Windows blinds Dont skin my Xp taskbar -need help

Tuesday, September 21, 2004 by Kthedog | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Well hello.
i just moved into my new computer.
an AMD Athelon 64 3000+
Abit kv8 pro
a-data 512 MB ddr ram
MSI Radeon 9800 pro
anyway.
i installed WB and put on some skin and for some reason it dont skin my taskbar!
i got almost no process running at the background.
only:
Msn Messenger
ICQ
Wianmp 5
Norton Anti-virus 2005
Ati latets drivers
and some of the Motherboard drivers.
how can i fix the problam?
its really nasty looking with no nite looking taskbar
pls help out.
tnx
19 Reply 1 Referrals
c242
Reply #1 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:38 PM
Would be of some help if You said what skin You installed and what version of WB You are running.

Kthedog
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:42 PM
oh sure.
version
4.3
and some of the defults skins.

Kthedog
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:46 PM
and i forgat to say:
Xp pro SP 2 eng

SelfExiled
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:43 PM
I would have guessed about SP2. One question: Did you have SP2 installed before you installed windowblinds? Just curious. If not, you may try unloading and uninstalling windowblinds, reboot and try to install again. It seems that some people have trouble with windowblinds and SP2, and some do not. Mostly it seems that those who have problems did not unload windowblinds before installing SP2. So, maybe certain files didn't get updated properly with windowblinds running while installing SP2, or maybe some files got deleted from windowblinds or corrupted.

Kthedog
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:00 PM
no its a new clean installiton of XP pro with sp 2 embeded into it.
meaning i installed Windows Blinds after i got SP2...
it skins everything else perfectly..
just not the taskbar & start menu.
any ideas?

GreenReaper
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 5:40 PM
Can you check the Advanced Configuration window? User overrides section - are any of the XP overrides ticked? If so, does it work if you untick them and reapply the skin?

GreenReaper
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 5:52 PM
You have version 4.3. You need version 4.4 for it to work correctly on the Athlon 64 with SP2, which should be available to download for all registered users, and a trial version will be out in the next few days.

Kthedog
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:44 PM
ok il try it.
tnx TheGreenReaper

Angeloonie
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:43 AM
Someone told me to post here, so here it is:


I recently got the full version, and after installing and finding a nice skin, I apply the skin, but when I reboot the computer it goes back to windows XP classic???

What's causing this?

Running on an AMD 64 3200+/MSI K8N Neo Platinum/1Gb ram/WinXp Pro/SP2 Eng

Neil Banfield
Reply #10 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:21 AM

If its not working for you when you reboot I would add a shortcut to wbload.exe in your startup group.

See if that helps.


Angeloonie
Reply #11 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:35 AM
Doesn't work, now it doesn't even work when I use it in windows..

Kthedog
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:59 AM
Running on an AMD 64 3200+/MSI K8N Neo Platinum/1Gb ram/WinXp Pro/SP2 Eng

What version of Windows blinds do you use?
4.4?
does it skin ur Taskbar?


Angeloonie
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 8:47 AM
running 4.3, doesn't skin anything anymore.. Last night it did skin the taskbar and windows, now it just changes the colors.

Kthedog
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:56 PM
same for me
very ireatiting (problay misspelling this word )
i really want WB working

Angeloonie
Reply #15 Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:51 PM
Wow, that a help these forums are....

SelfExiled
Reply #16 Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:26 PM
There is a known issue with AMD 64 and windowblinds. I don't know if SP2 caused the problem. But, it is being worked on and should be fixed in the next build. Here is another messageboard response about the problem if you don't believe me.

Weaksid
Reply #17 Friday, September 24, 2004 7:30 PM
I'm glad I wasn't the only one with this problem. I just got my new notebook with a AMD 64 processor and SP2 already installed. I just recently installed version 4.3 and had the same problem.

I'll keep a eye out for 4.4. I would buy Object Desktop but I have to wait till I get $$ to do so

Weaksid waits

gertin
Reply #18 Friday, October 29, 2004 1:27 PM
I have an AMD Athlon 3400+ and I'm running Windows XP SP2 NOR, got the same error (no skin on taskbar), hopefully it will be fixed soon

SelfExiled
Reply #19 Friday, October 29, 2004 1:44 PM
Lets resolve these threads and let them die peacefully, for once and for all. The resolutions to the AMD64 and SP2 problems can be found here.

https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=315386#315421

https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WCH&id=307937#315052

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