Thank you for your reply, while I can agree that xp x64 may have a smaller userbase, I can't imagine it is that much more so difficult to test on, and is the same codebase as windows server 2003, which isn't going anywhere either.

Anyway, now I know to no longer renew OD (and by assocation not purchase anything on impulse either), so thank you.

Apologies if this appears to be a rant and irrelevant to bug reports, I just want it passed on to whoever cares that such decisions do cost them in other ways than testing and development.

FYI, I'm using the beta on Vista and have no issues at all.

Edit: I spoke too soon. The IE Tab Close Button is not skinning. Here is my info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 170 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(HP w1907 Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Wblind.dll      2009/06/04 15:30:20
Wbsrv.dll      2009/06/04 15:31:19
Wbconfig.exe      2009/06/04 15:49:02
Wbload.exe      2009/06/02 14:39:14
Wbhelp.dll      2008/07/20 19:35:07
Tray.dll           2008/07/20 19:35:21
Wbload.dll           2009/03/17 09:36:28
Screen.exe      2009/06/04 12:48:09

After updating to 7Beta the first blind I tried was OldN'Style and several of the windows were converted to windows classic or XP if you wish. I am running Vista SP2. The sidebar was having it's own problems losing all transparency. Sorry, I uninstalled the update, only problem was it tookWindows Blind 6.4 along with it. $#%& After a few intense moments, including installing the shareware program, everything was working fine. In this last round of updates, My Colors also, ( I lost the Think Green Theme) I am not impressed at all. Luckily I didn't lose any of the master skins I had installed. Has anyone else suffered similar problems? 

Just wondering: if because the Win 7 taskbar is yay much wiider than in Vista (and most of the skins were designed for Vista?XP), whether or not that has something to do with some start panels not showing the off/hibernate/restart buttons?

The reason I ask is that these buttons appear on WB skins where the design places them higher on the panel, but not on others where the buttons normally appear at the bottom when applied in Vista/XP.

I prefer the slimline taskbar, as I have Winstep's WorkShelf installed to appear at bottom, so have my icons set to small to have the narrow taskbar.  So I suppose the question is: are the  buttons missing because the narrower taskbar put them off-panel... or has it something to do with Workshelf changing the alignment/position of the startpanel, thus placing the buttons below their usual/normal position and making them invisible/below/underneath WorkShelf and/or the taskbar?

I have tried applying a 'buttonless' WB with the wider taskbar enabled/WorkShelf disabled but the issue remains.... could be I have a bad install or that I need to reinstall with the regular Win 7 superbar and WorkShelf disabled???

I don't believe so Starkers. Vista uses 3 buttons but Win 7 only uses 1. I belive it is scrunching the 3 buttons into 1. Depending on how the buttons were done/set/designed you will get a different result from one skin to another.

You may of course be right (being you're a skinner and all that) but the thing is, I'm not getting any buttons... 3 into 1 or otherwise, meaning I am limited to a just few WB's if I want to reboot/shutdown, etc. normally.

At present I'm using Vampothika's  Mysteria Vista and the buttons appear as they should, but as I recall, they are slightly higher up the panel than most: hence my earlier question, about the buttons being pushed off the panel due to the smaller taskbar, etc.

We are still in beta and I expect there to be some bugs at this early stage, so I can live with it 'til a fix is found. I'm just happy that I can change the Win 7 GUI to something more of my liking.

i to have that problem with the leo subskin, i haven't tried any other than aero metal, but that doesn't work as a vertical bar

Just a thought for the time being... if you use sks6 to edit the skin and remove the images by clicking the image name and scrolling all the way to the top and selecting no image defined... then the OS should default those images to original win 7 as with Vista. Found in Vista start menu buttons for the start menu.

when i tried the wb7 on vista it seemed that new windows were not being skinned ie those that were opened for the first time, all that would be shown is a semi transparent border, with no close, minimise resize buttons etc. If the application is then relaunched the window skins as normal. Was using Dragon theme, but went back to wb6.

I get the same as jojo25 but my Object Desktop is good until Sept 2009....???

Well I take that back - works ok here with no problems except for the background of one said image for when I click a taskbar program to change the properties or close/unpin such - got to still find out what default colors do as a new and almost final approach here to my skin

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 170 - Windows 7 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 9800 GT 

Wblind.dll         2009/06/04 14:30:20
Wbsrv.dll         2009/06/04 14:31:19
Wbconfig.exe         2009/06/04 14:49:02
Wbload.exe         2009/06/02 13:39:14
Wbhelp.dll         2009/05/14 13:39:07
Tray.dll              2009/05/14 13:39:21
Wbload.dll              2009/03/17 08:36:29
Screen.exe         2009/06/04 11:48:09

As it is Stardock has done an excellent beta release as usual! Thank you!

it does close if you click where the close button should be, with me it seemed to to do it inly the first time i opened the window but its still a bug i think

My little bug report : Installed on Vista Prem 32bit every time I changed a skin it would go into the classic skin. If I reboot the skin would apply. When I opened a window there would be no title bar. Didn't know how to go back to WB6 because Impulse said WB6 was installed and WB7 was installed also so I did a system restore.

Well so far I've not noticed any issues with WB7 in Vista Home premium x64, all seems to be working as it should be with a variety of skins... even the wbconfig interface is complete, whereas in Win 7 the right side is cut off slightly.

What I have noticed with Butch123's Clear Black blind in Vista is that the shutdown.logoff/restart buttons are right at the bottom of the start panel next to the search bar: however, in Win 7, while the search bar appears normally, the button area to the right is blank/backed out. This occurs with most but not all WB's

Now while this may be the result of Vista having 3 buttons and Win 7 having just the shutdown button with a mouseover for other options, I'm not having the 'no buttons' issue with skins that place them slightly higher up the right-hand panel: eg, the button and mouseover appear as normal in Win 7 when using Vampothika's Mysteria Vista, which displays these buttons slightly higher up the panel in Vista.

To me, it's like the buttons in Win 7 are being relocated on the panel and cannot appear as normal, so I'm wondering if it's also a resolution thing, particularly if one is using a regular taskbar instead of the 'superbar', and have Workshelf docked above the regular taskbar.  Currently I'm running at 1680 x 1050 on a 22" monitor, if that makes any difference.

I will mess around with the stteings a bit to see if I can answer these questions myself, but hopefully my thoughts (being a non-skinner) are helpful in resolving the issue for all.

The default close button bug is there with IE7 too

It seems that the scrollbar arrow states are mixed up when viewed on the start panel (activated all programs list) the normal state is using the disabled state image. It's correct everywhere else.

Edit: Vista Home Premium OS

Is there any procedure to easily roll back to WB 6.4.x, or do I have to go the uninstall/reinstall route?