WB just not displaying right

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Dunno what's up. I had WindowBlinds 5 installed awhile back (paid) and for the most part it displayed correctly. Even though I used it, I had mixed impressions of it because I never did find ANY skin (and I tried lots) that worked as well as stock Windows XP. Stuff like wrong text at the wrong time, wrong text color with certain backgrounds. Text either too big or too small for the situation, etc. I also had SkinStudio (standard) and found it cumbersome and not layed out in a way where you knew just what you were adjusting (I think it could have been done much better than it is now). Anyway on to my current issue.

After ending up just not using WB at all (just got tired of it because of above issues) for quite awhile, I decided to try it again. I installed 5.1 from scratch and now it's worse than it's ever been. When right clicking anything and getting a display box, the text is always cut off on the right. No matter which size I try to adjust the text to, the boxes also change size so the same text is not displayed on the right (cut off). Very irratating and just not usable. This happens on every single WB skin (and also happens in the IE Favorites box and All Program Box). Only unloading WB and going back to XP style solves the problem. The way it is now, I simply cannot use it.

If you guys got any comments/suggestions to solve this, I'm all ears. Thanks
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
First, post your systm info from the WB config. You may have some scrambled files.
Second, post a screenshot.
Third verify your video drivers are up to date.

We'll go from there.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
WindowBlinds 5.1 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.

(NEC MultiSync 70GX2) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 11:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 12:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2006/10/09 11:40:18
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 17:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 01:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:27:49

I don't know how to take a screenshot of this being when you click for the screenshot any right click menu disappears before you can take the shot.

I have the latest Nvidia Drivers for my 7900GTX.

An example of this issue would be right clicking on "Forums" at the top of this page. With WB on I get "Open in New Win" instead of "Open in New Window". The boxes are just not wide enough.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
you're files are mixed trial version's

uninstall, reboot, get Stardock Central (see software tab above) - download and install it, register your product, use SDC to download and install
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't know how to take a screenshot of this being when you click for the screenshot any right click menu disappears before you can take the shot.



use your print screen key, then paste into your editor
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
How can I have mixed trial versions? I got the link for the enhanced version straight from an email from Stardock. Installed that download and put in my code. I never have installed any trial versions.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 01:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07


those say trial

unininstall
reboot
get SDC and install it
register WB, use SDC to download and install
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Dunno how the hell that happened. Ok, I'll give it a try. BRB
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok, here it is now.

WindowBlinds 5.1 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.

(NEC MultiSync 70GX2) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 10:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 11:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2006/10/09 10:40:18
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 16:39:13
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/13 17:29:23

Well whatever hell the problem was, it's fixed now, no more text run off.

I had some problems with Stardock Central. I am a bit confused. When I first bought WindowBlinds and SkinStudio, I used my comcast email account. Then when I went to win customize, I had to sign up and I used a different email. I shouldn't have done that cause when first opening Stardock Central, I didn't know which email I was supposed to put in there. The only one it would take as a log in was the one I used when I registered at win customize. Then when Stardock Central installed WB, I got an error saying email address didn't match. It installed it anyway and then let me put the code in after the install. So now I have one email that I used to buy WB and SS (where they sent me the codes) and then another to get the downloads I guess. Is it now possible to change this to get these both on the same email?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Click the 'my account' tab above - you'll find an option to cross reference your WC and Stardock accounts
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
I went ahead to the options here and just changed my email address to match the one I used when I bought WB and SS. Now I should be all set.