why does windowblinds take 30 mins to load skin on my comp?
Tuesday, September 3, 2002 by Beastatron | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
hey. when i turn on my computer i see the WB icon on the bottom right of the screen but the skin does load up. about 30 mins later it does? does anybody know how to fix that? 
Koasati
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 3, 2002 6:29 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 3, 2002 6:29 PM
Starting a second thread on the same subject isn't likely to get you an answer any faster.
A little system info would help.
What OS are you using? Processor speed? RAM? What version of WB are you running? Are you using the registered version of WB, or the shareware.
A little system info would help.
What OS are you using? Processor speed? RAM? What version of WB are you running? Are you using the registered version of WB, or the shareware.
Delicious
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 3, 2002 7:53 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 3, 2002 7:53 PM
All good questions. I would like to add, how many programs are in the startup and is regular maintainance done such as chkdsk, defrag and registry cleaning?
Beastatron
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 12:14 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 12:14 AM
i use windows 98, 600 mhz, 63 ram, registered WB, and yes maintainance is done. i appreciate the help
Delicious
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 9:38 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 9:38 AM
Sometimes an hour can feel like 5 min and 5 min like an hour. Is the 30 min actually 30 min? I ran WB with 98 and 64mb of ram and had no trouble. I however had to sacrifice some of the startup programs that were not necessary. Been awhile since I had 98 so going by memory, type msconfig in the run and in the startup tab uncheck all that is not needed for startup and load them manually when you want to use them. Example MSN messenger, AOL messenger, Winamp etc.. You should also consider adding another stick of RAM. Check your system to see the max it will take. WB works well with Windows 98 and you should not have any trouble with the program if it is not stepped on by other programs loading at the same time.
Koasati
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 10:40 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 10:40 AM
This nifty program will make checking the startup easier.
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml
GreenReaper
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 11:40 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 11:40 AM
Sounds like something is blocking WB, and only when the block times out is it continuing. Just a hunch, try temporarily disabling any firewall or virus checking software - sometimes they have hidden windows that can cause this.
Koasati
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 11:46 AM
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 11:46 AM
Listen to greenreaper! He's one of the smart guys here.
Beastatron
Reply #9 Thursday, September 5, 2002 5:57 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, September 5, 2002 5:57 PM
Hey thanks for all the suggestions but sadly, none of em worked. I got rid of pretty much all startup programs that I didn't need and virus checking softwares but nothing worked. Do you have any other suggestions? I would really appreciate them. Thanks. 
Beastatron
Reply #10 Thursday, September 5, 2002 7:37 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, September 5, 2002 7:37 PM
I'm an idiot. There was one virus scan i missed. I took it off autostart and my skin loaded up in 2 seconds. Thank you guys so much. I really appreciate it. YAY!!!!!!! 
WOM
Reply #12 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:36 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:36 PM
I guess it's safe to say that virus checkers are treating windowblinds as a virus! I guess that anything that changes WIndows has to be a virus!
Koasati
Reply #13 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:39 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:39 PM
My virus checker doesn't mind WB, so not all of them cause problems.
Delicious
Reply #15 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:51 PM
Reply #15 Thursday, September 5, 2002 8:51 PM
The school I went to had a free virus scan on their PCs and it made everything run slow. I never had trouble using Norton's virus and would recommend not going w/o protection for one reason, Virus software protects against virus ACTIVITY which a user can do w/o having a virus. Macros are as dangerous as viruses and no virus scans for them. Are your macros enabled?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 3, 2002 6:15 PM