Windowblinds screen keeps popping up! Help me Lord Jesus!!
Tuesday, August 19, 2003 by Oil2003 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
How do you get that annoying windowblinds registration screen from popping up. Everytime I re-boot my computer and almost every day it pops up when I'm in the middle of something important! I had to finally unload windowblinds when I was going something over with a client and that WB registration screen popped up. I have 2 firewalls (windows and Norton) on my computer with a popup blocker and it still comes up. It was really embarassing for me when I was trying to do business and have that annoying thing come up. It's a good way to lose potential clients and I can't afford to lose them. >
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The DJ
Reply #22 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:45 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:45 PM
Oops, I kept lookin and lookin, hehe. No results when I search for it though.
sig101
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:53 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:53 PM
BTW, firewalls are for blocking unauthorized internet access to and from your computer and popup stoppers work on scripts on web pages. How do you figure either one of these kinds of programs would stop "nag screens" contained in a shareware product on your machine?
If you're using the actual StyleXP program (which is not freeware) you might be interested in the "help..." thread here where someone neither registered (i.e., paid for it) nor uninstalled it before the trial period expired.
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If you're using the actual StyleXP program (which is not freeware) you might be interested in the "help..." thread here where someone neither registered (i.e., paid for it) nor uninstalled it before the trial period expired.
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Oil2003
Reply #24 Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:11 AM
Reply #24 Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:11 AM
To answer a few questions for you kind people:
Cavanaugh : I have 2 firewalls. The first one is the one built into WindowsXP which is directly part of my internet connection. The second is Norton Personal Firewall 2003.
Alexandrie : Style XP is free through downloads.com. It's freeware. There is no BS trial period or annoying popups that destroy your computer like WB.
I have read quite a few comments on here about Style XP not being freeware, but I have been using it for over a month now with no problems and I downloaded it directly from downloads.com. Unless you guys are talking about a different program.
I really didn't think this thread would get so much attention. I didn't want to tick anybody off, I just wanted to know how to adjust windowblinds so the bug screen would vanish.
Cavanaugh : I have 2 firewalls. The first one is the one built into WindowsXP which is directly part of my internet connection. The second is Norton Personal Firewall 2003.
Alexandrie : Style XP is free through downloads.com. It's freeware. There is no BS trial period or annoying popups that destroy your computer like WB.
I have read quite a few comments on here about Style XP not being freeware, but I have been using it for over a month now with no problems and I downloaded it directly from downloads.com. Unless you guys are talking about a different program.
I really didn't think this thread would get so much attention. I didn't want to tick anybody off, I just wanted to know how to adjust windowblinds so the bug screen would vanish.
pjpowell
Reply #25 Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:42 AM
Reply #25 Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:42 AM
Oil2003: Style XP is not free. The hack for unsigned styles which you appear to have is free and is not what people are referring to as Style XP.
The nag screen is there for exactly the purpose you state. It's there to remind you that you've been using the software for long enough to know whether you like it and want to purchase it or don't like it an want to take it off the PC.
Unfortunately people are not honest enough to just give them an app and trust that if they like it they will pay and if they don't they will take it off, so Stardock is forced to use a nag screen.
As you so ably demonstrate they still need to, as if there was no nag screen you would keep happily using the software without even thinking of registering. Even with a nag screen you still don't think of registering but immediately start looking for the alternatives.
The nag screen is there for exactly the purpose you state. It's there to remind you that you've been using the software for long enough to know whether you like it and want to purchase it or don't like it an want to take it off the PC.
Unfortunately people are not honest enough to just give them an app and trust that if they like it they will pay and if they don't they will take it off, so Stardock is forced to use a nag screen.
As you so ably demonstrate they still need to, as if there was no nag screen you would keep happily using the software without even thinking of registering. Even with a nag screen you still don't think of registering but immediately start looking for the alternatives.
MikeB314
Reply #27 Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:50 AM
Reply #27 Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:50 AM
You're refusing to pay $20 to register software that you like well enough to use beyond the trial period, and then complaining that the nag screen is costing you customers? It's a two way street, bub. The kind folks at Stardock have to eat too. This is the most rediculous argument I've heard in a long time, and as a moderator here, I've heard them all.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #29 Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:37 AM
Reply #29 Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:37 AM
Let me guess, you have to install Windows XP once a month because of the annoying activation bug which keeps popping up... 
B1uesummers
Reply #31 Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:56 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:56 AM
Is it that much trouble to click the mouse button 1 time and never have to worry about the message showing up again until you restart your computer? How many times do you shutdown/restart where a single click of a mouse button becomes troublesome?
Koasati
Reply #32 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:02 AM
Reply #32 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:02 AM
| Cavanaugh : I have 2 firewalls. The first one is the one built into WindowsXP which is directly part of my internet connection. The second is Norton Personal Firewall 2003. |
The best description I've ever read of the built-in firewall in XP was "about as useful as a chocolate teapot" 
c242
Reply #33 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:09 AM
Reply #33 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:09 AM
Oil : Every time I notice Your posts You are extremely annoying. And this post again proofs that. Did You ever care what shareware is ? It is not the same as freeware to give You a point... If I was Your client and noticed You didn't know such existential things about software I would run away as far as I could.
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Gregory2001
Reply #34 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:13 AM
Reply #34 Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:13 AM
I'd be willing to bet you expect to get paid for your work? 
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #36 Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:42 AM
Reply #36 Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:42 AM
By getting so angry at the audacity of a software company for reminding them they havnt registered the software that they smack their PC. 
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #37 Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:46 AM
Reply #37 Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:46 AM
Praying to Jesus might work,praying to Frogboy might work better.
Snowman
Reply #39 Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:38 AM
paying to Frogboy might help even more
Reply #39 Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:38 AM
| Praying to Jesus might work,praying to Frogboy might work better |
paying to Frogboy might help even more
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Reply #21 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:34 PM