Transparency Problem.....Fixed!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by DrJBHL | Discussion: WindowBlinds
O.K. I've tried suggestions from another thread (can't find it just now)....i.e. running Windows Experience Score to "activate" the transparency in WB.
My problem is demonstrated in the two screen shots below with the red arrows demonstrating the unaltered way the skin should look, and the corresponding parts of the skin as it looks after application. The skins are unaltered, in their "base state".
In the first shot, note the Start Button. The skin is "Naked" by vStyler. The variable is not the Skinner, but rather the transparency: This happens with other skins. The skin appears as it should in WB7 (latest build) but not whaen applied.
In the second screen shot, an additional problem is shown: there is a black rectangle hiding behind the Start Menu running from the right border of the left side panel to the separator line at the bottom of that panel pointed to by the green arrows.
The third problem is shown at the left margin of the task bar: The wall paper does not extend to the bottom of the screen behind the task bar. When I hide the task bar though, the wall paper descends to the bottom of the screen and when I unhide the task bar, the wall is pushed back again, stopping at the top edge of the task bar (but behind the Impulse Dock).
I'd appreciate any help! My thanks to anyone who tries....
Screen Shot 1:
Screen Shot 2:
System Info:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 3.1
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 220 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 8400M GS
Wblind.dll 2009/10/14 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2009/10/09 13:56:18
Wbconfig.exe 2009/10/07 16:35:20
Wbload.exe 2009/10/07 16:35:10
Wbhelp.dll 2009/10/07 16:35:07
Tray.dll 2009/10/07 16:35:19
Wbload.dll 2009/09/25 09:41:28
Screen.exe 2009/10/07 16:35:05
Driver Info:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 186.81 which NVIDIA states is the most up to date.
| Product | Current Installed Driver |
Latest Driver Update |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | 186.81 | Your PC currently has the latest driver installed for your GPU. No driver update is necessary at this time. |
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Reply #2 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:34 PM
turn off blur and trans in wbcfg > reapply ... see what happens.
Reply #3 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:37 PM
John...I did that. Naught. When I stated "base state" I meant "freshly installed, no mods".
Kitty, I wish it did, but it doesn't. Restarting has no effect.
Reply #4 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:40 PM
ur not getting trans anywhere or dropshadows.. looks like per pixel frames arent being used either..
Experience score usually fixes that everytime.. unless u have turned them off inadvertently in WB config.
Reply #7 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:50 PM
Experience Score from day 1 has been 3.1, and that's unchanged....so how would I know if it were failing?
Reply #8 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:26 AM
Have you checked transparency settings in WB7, and made sure that all the trackbar settings are identical? I'm just guessing this since the start menu looks much more saturated than the taskbar, and we now have the ability in WB7 to adjust each of those settings individually.
Edited to say: Nevermind...I see that was the same suggestion John gave you and you said you didn't make any mods...however the trackbar might have gotten jarred from a different skin, or just been moved by gremlins or something...click reset all in the transparency tab and see what happens.
Reply #9 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:06 AM
I am convinced that this is a problem with the latest WB7 build (220x86). Several people have reported this issue. I don't believe that it's anything that Doc has done (changed trans settings, checked the box for non per-pixel etc.)
It might be interesting to know if all the people who experience this have the same graphics card....just trying to find a common thread.
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:19 AM
I have experienced failing video cards and it's much more dramatic than that...
Agree with Neil - reset the Windows display options to default Vista Aero. WB might be masking a problem that you have with the Windows UI settings. This has happened to me
Reply #12 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:53 AM
When I tried (through WB) I got the "Classic". Tried through MyColors, borked also. Both have been recently reinstalled. All state they are installed correctly.
Reply #13 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:55 AM
Perhaps you should 86 Mycolors, they have never played nice together on my system.. and reinstall WB fresh 
Reply #14 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:25 AM
I think that might be part of the problem, John. Neil, I'm not criticizing the software it's just that MyColors caused me problems before.
Reply #16 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:29 AM
1. Classic.
2. Then uninstalled My Colors and had to reinstall WB, as it stated WBserv.dll could not be found.
3. Rebooted and Aero appeared.
4. Tried to apply Krome, but same problem of the skin "lifting" the wallpaper is still there.
Grrrrr..... 
Wish someone could help!
Thanks to all who have, and hope they aren't giving up.
Reply #17 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:24 AM
The only reason I say it could be a failing video card is because I experienced something similar when my video card started failing a few years ago. First I lost shadows on my WB... they were replaced with black boxes, then my taskbar became just a black box, then the start button and titlebar buttons disappeared, then I lost transperency everywhere, then I just lost graphics all thogether... over a period of about 2 days...
Reply #18 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:56 AM
Well, this has been going on more than two days.....
I think it's a software problem, and not necessarily Stardock's.
Reply #19 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:00 AM
Did this just happen the instant you installed the latest WB 7 beta, or did that build work ok for a while?
Reply #20 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:12 AM
I think it's been going on longer, Neil. I'm not sure. Wish there was an app to tell me what's wrong.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:27 PM
restarting the pc gets rid of the black triangle.