Window Blinds 5 won't work

really, it won't

December 21, 2005 12:29 AM from

Hi,

Just upgraded my subscription and updated to WB5.

WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Dell 1504FP (Analog)) 1 is attached to Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

Wblind.dll 2005/12/20 22:41:38
Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 22:57:44
Wbconfig.exe 2005/12/05 18:42:52
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 00:04:40
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

However, I can't get any of the skins to load, even though I get the little "loading" message.

Any thoughts?

More specifically, any thoughts that might help?

And, don't post the 'cracked' link! This is legit software.

windowblinds

4,768 views 9 replies

Reply #1 December 21, 2005 12:48 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

legit trial or legit paid?

seems to me loading a skin takes longer than it used to

Reply #2 December 21, 2005 12:55 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

paid

Reply #3 December 21, 2005 1:04 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

maybe some of the regular system info (mem,ram,etc) might also help once one of the smart guys show up.

Reply #4 December 21, 2005 2:50 AM from

JoeUser Forums Top

Do you have anti-virus installed? And if so, which one? Some of them interupt the skinning process depending on how they're configured.

Reply #5 December 21, 2005 7:40 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I cannot get windowblinds 5 to work properly on my computer. I have a AMD 64 bit chip with 1 gig of memory. The problem is the CPU is always running at max and no memory is available for any other processes. Windowblinds 4.6 works perfectly. I am hoping later revisions will address this problem.

Reply #6 December 21, 2005 6:41 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I have AVG antivirus installed.

I'm running XPSP2 on a Dell GX270 with 256mb RAM.

I don't think its a hardware problem, rather a software clash or missing link somewhere. I may try reinstalling wb, and see what happens.

Reply #7 December 21, 2005 7:11 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

idiot. why didn't I try that earlier?

its all worked, sorry for wasting your time...

Reply #8 December 21, 2005 9:24 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I had teh same problem when I first installed WB5. I ended up rebooting my machine a couple of times and it then loaded the correct skin and everything has been great since then..

Reply #9 December 21, 2005 10:42 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Was it just that you forgot to reboot after the upgrade? For the benefit of others.

Cheers,
Daiwa

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