Windowblinds 5 shareware display properties error in appearance tab and no skin

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I've downloaded today windowblinds 5 shareware, but I cannot chose or aply skins, even after push the rebuilt list button on wbconfig. Also, everytime I chose the appearance tab in display properties popus an error window saying :"Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program:C:\Wimdows\system32\rundll32.exe abnormal program termination"; and sometimes appears a different error message.
I would like to test wb5, so please tell me what to do!!!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Forgott to say my system info:
WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

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

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X

Wblind.dll 2005/11/28 12:01:54
Wbsrv.dll 2005/11/28 11:50:22
Wbconfig.exe 2005/11/28 15:45:06
Wbload.exe 2005/11/25 19:30:58
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 15:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/11/26 18:09:46
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Did you have earlier WB version installed? If so, uninstall all WB, then try again with WB5 trial only.

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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I unistalled previuos version before I installed version 5

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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Does anyone from Stardock Support read this forum or what?
Still no help from them

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Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I smell Norton........

What graphic drivers are installed for that card and do you have Norton installed?
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I´ve got Kaspersky AVP and my drivers are nvidia 81.84

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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Before attacking the drivers, try this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&displaylang=en
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Tryed Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and drivers upgrate but nothing seems to work. Now the error is: "An exception occurred while trying to run "shell32.dll,Control_RunDll desk.cpl,,0" and "The imstruction at "0x7c901010" referenced memory at "0x027f0834". The memory could not be read"". Click ok to terminate the program.
I don't know what else to do!!! Please help!!!

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Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When I asked about the drivers, I was going to suggest downgrading to a 7 series (77.77 is a good one). That last error is related to a screensaver...got one running or just install one? Look in run/ msconfig/ startup and see if anything other then nVidia is set to run 'rundll32'.
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Programs using Rundll32 at startup: rundll32.exe bthprops.cpl,,BluetoothAuthenticationAgent;
RunDll32 cmicnfg.cpl,CMICtrlWnd; RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup;RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\System32\NvMctray.dll,NvTaskbarInit.

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Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The two nVidia entries are fine. I assume you have a PDA you use with this computer. The second is your onboard sound. Un-check both entries in Msconfig, re-boot and try the WB install.
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It´s necessary to reinstall the windowblinds 5 again, or it´s enought to deactivate the two entries in startup?

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Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No, if you still have it installed then just de-activate the two entries, re-boot and see if it works using wbconfig.
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Already Tryed to de-activate the two entries and the four entries but still nothing! I Did reboot and used wbconfig but it keeps giving me the described errors!!!


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Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If it's the error in #11 then answer the screensaver question in #13. Did you try the 7 series drivers? I want to be clear when this is happening....you install WB (without errors), re-boot (again without error) and when you open WBconfig (not Display Properties) you get no errors, but when you apply a skin (preferably Aura) you get the memory error noted in #11...have I got it right?
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No. I install withou errors, reboot, try WBConfig and there's only classic and xp skins. Doesn't apply any. Tryed the display properties and get those errors!

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Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The display properties crash is a variation on the ODBC error dialog which some machines suffered from with WB5.  Later builds (currently beta, should be going release shortly) resolve this by switching to a different database system which does not require the machines database support to be functioning correctly.
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And how about an update for the shareware version?

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