I think it is   

That will be completely on how and what the final program has and is able to do. But at present - no it is needed to do a lot of things not being made available...

I could make a very large list and it does cause problems using SKS5 under Vista if you are not using the right settings. But as I said under the right settings it works correctly and is well needed at this point to do things that SKS6 will not do.

As Neal has said in the beginning they are made to work together. Even though I hear of a bug where it cause's problems with Vista skins and the IE7. Yet to see it and wondering where and if this has something also to do with blurring in Vista? Glass sections... will see soon enough.

SGT

It is VERY important that you do not use SKS5 to edit skins on Vista that have startmenu animations.  This is because SKS5 will strip those sections when it saves the file.

Also do not run the skin checker function or it may damage newer Vista skins.

And never feed SKS5 after midnight or get it wet. 

Sorry guys . . I felt an need and filled it.   

  

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggg, it doesn't work anymore

I've updated to latest WB6 build, reboot and then * BUMP *

Call Neil...
Hi Neil !
Im on vista...
Install latest wb6 update ( but before see this bug too)
First pic on IR's latest wb : From here
im total switch off blur and trans , but on active window see this grey layers, only left and right borders. ( on xp not seen this layers)

Second vStyler sexy vista skin: enable blur and trans, white layers on bottom and right...
im wrong, or what can i do?
My sysinfo on the pic's..
Thanx ...
Bilbo

The issue with the top picture has been resolved for the next build.

The problem with the second picture requires an updated skin from the author.  You seem to have an earlier version of the skin where the shadows are grey instead of black.

I believe I may have this resolved, not thrilled about the solution but hope to have it remedied this weekend.

And the users relating the trouble just above ? have they bad breath that it seems you don't care ?

Anything on my issue with the Catalyst Control Center and using custom skins? Where you guys able to reproduce it?
It's not really that big of a deal, just have to make sure you arent using the custom skins that come with it or else it wont load.

neophil78: We cannot reproduce your problem with the classic startmenu.

Every single XP box we have reboots just fine with the skin being applied to everything.

I suggest you search for *.wb4 and delete them all.

Then see if that helps.  If not then try downloading a new skin and see if that skin works ok for you.

Astyanax0: I have just tried the 32 bit CCC with WB 6 and it works just fine which is expected given that CCC is skinned using Stardock DirectSkin.

I will make sure to check the 64 bit version next time I am in 64 bit Windows.

Yeah I figured that was the case, which made the bug seem very strage.   

The problem is that it's far from being a self problem, have a look in different threads and see, there's quiet a lot of people who have the same trouble ...

Thanks for answer Neil!

Since the latest update, windows explorer keeps crashing. This is the message I keep getting. All the other issues for me seem to be resolved. This is a new problem.


Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module ole32.dll, version 5.1.2600.2726, fault address 0x00078e25.

Ok...been trying to download this latest build but it just keeps sitting there doing nothing. Do we need to disable archiving in order to get this latest build. I already did this once and lost the last latest build so I'm not really wild about doing this again and losing yet another build. The build I had to install this last time is 6.0 beta build 21x86 since I had to turn off archiving to get the newest one. And the most recent build of SDC I have is 2.47.482, build 159. So I'm not even sure if thats the most recent now. Any suggestions in the right direction would be great.

disable auto archiving

I need some help. When WB 6 first was available, I tried to install it and something went amiss and on reboot, I had no Windowblinds and could'nt open SD central. I did a system restore, which fixed the problem. I then openned SD Central, uninstalled Wb 5, rebooted and again tried WB 6 with the same results. System restore fixed this but now, I do not have the option to uninstall WB 5 and WB 6 isn't offered on my download page. I have installed the latest version of SD Central. Can someone offer some advice or do I need to contact support? Any help would be appreciated in resolving this problem.
WindowBlinds 5.0 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.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

Wblind.dll 2005/11/28 13:57:10
Wbsrv.dll 2005/11/28 15:52:00
Wbconfig.exe 2005/11/28 16:19:00
Wbload.exe 2005/11/25 19:30:58
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/11/20 12:23:40
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

Can't you uninstall Windowblinds from Add or Remove Programs?

That is true if you have SKS5 running without the proper permissions!
I have edited skins with it for Vista that have animations with no problems at all and no missing information. Due to the fact it is running in virtual space for Vista.

I never used that checker even with XP - most good skinners have settings that are not compatible with most anything in SKS5 or for that matter even SKS6 as of yet...

The new codes are being written via notepad++ here. Then left be with no additional edits from SKS version whatever...?

Would be great to see a edit for codes via inside of SKS6 and how it effects the actual preview version of said skin. and/or saved by and applied with SKS6 then~!

Is that too much to ask for Neil?

WebGizmos re #494:



Do you know about this trick? In Stardock Central, before I download and install a program or update, I download/archive the new version (right click on program, select "Archive Application", select "Download and Archive"). That downloads the new program into your backup directory, doesn't install it. I then copy it over to another directory to keep, then install it using "Restore Archive" (Right click anywhere on list, select "Restore Archive". It then lists everything still in the Stardock backup directory, and you just select the program to install (i.e., typically the one you just downloaded/archived).

This way I always have an original clean version of the program's prior versions in my other storage directory for as long as I want, which can be handy. Note though, it's the downloaded program only, no skins, preferences, etc. To revert back, I can backup skins (and/or whatever else has been added - depending on the program), uninstall the unwanted newer version (which is probably safer going backwards), copy the saved old version over Stardock\backup directory, execute "Restore Archive" on the old version to install it, then restore my backed up skins and such (not overwriting any skins included with the restored version).

Might help you in the future. (Sorry, a dash off topic for the thread, but probably a good place to see it anyway.)

not sure if this was mention yet, or possibly already fixed. But i have a bug involving the tray icons. This is regardless of the skin applied. When a skin is applied they get sized up slightly and become very distorted. I accidentally discovered that the way this is fixed is by going to advanced user settings and enabling Use Aero window frames but keep the rest of the skin. This made the icons go back to their normal size. Below is a pic of what i mean.




This is a Vista x64 machine. This should be a valid issue because the beta was updated to include 64-bit vista.

No Dave....wasn't aware of that! Thanks for the suggestion...I'll try that out.