from one page to a different page it will not draw correctly, I was hoping this would be fixed I submitted a ticket on this but I guess it was ignored, I went back to the stable version

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Reply #71 August 28, 2011 11:14:05 AM
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Quoting OldMsgt,
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I submitted a ticket on this but I guess it was ignored

Nothing was ignored.

Neil Banfield has responded several times in this post, Stardock is looking into it and this is the weekend (support are off work until Monday).

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Reply #72 August 28, 2011 11:40:03 AM
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Did not work for me either. Went back to 7.2 and it works fine.

I did the Impulse update.

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Reply #73 August 28, 2011 12:30:11 PM
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Doc joined the ranks.

Rolled back with Impulse and all's well again. 

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Reply #74 August 28, 2011 12:36:46 PM
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Quoting Hankers,
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Quoting OldMsgt, reply 70I submitted a ticket on this but I guess it was ignored

Nothing was ignored.

Neil Banfield has responded several times in this post, Stardock is looking into it and this is the weekend (support are off work until Monday).

Just because something isn't done as quickly as you deem possible does not mean it was ignored.

Not all problems can be successfully anticipated nor be fixed immediately. From past observation of Neil's diligence, he's been hard at work chasing down the gremlins and fixing them.

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Reply #75 August 28, 2011 12:59:01 PM
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'Beta' means something.  Just sayin...

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