WB: Per Pixel Borders Problem (Please HELP)

Was supported....all of a sudden NOT supported anymore?

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I recently changed my monitor and I was alerted by WB that my machine NO longer "per pixel borders."

This is a bit odd because right before the monitor change, this feature was supported on my standard/old monitor. Below is my System Information report. Until now, per pixel borders were always supported.

Is this a settings issue with the latest WB5 update....or a settings issue with my graphics driver or monitor?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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WindowBlinds 5.01 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 does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

This is because :

Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.

It appears you have enabled limited per pixel mode, so WindowBlinds will support per pixel, but with no hardware support.

You have one monitor in total.

(ViewSonic VA1912w SERIES) 1 is attached to Tul Corporation, RADEON 9200SE (Omega 3.8.252)
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
a settings issue with my graphics driver or monitor


have you tried updating (or rolling back in some cases) your drivers?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
have you tried updating (or rolling back in some cases) your drivers?


I just installed my new monitor and as a result I only have 1 driver (through Windows Update) installed for it?

As for graphics driver, it's the SAME one I was using when the Per Pixel Borders were working.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Which version of WB5?

WB configure - system information - copy/paste to here that page
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anything higher then 1024x768 will cause this issue on the 9200 series cards, but a recent update has a beta feature that will attempt to allow this in non supported situations. I tried it and it works!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
yay, some one with knowledge   
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Anything higher then 1024x768 will cause this issue on the 9200 series cards, but a recent update has a beta feature that will attempt to allow this in non supported situations. I tried it and it works!


My current resolution is 1440x900 (factory recommended).

Also I have the WB 5 Beta update version from 9/21/06. I am still getting the pop-up window when trying to apply a new WB theme.

May I ask how you got it to work for you? Thanks.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Go into your system information on Windowblinds. and look for a button about enabling limited per pixel support. The button should be on the bottom right. +

Also on the dialog box that you keep getting , there is an option to remember your decision on enabling this so it can do this everytime without asking you the question on every PPB skin