Help!! WB is messing up my computer!! (with screenshots)
I don't know what to do anymore... I tried everything!
Friday, December 16, 2005 by Link632 | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I have been using WB5 for about 4 days now and I haven't gotten any types of errors, whatsoever, up until a few hours ago.. I didn't even do a thing! I was using Mormegil's ChristmasTime theme (and ran it for 4 days without errors), then when I decided to come to WinCustomize.com to browse for new Objects and such, my computer hung up on me! I don't know if that had anything to do with my visiting wincustomize.com, but it couldn't have been a virus or a spyware because I just performed a general maintenance on my computer a few hours earlier (and I have been doing that since January).. Then I restarted my computer using the button on my CPU and when I entered my Windows XP account, the entire "start" bar below (the whole thing, not just the start button, but the entire bar -- sorry, i have no idea what it's called) didn't even show up! The only thing that showed up was the digital clock, and that's it.. Ok, hold on.. I don't know where I'm going anymore. I think it's better if I just show you a screenshot and maybe you can just help me out and tell me what's wrong (also, I tried uninstalling+re-installing WB5, but apparently, that didn't fix my problem)..
http://tinypic.com/ionkf5.jpg
That's my whole screen.. No "start button" and the entire "bar" at the bottom of the screen is messed up! WB also got rid of my Windows XP theme.. I tried accessing through desktop/right-click/bah blah but then that didn't work.. all it's showing me is nothing (sorry, I'm really, really sleepy and i have been trying to fix this problem since 5 PM (and now it's about (9:00).. so, that should explain why my grammar is skewed. i haven't even eaten yet!) I tried righ clicking on "My Computer" and going to "Manage" / "Services" / etc. (as one poster explained in another thread), but that didn't work -- it didn't bring my Windows XP theme back..
Please help me! I am totally clueless about what's going on! And once again, excuse the grammar. I'm typing this up real fast because I'm about to collapse.. 
I really hope you guys can help me! Please!
Moderator Note:
This issue is caused by the cracked version of WindowBlinds. Don't run the cracked version of WindowBlinds and this won't happen.
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Reply #183 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:39 PM
have seen quite a few people claim to have bought it, but didn't
what does this mean? in other words?
Reply #184 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:46 PM
I'm not so sure it was posted to be helpful to people who legitimately own WB5.
Reply #185 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:50 PM
Of course it *should* - but I'm a programmer myself and often experienced that computers aren't always so logic.
Reply #186 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:52 PM
Reply #187 Monday, December 19, 2005 6:02 PM
And even if it was any different - just because people who bought WB5 don't post here doesn't mean that they don't have a problem. There might be even other programs out there that don't work together with WB5, but here on the forum, those users are immediately told that they're using a warez copy... and might think that if they ask for a solution, they might get sued or something.
It's just a possible scenario, but isn't it better to provide a workaround for these people?
Reply #188 Monday, December 19, 2005 6:03 PM
well i was right wasn`t I?
maybe what i wrote would helped people with the black Start Bar Problem sorry 4 me writing this but he needed to know it now he owned it or so whatever sorry sorry c242 sorry HIPPY sorry at all that I Flamed with this little message but its the way I think so thats it im not writing stuff like this before, anymore...
thanks to MrBK without your post i maybee wouldnt be here anymore thanks dude
Reply #189 Monday, December 19, 2005 6:11 PM
| There might be even other programs out there that don't work together with WB5, but here on the forum, those users are immediately told that they're using a warez copy... and might think that if they ask for a solution, they might get sued or something. |
If you have a program that doesn't work with WB5, you report it with the system information & while waiting for an answer you exclude it in per applications.
So far the only ones I seen told they are running warez are those who post the system info showing they running it. Others claiming to have this issue with a legitimate paid version have failed to contact Neil as requested. Why? Don't they want their paid product fixed? As far as thinking I might get sued if my taskbar went black. Bulllshit. If Neil or anybody else told me I was using warez and it's now my problem...I would literally be kicking some ass since I bought mine from Stardock.
Reply #191 Monday, December 19, 2005 6:21 PM
It is only natural that when two progras are very deep inside the system, they might think that only *they* are their themselves - and so try something in this "deep space" that works without other modifications, but doesn't *with* them. And anyhow, how the hell should the Panda programmers have thought of WB and vice versa?
This isn't about a skin not working correctly on a program, but about skins in general not working because of Panda around, for example. And you can hardly exclude Panda from somehow noticing the changes that were made to the system and just working like it would on a non-WB system.
As far as the screenshots and desriptions go, the problem with Panda is just the same as with warez copies. That's why I put the info there, and that's it. Won't argue any further about it, and again: feel free to delete it if you believe it's too dangerous and only something that warez users need. I'm going to bed now, anyhow.
Reply #194 Monday, December 19, 2005 11:59 PM
i am a wb5 registered user, so the ones who have probs, must be using bad cracks
my god so much talk because of 19.95
p.s. probably the best 19.95 i spent
great work stardock
Reply #195 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:30 AM
Reply #196 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:35 AM
| if u can't afford things, then u can't have it... unless u steal it... which is what ur doing with warez.. no matter what the reason is... its still not right to use warez.. whether u can or cant afford. |
if there was a machine that spit out ferrari replicas for free, are you not gonna take one? you couldn't afford it anyways, and weren't gonna buy it anyways, so it's not hurting ferrari. but ferrari of course doesn't want you to have free ferraris, so they make parts of the car hard to copy. someome else comes along and tells you how to get around that and gives you a tool to do so. but i guess you stick with your 1980 pinto anyways?
Reply #197 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:44 AM
| if there was a machine that spit out ferrari replicas for free, are you not gonna take one? you couldn't afford it anyways, and weren't gonna buy it anyways, so it's not hurting ferrari. but ferrari of course doesn't want you to have free ferraris, so they make parts of the car hard to copy. someome else comes along and tells you how to get around that and gives you a tool to do so. but i guess you stick with your 1980 pinto anyways? |
Give it a rest.
It's a pathetic analogy, anyway.
Reply #198 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:00 AM
| if there was a machine that spit out ferrari replicas for free, are you not gonna take one? you couldn't afford it anyways, and weren't gonna buy it anyways, so it's not hurting ferrari. but ferrari of course doesn't want you to have free ferraris, so they make parts of the car hard to copy. someome else comes along and tells you how to get around that and gives you a tool to do so. but i guess you stick with your 1980 pinto anyways? |
I think the question of whether copy protection works has been solved. WindowBlinds 5 sales had its best day ever in the 24 hour period that the crack failed. It was an even better sales day than the day it was first released.
So your analogy, which has lots of other issues, fails the basic premise -- people DO buy stuff if they can't get it for free.
Reply #199 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:02 AM
ooops...sorry Frog Boy...you snuck in ahead of me..
Reply #200 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:07 AM
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Reply #181 Monday, December 19, 2005 5:35 PM
I found him funny...4 real bring him back you should ban others also i guess this would be fair...