WindowBlinds 5 Trouble Already =(
Why Wont it Work?!
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 by xxZeroVirusxx | Discussion: WindowBlinds
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WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:
WindowBlinds is not installed correctly on this PC. If you did not reboot after installing WindowBlinds 5 for the first time, then please reboot and try this again.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Gateway VX700) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation)
'RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation)' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
PLEASE report all this information when submitting a problem report, especially anything related to per-pixel skinning. We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook the office gave you. Per-pixel skinning requires your drivers to at least claim to support the functions needed for it.
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Isn't installed correctly?! So I uninstalled it, then reinstalled it, and rebooted again. Still, same problem, same message.
By the by, I have Windows XP x64. Is this going to be a problem?
Reply #2 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:42 PM
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have 2 monitors.
(hp f1903 flat panel monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
(hp f1903 flat panel monitor) 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
PLEASE report all this information when submitting a problem report, especially anything related to per-pixel skinning. We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook the office gave you. Per-pixel skinning requires your drivers to at least claim to support the functions needed for it.
Reply #3 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:45 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:45 PM
It's not about testing it on x64, we simply don't have an x64bit version yet. An x64 version will come. You can blame Microsoft for their hacky way of implementing 64bit versions, it actually requires a totally different version of WB.
Reply #5 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:47 PM
it is very dissapointingReply #6 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:49 PM
P.S. - Next time tell me before I install it, silly =P.
Reply #7 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:51 PM
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Monitor Plug and Play) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Reply #8 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:57 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:57 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:57 PM
Still won't work.
On my other brother's computer (he has a fairly new computer, good graphics card..not quite sure what it is, but I'll add it in a minute). Everything in troubleshooting is fine. Except it still won't work.
Both brothers have 32-bit processors (XP, of course).
Reply #11 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:59 PM

Reply #12 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:03 PM
WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
This is because :
Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9200 SERIES
'RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary ' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Cheer peeps.
Reply #13 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:08 PM
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9800 PRO
'RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Windows XP Pro Test PC, So far working ok, we'll see after installing a few skins if anything happens

Reply #14 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:12 PM
WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have 2 monitors.
(SyncMaster 730B(Digital)) 1 is attached to ALL-IN-WONDER X800 Series
(Plug and Play Monitor) 2 is attached to ALL-IN-WONDER X800 Series Secondary
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Reply #15 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:16 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:20 PM
P4 1.6 ghz, ati radeon 9700 running 2 monitors...happened upon prompt reboot, and every time I try to apply skins...wbconfig won't load, and display properties just gives me classic theme...cant do WB troubleshooting because wbconfig won't load, so no other info available...

Reply #17 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:21 PM
Nothing but default windows
WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:
- troubleshooting report -
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Dell P1110) 1 is attached to RADEON 9800 PRO
'RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Back to Vista Brico pack 1.1 .....for now.
Reply #18 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:21 PM
BrokenSquare: look for wblind.dll in your install directory. Is it there?
Reply #19 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:23 PM
WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
If you suffer visible corruption (overbright) on the frames and have a NVIDIA board then please be aware this is a NVIDIA bug. It has been seen on GeForce 4 cards and some FX series cards.
Video Information
You have one monitor in total.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
Reply #20 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:23 PM
And, lastly, why on earth are you on a 1.6ghz computer and using a sweet card like the 9700?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 4:36 PM