Hi LightStar, in looking at the requirements for IE 9 it requires Service Pact 2 be installed on Vista.  Do you have it installed?

Don't know what to say about your other WBs problem. 

Have you sent an email to support and started a trouble ticket?

I have same problem with Vista, SP2 installed. It's been that way for months, making IE9 very difficult to use. 

Very kind of Lightstar to go after this when he does not use IE9 himself.  

Yep, I always keep my OS's up to date, all 3 of them, and I also sent an email to support with this exact same information. But of course since their auto-responder system is flawed right now I did not receive and auto-reply with a case number. Who knows, they may not have even got my email at all.

Did you contact support about this?

Edit: ahh I see you did.

I am unsure how QA did not apparently notice any issues and I have not heard of this problem from support either.

If there is any info you need from me re the IE9 problem, just let me know.

Oh well Neil, you know what they say, things happen.  The IE9 problem was reported by another user to support a month ago, and he said he received some replies and he answered questions, but no resolution yet.

Does anyone else have the issue on Windows Vista 64-bit with almost all of the Aero and the Wall skin loading as windows classic?

I guess what we can take from this is that folks who are still using Vista 64 bit are not using IE 9 or there would be more conversation here. 

I do use IE 9 but with Windows 7 64 bit and have no problems.

Thanks John for the input.

im on windows 7 using IE9 and i have the same problem you described Lightstar, and I want it fixed too, its not easy to scroll when you the scroll bar is completley missing...........

Wow, a scroll bar issue too in IE9, and on Windows 7.  Thanks Kitty, looks like IE9 has a lot of issues with WB in both OS's.

Aren't computers fun.  It would be understandable if everyone was experiencing the same problems.  What's frustrating is when that doesn't happen.

OK, a little more troubleshooting info.  I completely uninstalled WB using ODNT Zapper, ran CCleaner and TuneUp Utilities and cleaned the registry.  After rebooting I ran the registry cleaners again to be sure and made sure the Windowblinds directory was gone.  Everything was fine and I reinstalled WB.  I applied a theme of mine and the tab issue and IE9 was not present, I tried a few more skins and the tabs were fine. However, after applying an Aero (all but Executive load as classic) skin in WB, it again applied the windows classic look, as did the Wall skin.  After doing that I applied one of my themes again, and lo and behold the tab issue is back. So evidently both issues have something to do with the Aero skins (except Executive) or the Wall skin.  The tab issue also occurs in the Metro skins, and virtually every other skin I have applied since applying an Aero skin and then going back to another skin.

Just for the heck of it I went over to Windows 7 64-bit also.  For me neither the tab issue nor the scroll bar issue Vampothika mentioned occurred in IE9, however the following skins loaded as windows classic:  Aero Colours, Aero Clay, Aero Metals, Aero Woods, Recycled and Wall.

Well it would appear that you may have found what the problem is then LightStar.  Now Neil just needs to come by again.

Close all copies of IE and all should be fine.

IE 9 can get upset about theme changes while it is open especially UIS0->UIS2.

I think you have installed something on your boxes which is breaking that.

I just double checked here on a Windows 7 64 bit box and applying one of the Aero UIS0 skins worked perfectly as I know it does on all the SD test boxes too.

Windows 7 64 bit is probably the most tested OS for WB at Stardock due to the number of people who use it.

Could be Neil, but if that is the case why is it doing some of the same things on two different OS's?  I will look into this further based on your suggestion, but I doubt if that is the issue. Thanks for replying though.

Thats why I think it is something you install on your boxes.  If it happens on two machines and yet isn't happening on others it instantly suggests the two must have something in common.

It is the same machine Neil, I triple boot (XP, Vista and 7) on the same PC.  The only common software is Microsoft Security Essentials and TuneUp Utilities 2012.  So I will be checking things out more and let you know.