how to stop AlienGUIse Theme manager lag
Friday, September 3, 2004 by totle | Discussion: Stardock Software
when i apply the alienguises theme.. to my computer it lags up my comp.. both the skins lag.. my computer is a 2.8 ghrz pentium 4 with 512 of ram.. i dont know why it lags my comp.. how do i fix it? or is it just the graphics for the skins and everything else.. please help
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Snowman
Reply #22 Monday, September 6, 2004 7:59 AM
Reply #22 Monday, September 6, 2004 7:59 AM
| i have a website.. maybe you can upload ALienGUIse theme manager on my website and i can download from there? |
That would be a seriously bad idea. That is what is considered 'ripping' aka stealing copyrighted material
Only use authorized/original download links!!
SelfExiled
Reply #23 Monday, September 6, 2004 3:48 PM
This might be the real problem, right here. StyleXP hacks the system files, and having that program running and then trying to apply another GUI Program is probably whats causing the terrible lag. You might try disabling StyleXP from the system completely, before using a windowblind. This is what we are talking about, right? Some people say that they can have both installed, but some people have problems. Hacking system files the way that StyleXP does, and then running a program that expects the kernel to be in its original state, could cause lots of problems.
You can copy the AlienMorph theme and the ALXMorph theme from the theme manager directory. Then, uninstall Theme Manager. You don't need theme manager to apply the theme really. But, you can download Theme Manager from Stardock and then reload your theme manager alienware themes.
Reply #23 Monday, September 6, 2004 3:48 PM
| so now i am using style xp now |
This might be the real problem, right here. StyleXP hacks the system files, and having that program running and then trying to apply another GUI Program is probably whats causing the terrible lag. You might try disabling StyleXP from the system completely, before using a windowblind. This is what we are talking about, right? Some people say that they can have both installed, but some people have problems. Hacking system files the way that StyleXP does, and then running a program that expects the kernel to be in its original state, could cause lots of problems.
You can copy the AlienMorph theme and the ALXMorph theme from the theme manager directory. Then, uninstall Theme Manager. You don't need theme manager to apply the theme really. But, you can download Theme Manager from Stardock and then reload your theme manager alienware themes.
SelfExiled
Reply #24 Monday, September 6, 2004 4:15 PM
Reply #24 Monday, September 6, 2004 4:15 PM
You can get Theme Manager here(Official Stardock Link) https://www.stardock.com/products/thememanager/ 
totle
Reply #25 Monday, September 6, 2004 10:44 PM
Reply #25 Monday, September 6, 2004 10:44 PM
well what if i close the style xp program and its not on the system tray?.. does that still make it bad or should i just uninstall the whole program
SelfExiled
Reply #26 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 1:04 AM
Reply #26 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 1:04 AM
I would check the configuration setup for StyleXP and set everything back to the original WindowsXP setup. Then, I would unload windowblinds too. Then, uninstall StyleXP. Hopefully, StyleXP will then uninstall itself properly and replace the hacked system file with the original WindowsXP system files. I had a lot of problems with StyleXP, for these very reasons, and I don't use it. Windows isn't perfectly stable itself without an illegal hack of the system.
You can try to just unload styleXP and then uncheck its startup files(in msconfig), then reboot. That should remove it from effecting your system. But, you still have the illegally modified system files on your system. Windowblinds does not modify the system files.
You can try to just unload styleXP and then uncheck its startup files(in msconfig), then reboot. That should remove it from effecting your system. But, you still have the illegally modified system files on your system. Windowblinds does not modify the system files.
SelfExiled
Reply #27 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 1:34 AM
Reply #27 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 1:34 AM
If the lag goes away, you will know that the conflict of StyleXP and Windowblinds was causing it. You will probably still have orphan registry entries from StyleXP(if you uninstall it), and that may slow down your system a little too. (Note: A lot of orphan registry entries could cause such a problem too. That happens when installing and uninstalling many programs, over time, without cleaning the registry). So, proper system maintenance is important too(Defragging as well). It might be best to wipe the hard drive and start over with just windowblinds and icon packager, at this point. I would leave off Theme Manager too. (I still use Winstyles 1.5) You can copy the icon packager files from the Alienware Theme. Just, open the theme by copying it and changing the copy extension to zip. You can then extract the windowblinds files, iconpackager files and the wallpaper. And copy the various folders to the proper directories. (I.E.-icon file folder to iconpackager, windowblinds folder to windowblinds,etc..) Then, erase the copy.
I can guarantee that you will not have a problem with windowblinds lagging your system if you wipe the hard drive. I don't know all the program you have on your system that might be causing such a problem. But, on a properly configured system(proper drivers and updates), without system file hacks, windowblinds definitely will not cause such a problem and neither will Theme Manager.
If you want to further optimize your system, I would look for shortcut markers in your font folder. If there are shortcut markers on fonts, I would check those shortcuts and make sure that the referenced fonts still exist on your system. If not, delete the shortcuts. If you see shortcut markers at all, I would delete them, and copy the referenced fonts directly to your fonts folder. To have windows searching all over your hard drive for shortcut fonts will slow down your system too. If the shortcut fonts don't exist, that is even worse. This will cause a system error and will corrupt your fonts folder. Good luck. Lots to consider, I know, I've been there.
I can guarantee that you will not have a problem with windowblinds lagging your system if you wipe the hard drive. I don't know all the program you have on your system that might be causing such a problem. But, on a properly configured system(proper drivers and updates), without system file hacks, windowblinds definitely will not cause such a problem and neither will Theme Manager.
If you want to further optimize your system, I would look for shortcut markers in your font folder. If there are shortcut markers on fonts, I would check those shortcuts and make sure that the referenced fonts still exist on your system. If not, delete the shortcuts. If you see shortcut markers at all, I would delete them, and copy the referenced fonts directly to your fonts folder. To have windows searching all over your hard drive for shortcut fonts will slow down your system too. If the shortcut fonts don't exist, that is even worse. This will cause a system error and will corrupt your fonts folder. Good luck. Lots to consider, I know, I've been there.
totle
Reply #28 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:24 AM
Reply #28 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:24 AM
the lag is gone at least i think so, here is what i did .. i uninstalled style xp and got a new copy of AlienGUIse theme manager.. and its better.. those connections i saw a while ago has dissappeared and my cpu usage is not crazy anymore.. but the reason the lag bothered me was because when i played red alert ( i know its old but its still fun ).. and when i applyed the classic desktop the lag would go away.. so i jw why it lagged my game.. and it did lag me to.. so anyways i think its all good now.. thx alot
SelfExiled
Reply #29 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:36 AM
Reply #29 Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:36 AM
Windowblinds is the only way to skin. 
Glad it worked out for you.
Glad it worked out for you.
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Reply #21 Monday, September 6, 2004 5:19 AM