Very Strange. Task Manager would not allow me to end the process of the bottom or top instance of WBVista.exe    Very strange. Very Bizarre.    

I know, but when I went through the skin and found every bit of text I could find that was set to OS Default and changed it, it didn't seem to work.

Well, I redownloaded and reinstalled Windowblinds though Impulse. However, I still have the same problem. I tried to apply the "Morph" skin, and it did not work. It took over a minute as I watch the word morph and then WB wimped out and left me with the default Windows Aero.
Now what do I do?  And I still have 2 instances of WBVista.exe running!

what a day! tried to terminate one of those 2 processes, access is denied!  Also I am wondering if there is a conflict with Rainmeter? There shouldn't be but you never know!

3java3 - that's exactly the same problem and symptoms I had. Glad to know it's not just me. I think this is something that Neil would have to look into.

Interesting though - today this didn't happen on mine, so it's not every boot. I'll continue to check at each startup.

Strange. Last night, I shut the computer down. But before I did, there were 2 instances of WBVista.exe running as processes. I was beginning to think maybe one of those was a trojan or something. This morning, when I booted up, just for the fun of it, I checked the task manager, to see what was up. There was only ONE instance of WBVista.exe running. I was surprised. Because I did a reboot before to get rid of the extra process and it didn't work. But it wasn't an overnight shut down. I wonder if that means anything. Anyway, I risked trying to applying a skin, and can you believe it, this time I could! I think I did a test on the Gaiety skin ,and I was afraid it wouldn't work but it did. Go Figure!

But I didn't trust WB. I did a test on Jitter, and at the moment I am using a Mac OS 10 Panther skin. So far so good. But will it work 2 weeks from now? I am a little wary of downloading any more skins, is there such a thing as trying to install and or use too many? I had around 50 recently. I got rid of a bunch of them, a few longhorns that I didn't really care for, and a few others.

In any case, if the skin is on Customize.org or skinbase.org I will not download or use it. WB skins have to come from Wincustomize, or on super rare occasions, Deviantart, like snow leopard by Sagorphird or whatever his screen name is. I will endeavor to be more careful and choosy about skins.

I heartily recommend that people stay away from Ultimate Aero or Glass for Vista. I could be wrong, but I do not trust those skins.

Also, I still am hoping that someday soon there will be a real, authentic longhorn skin that meets my criteria. The only one I've found that was any good was a visual style, but I would rather not use visual styles if I can avoid it.

So we'll see how WB behaves over the next week or so. But for now, it seems to be working!   

As promised:

Booted up this morning and once again I have two copies of WBVista.exe running.

The same thing happened to me this morning! Last night, before I went to bed, I shut the computer down. Not just to go to sleep, but a complete shut down. Needless to say, I was not too happy about seeing 2 copies of WBVista.exe running in Task Manager. I knew then and there, that If I were to try to apply or change skins in Windowblinds, it wiould a classic fail. But I thought I would do a reboot, and see what happened. After I rebooted, and checked the Task Manager, there was only 1 case of WBVista.exe running, so I was ok, and I was able to change a skin. Essorant, try a reboot or wait a while, then try a reboot later. That may fix things. I think Stardock needs to look into this, I think it's a major bug that needs to be fixed or resolved, and you and I are kinda like Beta testers, even though this is gold code that is giving us a headache.

I have just upgraded to 7.1 and had to manually sort some problems with file permissions to get the update to run. Now it executes and opens the Configuration window, but fails to apply the skin. The first time I press the 'Apply Changes' button, I get a ghosted desktop for a few seconds, then back to Aero. If I press the button again, nothing happens at all.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 7.4
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.8

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 273 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell 3008WFP(Digital)) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
(Dell 3008WFP(DP)) 2 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
(Generic PnP Monitor) 3 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series

Wblind.dll         2010/06/07 20:10:20
Wblind64.dll         2010/06/07 20:10:52
Wbsrv.dll         2010/06/07 20:10:56
SevenConfig.exe         2010/06/07 20:10:02
Wbload.exe         2010/04/01 22:40:18
Wbhelp.dll         2010/04/01 22:40:07
Tray.dll              2010/04/01 22:40:19
Wbload.dll              2010/06/07 20:10:25
Screen.exe         2010/04/01 22:39:26

Don't mean to hi-jack your thread again...but I think I know how the fonts act funny. When switching between WB skin/Aero/WB skin, that's when the fonts switch to Tahoma. Using Aero Colors right now and it's all Segoe, but if I switch to say Jawndo, some of the fonts will switch to Tahoma (and I have font overrides enabled to Segoe). A reboot is required to fix it.

yay, I was having the same problem that 3java3 had with my new Windows 7 computer and brand new updated version of Windowblinds. 

but followed Mrsguy's advice on this old thread and now the issue is resolved

In my case,  none of the Windowblind's would apply whatsoever-- but would just turn my pretty Aero taskbar this plain white color.   Only system restore would bring it back to the Aero transparent look. 

  On Windowblind's "About Screen" it even stated that Windowblinds was "installed correctly" too.   When I tried to apply a theme, after following Mrsguy's advice, a little box popped up on the screen stating something like:   "Windowblinds was not installed correctly, would you like to fix this".   I clicked "yes", and then it applied the skin -      Wouldnt work whatsoever before this.   These forums are great help-   my issue was resolved without having to bother the Stardock folk..yayyyy!  thanks MirsGuy !

ps... lov'n my Windows 7 by the way-   

yay, I was having the same problem that 3java3 had with my new Windows 7 computer and brand new updated version of Windowblinds. 

but followed Mrsguy's advice on this old thread and now the issue is resolved

In my case,  none of the Windowblind's would apply whatsoever-- but would just turn my pretty Aero taskbar this plain white color.   Only system restore would bring it back to the Aero transparent look. 

  On Windowblind's "About Screen" it even stated that Windowblinds was "installed correctly" too.   When I tried to apply a theme, after following Mrsguy's advice, a little box popped up on the screen stating something like:   "Windowblinds was not installed correctly, would you like to fix this".   I clicked "yes", and then it applied the skin -      Wouldnt work whatsoever before this.   These forums are great help-   my issue was resolved without having to bother the Stardock folk..yayyyy!  thanks MirsGuy !

ps... lov'n my Windows 7 by the way-