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 #362 Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:54 AM
| I say its stardock who put out the crack if not they have some involvement in it |
Yeah, right....
[the only time a double positive becomes a negative]...
Reply #363 Sunday, December 25, 2005 9:16 AM
geneuanen, please attempt to grow up a tad bit. it's purely idiotic at accuse stardock of releasing a crack for wb or any of their apps.
vanilla ice, i'll be damned if i'm going to buy a subscription to wc and ondt in order for you to have unlimited downloads for app you use a warez build of. use some of the profits for the apps you code to buy wb and get all the downloads you want.
i'm very happy my 22 year old son isn't as immature as some of these kids in his age bracket who visit this site are.
Reply #364 Sunday, December 25, 2005 10:51 PM
i think with deviantart, you can d/l all you want, but you can also buy asubscription simply to remove all advertising. i could be wrong, but i think that's how it was last time i was there.
my thinking is just this: people have to have lots of readily available skins and themes in order for stardock's programs to have any use, therefore i consider wincustomize as more of an extension of the products rather than something that should be paid for seperately. i realize i've never bought a stardock app so i understand me not being able to d/l, but i think those who buy WB should have full access, cause you really can't have one without the other. they go together as one product.
now if you wanted to charge seperately for the bandwidth that goes toward hosting other stuff, such as rainlendar and litestep, etc, that would be understandable to me.
of course i'm not stardock's accountant, so what do i know?...
do what you gotta do to stay profitable and if there's lots of people willing to pay for it, then it can't be that bad...
anywho, i'll stick to xp visual styles for now. tho i do plan on d/ling a rainlendar skin or two. too bad there's not enough good ones.
Reply #365 Monday, December 26, 2005 11:32 PM
all this bitching about wb and download policies from a kid who says he doesn't use wb? why the hell are you here to begin with, vanilla? also, regarding your comment about a person who ACTUALLY buys and uses wb getting full access for downloading, unless i'm mistaken, once a person buys and activates the program, he/she does have full access for downloading. so, from my viewpoint, every argument against wb, stardock, and wc you've brought up and has been without merit and very easily disputed.
go back to your xp visual styles. nobody here cares if you use the hack or not. and while you're at it, try gaining some common sense. you're going to need it someday when you grow up.
Reply #367 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:12 PM
whiplash, i think you're wrong. i don't think if you buy WB you get full Wincustomize access. i could be wrong too, but i don't think i am.
oh well, the whole issue is tired now. i'm just curious when the next WB timebomb goes off... cause i know of lots of people who are using a new patch. i'm not, but it's not like the one screw-up has scared me away from patches forever or anything. it will be interesting to see tho how well the protections schemes that the admins are touting stands up over time.
Reply #368 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:09 PM
Reply #369 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:26 PM
Reply #370 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:04 PM
Reply #372 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:18 PM
what the heck did johndoe just say? it looks like english but i'm not sure it really is. is there a linguist in the house?
Reply #373 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:44 PM
| The moral indignation of thieves is always interesting |
Although I agree with you Brad, I would like to point out something.
IF the blocking technology is messing up someones PC I can't help but be reminded of news stories I have seen and heard. One in particular was about a thief which became trapped in the owners garage for several days and was forced to eat dog food to stay alive. Once discovered, he then sued (successfully) the home owners. Might be a lesson learned here.
Reply #374 Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:04 PM
| what the heck did johndoe just say? |
I have no idea.......seems like a bit of swearing, slander, and bad english.........
Reply #375 Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:20 PM
Reply #376 Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:10 PM
| I think he said something about "get over it" and quit bitching about cracked warez when it breaks. My brother kinda talks like that |
Please don't assume that pirated software is causing this bug. I paid for Stardock, WindowBlinds and some other addons as well. I am having the exact same problem. I was afraid that virus was suspect, but now that I've seen this thread, I am sure that is not the problem. I ran the update and hoped it would fix it but no problem. This started happening to me after I installed the Christmas theme as well... Very disappointing. I really don't want to reformat my system... Another quirk is shortcuts changing, my IE shortcut began pointing directly to the Internet Options dialog and when my start bar disappears intermittently, I have to do ctrl-alt-del then run explorer. Running explorer began not responding correctly, loading the explorer file manager, but not reloading the task bar and start button.
Reply #377 Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:15 PM
| my IE shortcut began pointing directly to the Internet Options dialog |
This definitely does not sound like a WB problem.....perhaps the fault of your "other add-ons", or some other program.....I do not believe that WB interacts with the shortcut addresses in any way.
Reply #378 Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:44 PM
I'm back to using visual styles where my computer can actually be used for something other than a Stardock testing station.
Thanks for robbing me, Stardock!Reply #379 Sunday, January 1, 2006 10:21 AM
| I have no idea.......seems like a bit of swearing, slander, and bad english......... |
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Reply #361 Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:51 AM