windowblinds 4.2 + ati catalyst 4.3
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 by lywah yu | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hi,
after installing the ati catalyst 4.3 omega drivers, windowblinds has stopped skinning menus on my computer. if anyone else is having this problem, is there a solution?
thanks
after installing the ati catalyst 4.3 omega drivers, windowblinds has stopped skinning menus on my computer. if anyone else is having this problem, is there a solution?
thanks
lywah yu
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 2:46 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 2:46 AM
it's a radeon 9500pro card. i did a "clean" install of the drivers...no dice.
no one else with the new cats have a problem with windowblinds 4.2?
no one else with the new cats have a problem with windowblinds 4.2?
Neil Banfield
Reply #3 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 5:01 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 5:01 AM
WB stops menu skinning after you have had the shareware version of WB installed for 30 days.
lywah yu
Reply #4 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 9:21 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 9:21 PM
i uninstalled the shareware LONG ago before i bought it. it's never given me any problems until just recently. and i find that, if i unload WB and then load it back up again, everything is fine...but obviously, i don't want to have to have to do that every time i boot up 
The DJ
Reply #5 Thursday, April 8, 2004 1:03 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, April 8, 2004 1:03 AM
Well the Catalyst 4.4s are out. I would suggest you install those (use Drive Cleaner) in which you can really determine if the problem lies with the Omegas. Have you tried rolling back to previous Omega drivers?
I'm not having any problems but then again I'm not using the Omegas...
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| no one else with the new cats have a problem with windowblinds 4.2? |
I'm not having any problems but then again I'm not using the Omegas...
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lywah yu
Reply #6 Thursday, April 8, 2004 5:37 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, April 8, 2004 5:37 AM
tried using old omegas. even removed them completely, using the stock winxp radeon drivers..same thing. in fact, that kind of rules out the possiblity of a driver probelm
when my system boots up, everything is normal. menus skinned, then a few seconds later, it's like something else loads which suppresses skinning of the menus. also, this problem causes windowfx to load improperly too. however, at any time, the "Favorites" down menu in any window is fully skinned, while all others are not (i.e. looks like windows classic) i've tried disabling other things at startup in various combinations...nothing works.
i don't wanna reinstall windows over this, but i'm running outta things to try
when my system boots up, everything is normal. menus skinned, then a few seconds later, it's like something else loads which suppresses skinning of the menus. also, this problem causes windowfx to load improperly too. however, at any time, the "Favorites" down menu in any window is fully skinned, while all others are not (i.e. looks like windows classic) i've tried disabling other things at startup in various combinations...nothing works.
i don't wanna reinstall windows over this, but i'm running outta things to try
Neil Banfield
Reply #7 Thursday, April 8, 2004 9:38 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, April 8, 2004 9:38 AM
It sounds like there is an app running which has installed a buggy hook.
I would look at what apps auto start via the startup menu or the registry RUN keys.
kongit
Reply #8 Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:42 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:42 PM
I use omega 4.3 (a derivitive of catalyst 4.3) and I notice no bad skinning.
lywah yu
Reply #9 Friday, April 9, 2004 7:43 AM
Reply #9 Friday, April 9, 2004 7:43 AM
there's nothing in my startup excet office and rainlendar. under msconfig, i noticed some shady things but have been unable to remove/permanently suppress certain apps from starting up. something called "System32:fhwnbdc" which seems rather suspiscious...
anyone know of a program that can remove startup items. the tweak utility included in iconpackager isn't doing an adequate job
anyone know of a program that can remove startup items. the tweak utility included in iconpackager isn't doing an adequate job
werewolf
Reply #10 Friday, April 9, 2004 10:33 AM
Reply #10 Friday, April 9, 2004 10:33 AM
Mike Lin's startup cpl is perfect. You can get it here:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
gillon
Reply #11 Friday, April 9, 2004 5:46 PM
Reply #11 Friday, April 9, 2004 5:46 PM
I just did a clean install of the Catalyst 4.4 and I am now having trouble with menus as well as other gliches.
gillon
Reply #12 Friday, April 9, 2004 5:56 PM
Reply #12 Friday, April 9, 2004 5:56 PM
To be more specific, it seems that the glitches are with the tga's.
werewolf
Reply #13 Friday, April 9, 2004 9:56 PM
Reply #13 Friday, April 9, 2004 9:56 PM
Stardock just posted a possible fix for the 4.4's on SDC. Say they might have broken other things, but I haven't seen anything weird yet.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 1:04 AM
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/
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