Wndowblinds 4
Wednesday, February 19, 2003 by RoodVargas | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Has anyone here upgraded to wb4 and had any skinning problems showing up?I had upgraded to wb 4 and my taskbar is showing wrong and some areas of windows a not skin wright.Is wb4 backward compatible with the old skins?
DavidK
Reply #3 Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:35 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:35 AM
The first alpha was the only one I could run... the second crashed explorer.
Just installed the new one though and so far it's working fine. woohoo!
Just installed the new one though and so far it's working fine. woohoo!
Delicious
Reply #6 Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:13 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:13 AM
I am really jealous. I can't get any of the alpha to work. Each version gets worse for me. The e version won't connect to my email with outlook. All the versions lock up IE. The d version locked up explorer.
I see a pattern here with IE and I suspect my IE is messed up from the Xuipter incident of 2002. Why Stardock got messed up with them I will never understand.
I tried to reinstall IE but it won't let me.
Would anyone know a solution to fix IE so I could see what everyone is liking about the new wb.
I see a pattern here with IE and I suspect my IE is messed up from the Xuipter incident of 2002. Why Stardock got messed up with them I will never understand.
I tried to reinstall IE but it won't let me.
Would anyone know a solution to fix IE so I could see what everyone is liking about the new wb.
IPlural
Reply #7 Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:57 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:57 AM
mmm, actually.... Ms D
go here, download this app, run it and it will make sure X is gone completly, then do to the MS update site and run the autoupdate and it should fix your IE...
go here, download this app, run it and it will make sure X is gone completly, then do to the MS update site and run the autoupdate and it should fix your IE...
IPlural
Reply #8 Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:59 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:59 AM
ah I guess a link would help... :-/
SpyBot Search & Destroy
by PepiMK Software
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download&pro=yes#pro-files
this also happens to be donation-ware and it is fully skinable... all the info and stuff needed to do this is also on this site....
SpyBot Search & Destroy
by PepiMK Software
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download&pro=yes#pro-files
this also happens to be donation-ware and it is fully skinable... all the info and stuff needed to do this is also on this site....
Delicious
Reply #10 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:20 AM
Reply #10 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:20 AM
Thanks for the link. I downloaded that program last week from another thread.
It did find more Xuipter stuff but when all was said and done I lost the search function in IE. I now have to use netscape if I want to search the web.
The removal instructions at Xuipter does not remove everything. I have removed at least a dozen registry entries that had Xuipter in them and Active X controls plus everything on my pc that had Xuipter in it and still Spybot found more.
I did put back what spybot deleted but that didn't restore my search.
I wonder if anyone ever submitted Xuipter to Symantic to see if it is not a virus. Sure acts like one.
It did find more Xuipter stuff but when all was said and done I lost the search function in IE. I now have to use netscape if I want to search the web.
The removal instructions at Xuipter does not remove everything. I have removed at least a dozen registry entries that had Xuipter in them and Active X controls plus everything on my pc that had Xuipter in it and still Spybot found more.
I did put back what spybot deleted but that didn't restore my search.
I wonder if anyone ever submitted Xuipter to Symantic to see if it is not a virus. Sure acts like one.
IPlural
Reply #11 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:33 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:33 AM
ok, brb, I'll check technet and see if there is a util to force an repair or reinstall....
IPlural
Reply #12 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:38 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:38 AM
ms D, was IE 6 installed when you installed your OS?
JamMeister33
Reply #13 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:43 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:43 AM
Sally, you should be able to repair IE through 'add and remove programs' in the Control Panel...
paxx
Reply #14 Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:43 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:43 AM
There is a way to bring back the Search page into the left search panel in IE, but it involves playing with the registry.
You can download and execute this reg file http://www.google.com/default.reg and it should bring back the search panel the way it was by default.
You can download and execute this reg file http://www.google.com/default.reg and it should bring back the search panel the way it was by default.
kthxbye
Reply #15 Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:09 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:09 AM
Ooooh! A new alpha! Woo! You mean, I might actually be able to reinstall it again! I finally had to give up on 3.9b because it kept insisting on skinning my console windows... even though I had that turned off, and the skin it was using wasn't even on my system anymore... and I wasn't even using a windowblinds skin at the time.
Something about the console hook was... eh... a bit aggressive? Wouldn't have minded so much - except that the skin it was using wouldn't properly skin the window!
Something about the console hook was... eh... a bit aggressive? Wouldn't have minded so much - except that the skin it was using wouldn't properly skin the window!
da_zman20
Reply #17 Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:11 PM
Reply #17 Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:11 PM
remember guys it is a beta... it's gonna be buggy... until march when the final edition comes out 
kthxbye
Reply #18 Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:32 PM
Reply #18 Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:32 PM
*chuckles* So far, my experience with 3.9 has been thus:
3.9a performed /flawlessly/. I didn't have a single problem with it - other than fits of slowness with the console, and shellstyles. (Gads, those were intolerably slow.)
Each build after 'a': Faster and faster - but less and less friendly with my system - until I finall had to stop using it.
So yeah - I'm having to wait until the release comes out.
3.9a performed /flawlessly/. I didn't have a single problem with it - other than fits of slowness with the console, and shellstyles. (Gads, those were intolerably slow.)
Each build after 'a': Faster and faster - but less and less friendly with my system - until I finall had to stop using it.
So yeah - I'm having to wait until the release comes out.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:45 AM