WB help

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 by killajosh | Discussion: Object Desktop

Please help! I jsut bought OD today, and WB isn't working correctly. I uninstalled all my freeware (including Alien GUIse) just to make sure nothing was interferring. I even turned off Windows Live OneCre to make sure the file came through with no problem. I dl'd from Stardock Central, and rebooted my computer after the install. I've tried 3 times now and get the same result. When I try to change the skins, XP reverts to Windows Classics (ugly!) and WB freezes. Here's my System info:

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.01 (build 40 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.

(SyncMaster 731B/731BF/731BA/730BA(Analog)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Wblind.dll 2007/11/06 19:17:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/11/02 14:33:04
Wbconfig.exe 2007/11/02 14:30:08
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 17:47:44
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/11/06 10:13:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Screen.exe 2007/11/02 14:33:51

Any help wold be greatly appreciated, and thanks!
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Philly0381
Reply #1 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:13 PM
Sometimes the silly questions are the important ones. You did register Object Desktop? See I said it was silly.   

Lantec
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:18 PM
I assume your on XP......
All your dates/times look good with the exception of Screen.exe the dates right but the time is waaayy off of what mine show (same build). I suggest an uninstall>reboot>verify screen.exe is gone>reinstall>reboot

killajosh
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:19 PM
Yep. First thing I did...all three times  

killajosh
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:19 PM
Okay Lantec. I'll try that.

Philly0381
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:38 PM
killajosh, Lantec had a much better suggestion than mine. Come back and let us know if that corrected the problem.

killajosh
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:42 PM
Lantec, what's the time show on your screen.exe?

Philly0381
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:48 PM
killajosh I also have WB6 and Object Desktop loaded. My screen.exe has a time of 18:37:51.

killajosh
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:53 PM
I uninstalled, rebooted, searched. Still had 2 (yep, count 'em, 2) instances of sreen.xe running. deleted both, rebooted. reinstalled, rebooted. searched, still have 2 screen.exe running with the time 14:33:51

What the (expletive deleted due to me not wanting to ruffle any feathers)?!

Bichur
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:56 PM
Everything in your sysinfo matches mine with the exception of wbsrv

my wbsrv shows 2007/10/04 but I did a straight update last time

my screen.exe = Screen.exe 2007/11/02 14:33:51

also running - WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.01 (build 40 x86)

Philly0381
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:01 PM
Well it looks like in your orginial post that you took the right steps. And you did what Lantec suggested. Did any of your other times change? If not maybe for some reason we are still looking at the previous WB download. Just a thought.

Philly0381
Reply #11 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:04 PM
Interesting Bichur, I'm running the same build but downloaded through SDC. Here's what I show.

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.01 (build 40 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 FX 5200

Wblind.dll 2007/11/06 19:17:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/10/04 16:58:04
Wbconfig.exe 2007/11/02 14:30:08
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 16:47:44
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 10:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/11/06 10:13:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 16:58:21
Screen.exe 2007/11/02 18:37:51

Lantec
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:08 PM
my times and dates match Philly's

next suggestion is to check and see if you have the latest driver for your video card.....

killajosh
Reply #13 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:09 PM
I dunno. I've searched and searched after uninstalling WB and can't find any other instances of WB on my system. Even deleted the WB freeware .exe file..... I'm gonna try this again, and I'll post my system info after reboot.  

killajosh
Reply #14 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:11 PM
I just updated my drivers last week. The free version worked fine. I'm at a loss right now......  

killajosh
Reply #15 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:12 PM
Do you think it might have anything to do with cached files on my computer?

Philly0381
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:13 PM
Killajosh did you just delete the freeware version stuff? That could have been causing the problem.

killajosh
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:15 PM
no, i uninstalled it through SDC

Bichur
Reply #18 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:20 PM
via SDC

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.01 (build 40 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.

(hp pavilion f50) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

Wblind.dll 2007/11/06 19:17:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/10/04 16:58:04
Wbconfig.exe 2007/11/02 14:30:08
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 16:47:44
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 10:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/11/06 10:13:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 16:58:21
Screen.exe 2007/11/02 14:33:51

ZubaZ
Reply #19 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:22 PM
Remeber everyone, Stand-alone and SDC (and Trial) all have differing file dates.

Who knows what's gotten screwed up and scrambled.

If you have WB running, set it to classic.
Reboot
Uninstall via sdc
Delete the WB folder
Reboot
Make sure you are still in classic
Install via SDC
reboot
Post your sys info.

Philly0381
Reply #20 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:24 PM
You know when we figure it out it will be something simple.

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