WindowBlinds 6 Beta Feedback
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 by Neil Banfield | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Please post all feedback about the WindowBlinds 6 beta on this thread.
Note that the beta is for 32 bit XP and Vista systems only. Please do not post about it not working on 64 bit XP/Vista. Please continue to use WB 5.51 on those platforms.
This beta is for Object Desktop customers ONLY. Standalone WindowBlinds 5 owners will not be able to activate this build.
Please note that you must have Stardock Central 2.46 Build 154 or later to install the WindowBlinds 6 betas. If you try and use older versions, it'll eventually timeout and give you an error about an invalid URL.
If you have problems with it running at all, please uninstall WB6, reboot and then try reinstalling WB6 again.
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WebGizmos
Reply #342 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:12 AM
Reply #342 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:12 AM
Is there anything that can be done about this? It happens on a lot of skins...you can't see any of the text in the WB Config screen.
Neil Banfield
Reply #343 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:52 AM
Reply #343 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:52 AM
WebGizmos: That is normal. The config options are no longer part of the preview. They are on the left of the preview.
bobbyhundreds
Reply #344 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:56 AM
Reply #344 Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:56 AM
Hi Neil,can you please confirm that the problem in this ( WWW Link ) thread is being looked into.Sorry I may have posted it in the wrong place. 
I'm not demanding an immediate fix or anything like that,just confirmation that a fix is in the pipeline. 
At some point I would like to be able to use all of the features on my new pc. but am prevented from doing so if WindowBlinds is installed because of a conflict between vista/windowblinds and the remote sensor (usb) for my media centre remote.
Thanks
I'm not demanding an immediate fix or anything like that,just confirmation that a fix is in the pipeline. 
At some point I would like to be able to use all of the features on my new pc. but am prevented from doing so if WindowBlinds is installed because of a conflict between vista/windowblinds and the remote sensor (usb) for my media centre remote.
Thanks
WebGizmos
Reply #345 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:26 AM
Doh! Ok gotcha...my bad...thanks!
Reply #345 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:26 AM
That is normal. The config options are no longer part of the preview. They are on the left of the preview.
Doh! Ok gotcha...my bad...thanks!
tosbsas
Reply #346 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:05 AM
Reply #346 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:05 AM
Great work on the new beta - seems even lighter on my resources
Ruben
Ruben
Neil Banfield
Reply #347 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:07 AM
Reply #347 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:07 AM
bobbyhundreds: We are looking into that.
Septimus
Reply #348 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:14 AM
Reply #348 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:14 AM
Anyone else experience WB6 killing DWM on Vista after restarting?
It happens randomly to me in that the DWM service doesn't start after a week or so of having WB6 installed. I have to uninstall WB6 completely to make the automatic service start actually work.
I can then reinstall and all works fine for a while, then for no reason, DWM doesn't start and I lose transparency. Physically starting the service works, but next reboot it will be closed down again. Auto start is enabled as is recovery.
It happens randomly to me in that the DWM service doesn't start after a week or so of having WB6 installed. I have to uninstall WB6 completely to make the automatic service start actually work.
I can then reinstall and all works fine for a while, then for no reason, DWM doesn't start and I lose transparency. Physically starting the service works, but next reboot it will be closed down again. Auto start is enabled as is recovery.
bobbyhundreds
Reply #349 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:24 AM
Thanks Neil.
Reply #349 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:24 AM
bobbyhundreds: We are looking into that.
Thanks Neil.
drakesteele
Reply #350 Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:15 PM
Reply #350 Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:15 PM
Ok guys... here's my issue:
Love the new interface in the update today (Thurs, Aug 30) but the text is all white, and the background image/gradient is a baby blue to white fade.
This means that I cannot see but about the first 4-6 rows of text... anything below that is gone.
HELP! lol
- DrakeSteele
Love the new interface in the update today (Thurs, Aug 30) but the text is all white, and the background image/gradient is a baby blue to white fade.
This means that I cannot see but about the first 4-6 rows of text... anything below that is gone.
HELP! lol
- DrakeSteele
ZubaZ
Reply #351 Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:29 PM
My font is black. Maybe the skin you are using?
Reply #351 Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:29 PM
but the text is all white, and the background image/gradient is a baby blue to white fade.
My font is black. Maybe the skin you are using?
Cavan1
Reply #352 Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:13 PM
Check replies 330, 332 and 340.
Reply #352 Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:13 PM
but the text is all white, and the background image/gradient is a baby blue to white fade.
Check replies 330, 332 and 340.
skybright
Reply #353 Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:31 PM
Reply #353 Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:31 PM
Every thing is fine here as well. Really enjoying the new build.
Daiwa
Reply #354 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:10 PM
Reply #354 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:10 PM
I have a UI suggestion, for the Systray Icon context menu: it would really be a boon to have "Reload Current Skin" on that context menu again - it would save a lot of time when developing a skin, since we're constantly reloading after changes.
Bender50
Reply #355 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:30 PM
Reply #355 Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:30 PM
Simply the BEST , just updated to the lastest..
Runs FAST , GREAT special effects , Molten skin is WILD
It just keeps getting BETTER.
Runs FAST , GREAT special effects , Molten skin is WILD
It just keeps getting BETTER.
Hawkeye666
Reply #356 Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:09 PM
Reply #356 Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:09 PM
After installing make sure you use the rebuild skin list function. This brought back the skins that appeared to be missing!
I really like the new UI in this week's build. I do however think I've seen a reoccurance of a problem I had on early builds for Vista. Periodically when I reboot I don't get transparent taskbar. When thius happens I have to reset to Vista Aero. Then if it loads with transparency I can switch back to what ever WB skin I want. Sometimes though when I reset to Aero it doesn't come up transparent. Whan that happens I have to reboot and then Aero will be transparent and I can go back to a WB skin fine.
Running Nvidia 162.22
WB System Info:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.6
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.6
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 38 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 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Wblind.dll 2007/08/28 15:49:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/27 11:54:35
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56
I really like the new UI in this week's build. I do however think I've seen a reoccurance of a problem I had on early builds for Vista. Periodically when I reboot I don't get transparent taskbar. When thius happens I have to reset to Vista Aero. Then if it loads with transparency I can switch back to what ever WB skin I want. Sometimes though when I reset to Aero it doesn't come up transparent. Whan that happens I have to reboot and then Aero will be transparent and I can go back to a WB skin fine.
Running Nvidia 162.22
WB System Info:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.6
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.6
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 38 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 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Wblind.dll 2007/08/28 15:49:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/27 11:54:35
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56
Sabardeyn
Reply #357 Friday, August 31, 2007 2:00 AM
Reply #357 Friday, August 31, 2007 2:00 AM
okay, someone really needs to leave a link to this Molten skin. You all keep fawning over it and a search returns the following...
Link
The Mythical Molten screen shot references a WB skin from the Stardock Design Team, but of course, their is no link.
Link
The Mythical Molten screen shot references a WB skin from the Stardock Design Team, but of course, their is no link.
Cavan1
Reply #358 Friday, August 31, 2007 2:39 AM
There is no link, it comes with WB6.
Reply #358 Friday, August 31, 2007 2:39 AM
someone really needs to leave a link to this Molten skin
There is no link, it comes with WB6.
Jonsatriani
Reply #359 Friday, August 31, 2007 5:55 AM
Reply #359 Friday, August 31, 2007 5:55 AM
On Vista Home Premium 32bit the latest beta ran fine and looked very smooth. I like the new Vista-style interface.
This morning however my computer, totally unprovoked, would not boot into Windows - I'd BSOD out with a win32k.sys -8e style error. A bit of Googling in safe mode let me find one person out there who had the same problem, had deactivated Windowblinds and all was well.
I did the same and my computer seems to be running normally again. Although I'm using Aero these days anyway, I liked the new WB beta and hope to see this issue resolved.
If this has been flagged before, I apologise for reposting.
- JonS
This morning however my computer, totally unprovoked, would not boot into Windows - I'd BSOD out with a win32k.sys -8e style error. A bit of Googling in safe mode let me find one person out there who had the same problem, had deactivated Windowblinds and all was well.
I did the same and my computer seems to be running normally again. Although I'm using Aero these days anyway, I liked the new WB beta and hope to see this issue resolved.
If this has been flagged before, I apologise for reposting.
- JonS
bobbyhundreds
Reply #360 Friday, August 31, 2007 7:29 AM
Reply #360 Friday, August 31, 2007 7:29 AM
Hi Jonsatriani,I have the same problem ,see post #345.Neil the developer has answered a few posts later and says the problem is being looked into.So hopefully it will be sorted sometime.
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Reply #341 Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:07 AM
Like this :
And WB6 does not show correctly in Windows Titlebars which uses Unicode characters.