Moving on...
I still get no results from Systray no matter what configuration I try. Thought it might have to do with the settings for the Taskbar so I unchecked the "hide inactive icons" - no go. Like to know if anyone has gotten this part to work and if so how.
I've had the program unload windowblinds many times under different circumstances (sometimes just having the menu open). Maybe "unloading" is incorrect. If I go to the appearance tab under Display Properties it shows the current windowblind. If I apply another blind it works and then I can reapply the blind I was previously using.
In case it's important
Windows XP SP2
512mb
Pentium 4 - 2.8 ghz
Latest version Windowblinds 4.4+
Not using DX,OD or Iconx, do have Sysmetrix 3.24 running