Weekly Poll: The WindowBlinds 6 Plunge
Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
This week's poll is all about WindowBlinds 6. It seems like a good idea considering it was released into the wild just yesterday to some pretty positive press. What we're wondering is if you've made the upgrade from WindowBlinds 5, and if not, do you intend to? Since WindowBlinds 6 represents such a major step forward for skinning with things like animated start menus and Vista visual effects for Windows XP, we're very interested in the general opinion on whether or not people think it's worth upgrading now or later (or never).
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DigitalCHET
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:41 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:41 PM
mmm cookies... 
Have been running the betas and installed WB6 yesterday. Everything's working as it should so far, except for the IntelliPoint issue Neil pointed out, but I can live with that. Hope it gets fixed though.
Other than that, kudos to the WB6 team.
Have been running the betas and installed WB6 yesterday. Everything's working as it should so far, except for the IntelliPoint issue Neil pointed out, but I can live with that. Hope it gets fixed though.
Other than that, kudos to the WB6 team.
Quicksilver007
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:17 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:17 PM
Upgraded yesterday via SDC no problem, went smoothly did my backup first tho just in case!! Thanks Stardock
winstar4
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:46 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:46 PM
I have a dual boot pc and it works great with both vista and xp, I love it! 
winstar4
winstar4
Kevison
Reply #26 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 9:35 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 9:35 PM
hate to say it but I think there are some memory issues. When loading and unloading wb, i notice a longer delay that what I have been used to. Upwards of 40 secs.. I am also getting more memory related errors now since 5.92(
(?) it doesnt feel as clean as the earlier beta.
Still a nice product...
(?) it doesnt feel as clean as the earlier beta.Still a nice product...
Kevison
Reply #27 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 9:40 PM
Ya I am getting wierdness with min and max on my blinds too. I get ghost images of the buttons that linger on the spot where the dialog box was. Ill restore the dialog box then reduce it again and the ghost image is gone. Im using the Leo skin(nice skin btw) and the nice colored buttons sometimes loose their colors. this is an XP box with current patches etc...
Reply #27 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 9:40 PM
WB6 : still giving me problem, even with the effort of neil still having problems, sometimes min, max close button dissapear. I should waited and read all the comments first before i jumped on buying WB6. I'll post a SS to stardock once I encounter it again....
Ya I am getting wierdness with min and max on my blinds too. I get ghost images of the buttons that linger on the spot where the dialog box was. Ill restore the dialog box then reduce it again and the ghost image is gone. Im using the Leo skin(nice skin btw) and the nice colored buttons sometimes loose their colors. this is an XP box with current patches etc...
The-Reaper-Man
Reply #28 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 11:47 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 11:47 PM
Does anyone know how to apply the Sidebar? I'll be damned if I can figure out how! Not that it matters too much; DesktopX comes with it's share of good sidebar widgets to use.
.-= The Reaper Man =-.
.-= The Reaper Man =-.
Wet Monkey
Reply #29 Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:18 AM
Reply #29 Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:18 AM
I un-installed WB 5, backed up all my skins, (in two places 
), and installed the new WB6 on my Vista 64 bit system and no problems so far except that the sidebar will not update but it really doesn't matter. So far so good. Now just waiting for an update to Icon Packager so I can use that again. Good work Stardock!!! Very nice upgrade!!!
), and installed the new WB6 on my Vista 64 bit system and no problems so far except that the sidebar will not update but it really doesn't matter. So far so good. Now just waiting for an update to Icon Packager so I can use that again. Good work Stardock!!! Very nice upgrade!!! 
iseekserendipity
Reply #31 Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:43 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, October 4, 2007 1:43 AM
I actually got my Object Desktop subscription renewed just (75%) because of it!
Works like a charm, so far! - lucky for me too: forgot to backup, etc.
Works like a charm, so far! - lucky for me too: forgot to backup, etc.
Brimo
Reply #32 Thursday, October 4, 2007 5:13 AM
Reply #32 Thursday, October 4, 2007 5:13 AM
I've upgraded to WB6 and it's generally working fine (after the initial hassle with activation). First I installed it over WB5, but then on looking in the registry I noticed that some WB5 entries were still stored there, which I didn't like, so I uninstalled completely and did a clean install of WB6.
I'm especially pleased with the colour and font controls in the new version. I'm afraid I didn't care for any of the bundled skins, so I've deleted them.
I'm especially pleased with the colour and font controls in the new version. I'm afraid I didn't care for any of the bundled skins, so I've deleted them.
JeremyG
Reply #33 Thursday, October 4, 2007 9:43 AM
Reply #33 Thursday, October 4, 2007 9:43 AM
I had to uninstall WB6 last night. For some reason it stopped skinning my task bar and no amount of reboots and skin changes would change it. 
Vista 64-bit.
Vista 64-bit.
warreni
Reply #34 Thursday, October 4, 2007 9:52 AMI upgraded to the final release version on the 2nd from the first beta, and the new interface and tweaking options are really nice. I had no problems (Win XP MCE).
Reply #34 Thursday, October 4, 2007 9:52 AM
Ooberman
Reply #35 Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:49 PM
Reply #35 Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:49 PM
I'll upgrade when Stardock see fit to offer reduced price upgrade fees for longtime users. I have standalone WB (not object desktop) and I'll be damned if I'm forking out another $20 for v6. It would be nice if people who bought prior to feb 2007 were offered some kind of deal via email.
Neil Banfield
Reply #36 Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:58 PM
Reply #36 Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:58 PM
Ooberman: Upgrades are $15 from an earlier version of WB if you purchased before Feb 1st 2007.
ZubaZ
Reply #37 Thursday, October 4, 2007 6:06 PM
Reply #37 Thursday, October 4, 2007 6:06 PM
Stardock needs to make money to feed their children too. 
r@mJET
Reply #38 Friday, October 5, 2007 4:28 AM
Reply #38 Friday, October 5, 2007 4:28 AM
Tried to install the free version on winxp x64 and was told it was incompatible but works with vista x64 and try to a earlier version v5.5 or something.
why should it be up and running with vista x64 but not winxp x64 that has been around much longer?
why should it be up and running with vista x64 but not winxp x64 that has been around much longer?
Tweaker
Reply #39 Friday, October 5, 2007 10:05 AM
Reply #39 Friday, October 5, 2007 10:05 AM
I downloaded WB6 via Object Desktop. I had a problem when installing and was not thrilled about WB6 on Vista. After trying a few different themes I switched back to Aero. The see through taskbar was gone. When I tried to use the WB6 blur effect to try and make it look like it did before installing WB6, it didn't work either. Anyone else had problems with WB6 on Vista? It works great on XP!
ZubaZ
Reply #40 Friday, October 5, 2007 10:20 AM
See the post here
Reply #40 Friday, October 5, 2007 10:20 AM
Tried to install the free version on winxp x64 and was told it was incompatible but works with vista x64 and try to a earlier version v5.5 or something.
why should it be up and running with vista x64 but not winxp x64 that has been around much longer?
why should it be up and running with vista x64 but not winxp x64 that has been around much longer?
See the post here
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Reply #21 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:36 PM