Skins won't display properly, WB 5.5 on Vista.

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Greetings: I just couldn't wait for the public release of WB for Vista, so I purchased Object Desktop a few days ago. I've done two incremental updates since the 13th, the most recent of which was just this afternoon. I was not affected by the recent errant build 5.10 snafu. However, I've not been able to get a single skin to display properly - there are large sections of black where there should be a background and text. For example, on the Vista StartMenu, no matter which skin I choose, it displays all black except for the user account icon, and the individual menu icons. Otherwise, it's black. There are portions of the skin that display as indicated in the WB preview, but for the most part, they seem "hosed."

I'm running Vista Business in Aero mode, with an Nvidia GS7800 OC, with Forceware driver build 100.64. Any ideas?


Also, are there in fact any Vista specific skins included with 5.5 that would amount to variations on the Aero theme or does anyone know where I might download one? I like the Aero look, and was hoping to see WindowBlinds embelish upon or polish the existing theme.


Thanks,

CF
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I did not have this exact problem, but similar. I reinstalled Windowblinds after upgrading to Vista Home Premium. My system info in WB showed everything was okay, yet when I tried to apply skins, absolutely nothing happened. i also tried restarting a couple of times after reinstalling WB. Anyway, I decided at one point to unload Windowblinds, even though there was no evidence of it working. When I reloaded, it was working fine. Don't know if this will solve your problem, but it's worth a try.

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I'll give it a try, Kearney.

Here's my sysinfo. Thanks Neil.




Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.50 (build 99 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Samsung SyncMaster 955DF(T)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/02/15 13:36:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/02/15 13:09:05
Wbconfig.exe 2007/02/15 13:35:52
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:26:49
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
where's the other 2 files?   

usually system info shows 8
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also, are there in fact any Vista specific skins included with 5.5 that would amount to variations on the Aero theme or does anyone know where I might download one? I like the Aero look, and was hoping to see WindowBlinds embelish upon or polish the existing theme.


You can go to WWW Link to download some msstyles that are variations on Aero. Once the Vista version of SkinStudio is released you should be able to import those MSStyles and use them as WB skins.