Is this the final version of WB5?
PLus a few other questions
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by sophiesboy | Discussion: WindowBlinds
As I understand it the official release date of WB5 is next Tuesday.
In the interiim, Stardock Central is asking me to upgrade from version 4.96[b].003 to version 4.99[rc].006
Is this the "official" version of WB5? If not, is there some reason I should bother with the hassle of uninstalling/reinstalling yet another interim beta version of WB5 only to have to uninstall/reinstall it when the final product comes out next week?
Also, in Brad Wardell's "State of Stardock" post the other day, he mentioned that "If you turn off the Windows XP theme service, WindowBlinds 5 uses substantially less memory than Windows XP does by default and speeds up the performance of Windows XP while making it look a lot better."
For the non-hacker/technically challenged among us, how does one go about this procedure? What are the risks to turning off something that I assume is part of the basic Windows program?
On a purely pecuniary note, I upgraded to Object Desktop from stand-alones back on 11-10-05. I am assuming that the "official release" of WB5 is considered to be part of that package and I will not be paying anything additional for it. Correct/incorrect?
And finally, when the official release of WB5 comes out next week, will the WindowBlinds4 listing finally disappear from my Stardock Central program list?
Thanks for any and all reponses.
In the interiim, Stardock Central is asking me to upgrade from version 4.96[b].003 to version 4.99[rc].006
Is this the "official" version of WB5? If not, is there some reason I should bother with the hassle of uninstalling/reinstalling yet another interim beta version of WB5 only to have to uninstall/reinstall it when the final product comes out next week?
Also, in Brad Wardell's "State of Stardock" post the other day, he mentioned that "If you turn off the Windows XP theme service, WindowBlinds 5 uses substantially less memory than Windows XP does by default and speeds up the performance of Windows XP while making it look a lot better."
For the non-hacker/technically challenged among us, how does one go about this procedure? What are the risks to turning off something that I assume is part of the basic Windows program?
On a purely pecuniary note, I upgraded to Object Desktop from stand-alones back on 11-10-05. I am assuming that the "official release" of WB5 is considered to be part of that package and I will not be paying anything additional for it. Correct/incorrect?
And finally, when the official release of WB5 comes out next week, will the WindowBlinds4 listing finally disappear from my Stardock Central program list?
Thanks for any and all reponses.
sophiesboy
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:50 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:50 PM
SW Koasati -
All my questions answered at once - fnatastic
Thanks again
All my questions answered at once - fnatastic
Thanks again
AniFran
Reply #3 Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:42 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:42 AM
thanks for the info on the "turning off "Themes" server" I did not know you could have it off using WB5 and WB would still work....
BX
Reply #4 Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:51 AM
He is a real sharp-shooter
Reply #4 Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:51 AM
All my questions answered at once - fnatastic |
He is a real sharp-shooter
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:14 PM
Nope.. the [rc] stands for 'release canidate'
That is entirely up to you.
For the non-hacker/technically challenged among us, how does one go about this procedure? What are the risks to turning off something that I assume is part of the basic Windows program?
Open COntrol Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. In the Services dialog go to Themes, and double click the entry > set the Startup type to "Disabled", and "Stop" the service.
There's no danger involved, but be aware you can't use any default XP skins while this service isn't running.
Correct
You can 'Hide" WB4 at anytime you wish.