WB 5.5 messes up Sidebar Transparency

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I have discovered an annopying issue that occurs whenever I try to run Vista Sidebar. If I have any WB skin loaded, except for the default Windows Aero, the Sidebar is gray. I installed Sidebar Styler to see if it would make a difference and alas no change. This doesn't seem to be skin dependent in that only Aero stops the problem. I'm running WB 5.5 latest build, newest Sidebar Styler, vista Ultimate, and Nvidia driver is 165.01.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hawkeye,

I am using a NVIDIA 7900 GS with Vista Ultimate and I do not see this issue.  Please try a different version of the NVIDIA drive and see if that makes a difference for you.  I noticed that the latest certified drive is 158.18.  Can you try that version to see if it helps?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I rolled the driver all the way back to 9746, which is the last WHQL driver from the manufacturer (HP) and the opaque gray sidebar did not go away. If I select Aero the sidebar is transparent and styler's changes take effect. But as soon as I apply a WB skin it goes back to gray.


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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I went ahead and installed 158.18 and the problem stayed the same. So I am of the opinion that the nVidia driver version is not the issue. Though I am more surprised that it isn't then I would have been had it proven to be the problem.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Please post the information from the WB system information page.

Also does flip3d work?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Neil

Yes, flip3d works fine and the transparency of wb skins also work.

Here's my WB sys info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.6

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.6

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.50 (build 102 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Wblind.dll 2007/03/20 13:26:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/02/23 18:19:05
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 10:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 18:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:26:49
Wbload.dll 2007/01/23 19:48:56