why does it converts to windows classic theme?

why does it converts to windows classic theme?

Saturday, June 30, 2007 by jane ral | Discussion: WindowBlinds

i have the same problem Whenever i try to apply one of the skins i download from this site, it converts to windows classic theme it bugs me..........i have vista ultimate, my graphics index is 1.0 my windows blinds enhanced is active and everything please someone tell me what can i do????
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Bichur
Reply #1 Saturday, June 30, 2007 2:51 PM
Please post the information from the WB System Information page.
jane ral
Reply #2 Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:27 PM
This is what it says......


Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 1

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 1

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.50 (build 100 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 Standard VGA Graphics Adapter

Wblind.dll 2007/02/21 16:07:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/02/21 16:08:05
Wbconfig.exe 2007/02/21 15:06:33
Wbload.exe 2006/09/30 13:59:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 15:37:07
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:27:49
Wbload.dll 2007/01/23 18:48:56

PLEASE report all this information when submitting a problem report. We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July. Per-pixel skinning requires your hardware has WDDM drivers and a graphics experience score of at least 2
darkredbbb
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 7:40 AM
I also have Windows Vista Ultimate, and installed the same build and version of WindowBlinds and have the same problem .. Any solution found yet?? I would appreciate the reply
Hankers
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 7:46 AM
The "shareware" version has a time limit. After this time period you will only be able to use the XP OS skins.
MeSleeper
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 8:00 AM
This sounds very similar to the problem I posted regarding Windowblinds 5.51, though I'm running Windows XP.

I can start Windowblinds 5.51 manually and chose a skin. Everything is fine until I reboot. Windowblinds won't start after a re-boot and Windows defaults to classic mode.

I've reverted back to verson 5.50 until I figure what's going on. The only way to revert back was to restore from a back-up. Unisntalling 5.51 and re-installing 5.50 did not eliminate the problem casued by the 5.51 installation.

Here's a link to my post:

https://forums.stardock.com/?forumid=167&aid=156739

Hippie
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:35 AM
It's a computer. If everything ran right, that's when to start writing stuff in forums.
Bichur
Reply #7 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 1:37 PM
(build 100 x86 - Vista Edition))


isn't there a newer version?
unclerob
Reply #8 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 1:48 PM
I have this happen to me also on my winxp machine and I have several dozen different themes downloaded & installed from other wc authors along with my own. Windowblinds works properly for the most part as I can go through my list of wb skins and apply any showing up in my list, however there are those rare instances when I download a skin from the site and attempt to apply it after downloading it and it appears to go through the process of applying the skin but when it's done I end up in classic mode and I have to go into wb config and apply another skin to verify that wb is working properly.

The last time this happened was with Vienna XP by vStyler, I know the skin works properly but I accidentally turfed the skin from my collection recently and went to download it again after which I applied it and presto chango, Windows Classic - wooo hooo!!! (obviously I wasn't as happy as this, instead of wooo hooo it was more like WTF?!)   


MeSleeper
Reply #9 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 2:38 PM
Hello Rob -

We chatted some by e-mail regarding you skins. Been a few months and since I'm incognito here, you might not recognize me

Are you running WB 5.51? The problem we're seeing did not start on my system until I installed 5.51. Unisntalling 5.51 and re-installing 5.50 did not fix the problem. I had to recover the old version by restoring from a back-up.

I've never had a problem with a SD application before so am very interested in finding out what's happening. It may be skin specific and related to the new code, hence so few users are posting about it.

Sleep
jane ral
Reply #10 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 5:23 PM
wat can we do??
Hankers
Reply #11 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 5:54 PM
wat can we do??

After the trial period has expired and you wish to continue using windowblinds skins, you will need to buy the WindowBlinds program.
pentjakmagick
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:15 PM
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.51 (build 97 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/06/19 10:39:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 09:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/06/19 10:43:03
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 16:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:27:49


As u can see im having the same prob everyone else is.This even happens with skins that the program came with.Anyone have any ideas,Im getting pretty pissed here.Im in windows xp sp2 by the way.
Hankers
Reply #13 Wednesday, July 4, 2007 10:20 PM
Please contact [email protected] as they will be able to assist you in resolving this issue.
MeSleeper
Reply #14 Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:08 AM
I spoke with Stardock Tech Support about this issue twice this week and the individual I spoke with was unaware of this problem nor a solution. From his response I assumed the problem was specific to my set-up. I no longer believe this.

I believe the problem is rooted in the changes made to WB 5.51. The problem occurs with both Vista and XP. Not everyone's set-up is susceptible to this problem. If it were, the forum would be busting at the seams.

The changes that WB 5.51 makes during installation are not reversed by the program's uninstall utility. That leads me to believe the change is rooted in the registry or by a file copied on the hard drive and not removed during the uninstall. Uninstalling 5.51 and re-installing 5.50 did not reverse the problem for me. Others may be more lucky.

Stardock Tech Support suggested I post on the forum in hope one of the more technically savvy posters would have a solution. I'm still hopeful that will occur. In the meantime, I agree with the poster who recommended contacting Stardock Tech Support. Best chance to find a solution is to provide more data to the developer.

ben1605
Reply #15 Friday, July 6, 2007 8:19 PM
The problem we're seeing did not start on my system until I installed 5.51.



I experience the same problem. Win XP Pro SP2.




Bichur
Reply #16 Friday, July 6, 2007 11:52 PM
Don't think so.
MeSleeper
Reply #17 Saturday, July 7, 2007 9:35 AM

Don't think so.


Don't think folks might be having a problem with WB 5.51? Why because you're not experiencing any issues?
Bichur
Reply #18 Saturday, July 7, 2007 1:48 PM
Don't think folks might be having a problem with WB 5.51? Why because you're not experiencing any issues?


nope. somehow my reply to another post concerning WB setting color schemes and overriding them ended up here
aufisch
Reply #19 Saturday, July 7, 2007 2:21 PM
nope. somehow my reply to another post concerning WB setting color schemes and overriding them ended up here


No more tabbed browsing for Bichur...
Bichur
Reply #20 Saturday, July 7, 2007 2:24 PM
yeah, that's twice this week so far...

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