I would check the configuration setup for StyleXP and set everything back to the original WindowsXP setup. Then, I would unload windowblinds too. Then, uninstall StyleXP. Hopefully, StyleXP will then uninstall itself properly and replace the hacked system file with the original WindowsXP system files. I had a lot of problems with StyleXP, for these very reasons, and I don't use it. Windows isn't perfectly stable itself without an illegal hack of the system.

You can try to just unload styleXP and then uncheck its startup files(in msconfig), then reboot. That should remove it from effecting your system. But, you still have the illegally modified system files on your system. Windowblinds does not modify the system files.

If the lag goes away, you will know that the conflict of StyleXP and Windowblinds was causing it. You will probably still have orphan registry entries from StyleXP(if you uninstall it), and that may slow down your system a little too. (Note: A lot of orphan registry entries could cause such a problem too. That happens when installing and uninstalling many programs, over time, without cleaning the registry). So, proper system maintenance is important too(Defragging as well). It might be best to wipe the hard drive and start over with just windowblinds and icon packager, at this point. I would leave off Theme Manager too. (I still use Winstyles 1.5) You can copy the icon packager files from the Alienware Theme. Just, open the theme by copying it and changing the copy extension to zip. You can then extract the windowblinds files, iconpackager files and the wallpaper. And copy the various folders to the proper directories. (I.E.-icon file folder to iconpackager, windowblinds folder to windowblinds,etc..) Then, erase the copy.

I can guarantee that you will not have a problem with windowblinds lagging your system if you wipe the hard drive. I don't know all the program you have on your system that might be causing such a problem. But, on a properly configured system(proper drivers and updates), without system file hacks, windowblinds definitely will not cause such a problem and neither will Theme Manager.

If you want to further optimize your system, I would look for shortcut markers in your font folder. If there are shortcut markers on fonts, I would check those shortcuts and make sure that the referenced fonts still exist on your system. If not, delete the shortcuts. If you see shortcut markers at all, I would delete them, and copy the referenced fonts directly to your fonts folder. To have windows searching all over your hard drive for shortcut fonts will slow down your system too. If the shortcut fonts don't exist, that is even worse. This will cause a system error and will corrupt your fonts folder. Good luck. Lots to consider, I know, I've been there.

the lag is gone at least i think so, here is what i did .. i uninstalled style xp and got a new copy of AlienGUIse theme manager.. and its better.. those connections i saw a while ago has dissappeared and my cpu usage is not crazy anymore.. but the reason the lag bothered me was because when i played red alert ( i know its old but its still fun ).. and when i applyed the classic desktop the lag would go away.. so i jw why it lagged my game.. and it did lag me to.. so anyways i think its all good now.. thx alot

Windowblinds is the only way to skin.
Glad it worked out for you.