WB7 won't load on startup...won't load, and when clicked via my software, won't give me WB Config. Sys info is in Reply #16.

Uninstalled it, reinstalled WB6.4 and all's well so far.

Are toolbars, menubars , and tabs supposed to be skinned?

Yes, so far.    I will give it more work on 7 later....gotta go mow.

Unless you are talking about IE, yes.

The IE8 tabs will not be skinned, but thats normal for IE8.

Currently it is only provided to those customers who have a current ObjectDesktop subscription.

I suspect early next week there will be an announcement on the qualifying date for free updates for WB customers and the upgrade price for those outside of the free window.

No, same for me.

Win7 x64 Build 7100

jojo25

are you an objectdesktop subscriber?

haven't kept up with who gets to try the beta requirements since my Objectdesktop sub is active, but - it used to be betas were available to odnt subscribers - standalone purchasers and other had to wait for the release

yeah i only own WB so its cool ...whatever...thats the benefits of getting the whole shabang....sux for me...lol...thanx guys

is the gonna be free if one is registered?

Ruben

Well, like it says in The New Math:

Optimism =   (What I wanted to happen)

                    (What did happen)

hey im happy to do whatever to get it...just cant afford the subscription right now...no worries though..soon...im not gonna sweat it...i surely didnt think that i'd be seeing this anytime soon though so that makes it even less of a worry....i have no problems waiting till i can afford to get the subscription...AWESOME JOB STARDOCK !!!!

I have that issue on several skins... no off/restart buttons on the start menu.  This issue does not appear on all skins, but is present on Clear Black by Butch123, Anihilator by Kitty Malone, WaterWalk by Tom Richter and others.  These skins all work correctly in Vista, So I'm assuming it's an issue with the WB7 beta not drawing correctly.

Also, the WB interface is cut off on the right-hand side and I can not access the scroll button to view skins, have to do a manual drag instead.

Other than that, great work Stardock, WB7 with the skins I can use makes the Win 7 GUI more bearable and the OS top notch.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 170 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 
(Generic PnP Monitor) 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 

Wblind.dll         2009/06/05 05:30:20
Wblind64.dll         2009/06/05 05:31:44
Wbsrv.dll         2009/06/05 02:48:52
Wbconfig.exe         2009/06/05 05:49:02
Wbload.exe         2009/06/03 04:39:14
Wbhelp.dll         2009/05/15 04:39:07
Tray.dll              2009/05/15 04:39:21
Wbload.dll              2009/03/17 23:36:29
Screen.exe         2009/06/05 02:48:09

Here is another problem I set my w7 settings in display at 125% for my tired old eyes but when I bring up the WB Screen as you can see it does not fully display it works fine a 100 %

Thank you for your reply, while I can agree that xp x64 may have a smaller userbase, I can't imagine it is that much more so difficult to test on, and is the same codebase as windows server 2003, which isn't going anywhere either.

Anyway, now I know to no longer renew OD (and by assocation not purchase anything on impulse either), so thank you.

Apologies if this appears to be a rant and irrelevant to bug reports, I just want it passed on to whoever cares that such decisions do cost them in other ways than testing and development.

FYI, I'm using the beta on Vista and have no issues at all.

Edit: I spoke too soon. The IE Tab Close Button is not skinning. Here is my info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 170 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(HP w1907 Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Wblind.dll      2009/06/04 15:30:20
Wbsrv.dll      2009/06/04 15:31:19
Wbconfig.exe      2009/06/04 15:49:02
Wbload.exe      2009/06/02 14:39:14
Wbhelp.dll      2008/07/20 19:35:07
Tray.dll           2008/07/20 19:35:21
Wbload.dll           2009/03/17 09:36:28
Screen.exe      2009/06/04 12:48:09

After updating to 7Beta the first blind I tried was OldN'Style and several of the windows were converted to windows classic or XP if you wish. I am running Vista SP2. The sidebar was having it's own problems losing all transparency. Sorry, I uninstalled the update, only problem was it tookWindows Blind 6.4 along with it. $#%& After a few intense moments, including installing the shareware program, everything was working fine. In this last round of updates, My Colors also, ( I lost the Think Green Theme) I am not impressed at all. Luckily I didn't lose any of the master skins I had installed. Has anyone else suffered similar problems? 

Just wondering: if because the Win 7 taskbar is yay much wiider than in Vista (and most of the skins were designed for Vista?XP), whether or not that has something to do with some start panels not showing the off/hibernate/restart buttons?

The reason I ask is that these buttons appear on WB skins where the design places them higher on the panel, but not on others where the buttons normally appear at the bottom when applied in Vista/XP.

I prefer the slimline taskbar, as I have Winstep's WorkShelf installed to appear at bottom, so have my icons set to small to have the narrow taskbar.  So I suppose the question is: are the  buttons missing because the narrower taskbar put them off-panel... or has it something to do with Workshelf changing the alignment/position of the startpanel, thus placing the buttons below their usual/normal position and making them invisible/below/underneath WorkShelf and/or the taskbar?

I have tried applying a 'buttonless' WB with the wider taskbar enabled/WorkShelf disabled but the issue remains.... could be I have a bad install or that I need to reinstall with the regular Win 7 superbar and WorkShelf disabled???

I don't believe so Starkers. Vista uses 3 buttons but Win 7 only uses 1. I belive it is scrunching the 3 buttons into 1. Depending on how the buttons were done/set/designed you will get a different result from one skin to another.

You may of course be right (being you're a skinner and all that) but the thing is, I'm not getting any buttons... 3 into 1 or otherwise, meaning I am limited to a just few WB's if I want to reboot/shutdown, etc. normally.

At present I'm using Vampothika's  Mysteria Vista and the buttons appear as they should, but as I recall, they are slightly higher up the panel than most: hence my earlier question, about the buttons being pushed off the panel due to the smaller taskbar, etc.

We are still in beta and I expect there to be some bugs at this early stage, so I can live with it 'til a fix is found. I'm just happy that I can change the Win 7 GUI to something more of my liking.

i to have that problem with the leo subskin, i haven't tried any other than aero metal, but that doesn't work as a vertical bar

Just a thought for the time being... if you use sks6 to edit the skin and remove the images by clicking the image name and scrolling all the way to the top and selecting no image defined... then the OS should default those images to original win 7 as with Vista. Found in Vista start menu buttons for the start menu.

when i tried the wb7 on vista it seemed that new windows were not being skinned ie those that were opened for the first time, all that would be shown is a semi transparent border, with no close, minimise resize buttons etc. If the application is then relaunched the window skins as normal. Was using Dragon theme, but went back to wb6.

I get the same as jojo25 but my Object Desktop is good until Sept 2009....???