Please Read this if your UI is black and painting slowly
Saturday, December 17, 2005 by Neil Banfield | Discussion: WindowBlinds
If you have installed a pirate copy (AKA cracked) version of WindowBlinds 5, please be aware that the crack is faulty and WindowBlinds will cease to function correctly on your computer.
To fix this you just need to uninstall WB and if you wish install a purchased copy of WB, or the trial.
To uninstall, you can either wait for your computer to login, unload WB (either using wbconfig, display properties, or from a command prompt calling WBLOAD UNLOAD) and then uninstall WB. Or you can boot into safe mode & uninstall WB from there.
Your computer has not been harmed in anyway. Whoever made the crack did a poor job and patched out code that causes WindowBlinds to no longer be able to paint bitmaps (so title bars, borders, everything will be black).
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Reply #222 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:14 PM
Are any?
Russian Roulette....with only one empty chamber would be safer.
Reply #223 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:40 PM
Just plain boring...going back to sleep now nite, nite..... 
Reply #224 Monday, May 17, 2010 11:19 AM
well i'm using a LEGAL copy of WindowBlinds...which means i'm a good guy 
Reply #225 Friday, December 17, 2010 4:29 PM
Private label rights allow you to make another author's work show like it's yours by changing its content.
That can vary from writing an introduction paragraph or editing the title to completely modifying it any way you want and add your name to it as the creator
****SPAM removed****
Reply #227 Friday, December 17, 2010 6:37 PM
"Just noticed the date"
Yes, was dragged up by a spammer...
Reply #228 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 3:05 AM
Can someone Help me i have downloaded WB from here and it works but when i go to apply a theme it just turns into the old version of windows can anyonw hel its annoying.! 
Reply #229 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 3:13 AM
Open WindowBlinds
Go to the system-tray (By the clock) if WB's is running and Double click on it's Icon
then Click on ABOUT WINDOWBLINDS
then Click on COPY TO CLIPBOARD
then paste it here.
Reply #230 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 3:38 AM
Might be better to start your own thread if you need help. Resurrecting a 6 year old necrothread about pirated copies isn't a good idea
Reply #231 Friday, May 25, 2012 10:37 AM
I am under the impression after using WindowsBlinds a while in combination with the Windows 8 Metro skin that it tends to blur my IE9 Windows while moving a Window in MS Win 7 from the left to my right screen. Since system stability is essential for me I decided to deinstall WB all together. No am not asking for my money back I just hope to get purchase a skin that is more like Windows 2008 R2 Server. I really am more Corporate Candy minded then the IMHO cartoonnesk skins you often find for WB.
Reply #232 Friday, May 25, 2012 11:16 AM
Good to see you've found the ideal thread in which to participate. It's only 7 years out of relevance....
Reply #233 Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:43 PM
I seem to have the same problem described, BUT I PAID FOR MY VERSION. Help!!
Reply #234 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:11 AM
rohomes - Please create a support ticket here: https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit
Reply #235 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:08 AM
I already did (yesterday), but have heard nothing back yet. Meanwhile, I'm have to use an old computer for email such as this one. Again, HELP!
Reply #236 Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:22 PM
saludos amigos ayuda por favor
he instalado WindowBlinds la versión mas reciente en mi wndows7
pero tengo un problema con el menu de inicio SE VE OBCURO
como lo arreglo.
estoy utilizando la versión de prueba
Reply #237 Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:24 PM
My version is not cracked. I downloaded from Stardock after paying for a renewal to Object Desktop and I still get glitches. I waited a good while to get the windows 10 version. Now I will uninstall a try again later. Nothing to do with Pirates. Or people not paying.
OK I just noticed the date also. Seems Stardock are not on the ball at all. Posting very old crap onto a new program with a new operating system.
Very disappointing.
Reply #238 Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:35 PM
Posting very old crap onto a new program with a new operating system.
Huh? Stardock didn't do that, you did.
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Reply #221 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM
also get something like malwarebytes if don't have something already and really scan your computer for nasties
not all torrents are "clean"