Neil Banfield kicked some serious butt this time !!

THANK YOU NEIL !

EDIT: The strangege blur" is Indeed gone from Hyper now. -I have now tried it a lttle and "Stuff´s" Really been fixed...They´ve been fixed so much that now "Unwanted" parts "shine through" on some parts of the New skin... For instance I now noticed that there apparently were some "Old" scrollbar parts left in the Wba for Hyper somewhere & now is Mixed with the new ones... & stuff.

Will investigate further.

Kick ass job fixing the Blur though.

WindowBlinds just keeps getting better with each update!   Nice work!!

oh

Fixing my skins cause the update revealed flaws in them.... The Update Actually kicks ass !

Am I eligible?

Never mind. lol

*slinks away*

Vrooooooom!

Just one question:

As i installed previous WB version (7.31 build 99) with the self installer, am i able to install this beta over the previous one ?? and won't it consider it as a second Windowblinds installation (i mean for Windows and for "add/remove programs" )

Yes, I did and in add and remove programs it is listed as Widowblinds 7.31. Not two separate listings.

Ok, i just did it but it's still WB 7.31 buid 99 told on the icon in systray (and in WindowBlinds panel) and i get "WindowBlinds" as installed in Add/remove Programs

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WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.31 (build 99 x86)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(LG W2286(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Wblind.dll         2012/01/23 10:57:20
Wbsrv.dll         2010/02/03 16:33:56
SevenConfig.exe         2012/01/14 16:21:58
Wbload.exe         2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll         2011/10/04 10:01:37
Wbui.dll         2009/06/04 16:14:05
Tray.dll              2009/10/23 20:12:19
Screen.exe         2010/06/07 15:59:43

I, too tried to do the update through the new SDC and at the very end of the install it said "error", no indication of what the error was, then it told me to reboot but upon reboot WB was not updated and SDC showed the update still needed to be installed. I gave up and downloaded from the store and the install went without a hitch. Is there a log somewhere that would tell why the update through SDC failed? The info from WB after the update through SDC and after installing the download from the store:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.1

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.31 (build 316 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell S2309W(Digital)) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series

Wblind.dll         2012/01/25 11:25:20
Wblind64.dll         2012/01/25 11:25:07
Wbsrv.dll         2011/09/26 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe         2012/01/14 16:21:58
Wbload.exe         2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll         2011/10/04 10:01:37
Tray.dll              2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll              2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe         2010/06/07 15:59:43


Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.1

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.31 (build 318 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell S2309W(Digital)) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series

Wblind.dll         2012/03/16 12:07:20
Wblind64.dll         2012/03/16 12:07:47
Wbsrv.dll         2011/09/26 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe         2012/01/14 16:21:58
Wbload.exe         2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll         2011/10/04 10:01:37
Tray.dll              2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll              2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe         2010/06/07 15:59:43

I didn't install from the new SDC. Went to the store and downloaded the .exe file and double clicked it and installed with no problem. It did not add another WB to the add/remove. Had no problems.

So far I have opened explorer windows several times and even rebooted 3 times. It appearsd as mentioned above that the resizing problem of explorer windows has been fixed. That alone at least for me is worth the download and thank you for the fix.

I haven't done very much with the blur fix except to check a few of my skins and have found no problems, so thatnk you Stardock for the update.

I did mine through SDC. Download was quick but the install took a few minutes longer than usual for Windowblinds, about 15 minutes. All in all......

Very satisfied!

Just some more precisions:

I did the update on a Fresh reinstalled PC (XP SP3) where there's no old SDC or Impulse and where previous version was already WB 7.31 build 99 (done with self installer form the store). Installation was done without A/V & Firewall running

On another PC where Impulse is still installed, WB was also installed through self installer and was also previously in 7.31 buid 99

On a third PC, WB was in V 7.30 and had been updated (by the self installer downloaded as 7.31.001 beta, from the store) also to 7.31 buid 99 !!!

Weird isn't it ??

P.S: is there any possibility that the file in my store (download beta) should be not the right one ??

P.S 2: what should be the correct version number after installation ?

There were no changes to the XP version in this update which is why it will remain build 99.

OK, Thanks Neil

P.S: perhaps it will be better to tell it in the changelog for the next one

Weirdness in Opera 12 build 1328

( Not the & shining through Menu, thats opera itself, the color artefacts)

During various stages of loading pages the band containing that toolbar varies from a image like a badly tuned tv, to this.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.31 (build 318 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
(Generic PnP Monitor) 2 is attached to AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
(Generic PnP Monitor) 3 is attached to AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series

Wblind.dll      2012/03/16 12:07:20
Wblind64.dll      2012/03/16 12:07:47
Wbsrv.dll      2011/09/26 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe      2012/01/14 16:21:58
Wbload.exe      2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll      2011/10/04 10:01:37
Tray.dll           2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll           2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe      2010/06/07 15:59:43

I'd appreciate a note on these as well if the XP version is unchanged.  No need to poke at things for no reason, the old box kind of gimps along anyway.

+1 This laptop has one foot in the electronics graveyard already. (failing HDD) It may be only a few updates away from retirement.

Would it be possible for someone in support to address why the failure to update through SDC? It is rather critical to the few of us who are on an extremely limited connection with download limits.