Weird problem since updating to WB 5.92.090

Anyone else seen this?

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First of all a disclaimer: I am not at all sure that the following problem is related to WB - nor do I blame Stardock in any way, should it be. I am aware that this is a beta version, and as such cannot be guaranteed to function 100% in all areas.

Then to my problem:

Yesterday afternoon, I updated WB to 5.92.090. SDC prompted me to restart my computer, and I did. Upon restarting, Windows Data Execution Prevention (nice name for a service, eh?) closed Windows Explorer. I went huh??? But then Windows Explorer started again the next second, and all was fine.

Since then, though, about 50% of the times I reboot my computer I get the exact same thing. Windows Explorer gets closed by Windows Data Execution Prevention, but starts again right after.

Anyone else seen this?

Asmodean
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Could you post the information from your WB system information page please.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21

Operating system is Windows XP Pro SP2

Asmodean
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Another different weird problem: since updating i get at each new boot a corrupted start panel / taskbar (as if they were not skinned ...) i get the same problem on 2 PC's with different skins. The only way to correct the trouble is to edit the skin through SKS and then in SKS, "Tools", "WindowBlinds", "Apply the skin"   

[system Info]

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Philips 190C (19inch LCD MONITOR 190C7)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21

PLEASE report all this information when submitting a problem report, especially anything related to per-pixel skinning. We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook with integrated graphics the office gave you. Per-pixel skinning requires your drivers to at least claim to support the SB_PIXEL_ALPHA flag in the SHADEBLENDCAPS structure.

[end off]


and i'd like to know what the "We don't know what's in the Dell you bought last July etc" ... has to do in the system information as i don't have bought any dell machine    ???
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
PLEASE report all this information when submitting a problem report, especially anything related to per-pixel skinning. We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook with integrated graphics the office gave you
That's one funny joke.  I've never read that far down before.
My guess is that many problem reports tell support "I have a Dell XXXX" but not any useful information.    
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
@ Neophil, #3:
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Have since gone back to WB5.51. Hope it gets fixed so I can use WB6...   
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.51 (build 97 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(SyncMaster 910MP/199MP,SyncMaster Magic CX912MP) 1 is attached to RADEON X700 Series

Wblind.dll 2007/06/19 10:39:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 09:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/06/19 10:43:03
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 16:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:26:49

Maybe I should run WB6 and post that info?? Let me know if it would help solve the situation.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Maybe I should run WB6 and post that info??


posting the info on the problem version always helps more than posting the info on the one that's working....  
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm... if I upgrade to WB6 and it borks my files and hides my skins somewhere just for fun...dunno. Have to think about that. WB5.51 ticks over just fine, maybe I'll stay with that a while longer.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Up, Up

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't have the same problem you all do. My Windowblinds do not work at all! I am stuck with XP Default   I can't apply any skins, the apply buttons do not work at all.

Microsoft Windows XP
Build 2600 xpsp_sp2_gdr070227-2254

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 22 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(SyncMaster 997DF/927DF/997MB/927MB/927DFI/927MBI) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 SERIES

Wblind.dll 2007/08/28 15:49:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21

I don't think I can hold on for very long without my blinds on  
Help me Please!!
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

valkyriesb: Please uninstall WB, reboot (important) and then reinstall the latest WB beta.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Neil! That did the trick. Soooo Simple   Guess that's why they pay you the big bucks  
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
@ Neophil, #3:
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Have since gone back to WB5.51. Hope it gets fixed so I can use WB6...   


I have the same problum help
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
@ Neophil, #3:
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Have since gone back to WB5.51. Hope it gets fixed so I can use WB6...   


I have the same problum help


WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Hmm - it seems I inadvertently started a whole new bug reports thread. Truly sorry for that, Neil...was not my intention.

As for my problem, it has since corrected itself. I have no idea what was wrong.

Asmodean
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Up, Up

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday


I just wanted to add that this problem just came with the last beta version of WB6 (the one which move WB skins ...)
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

@ Neophil, #3:
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Have since gone back to WB5.51. Hope it gets fixed so I can use WB6...   


I have the same problum help


WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21


mine did not go away help!

beta 1s all worked
Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top
bump
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
started a whole new bug reports thread

No pearls of wisdom to be found here...
Guess I'll save all the parts of WB5 I want, replace it with WB6, and attain Zen or samadhi or whatever, waiting to see if my system's scrambled.
"WB Roulette"   
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey guys, are you on the way to solve the trouble ???

here what i get:

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until i edit it in Skinstudio 5.01.049 and just apply the skin which is displayed correctly until the next boot, and back to the same way ...

It's begining to be very boaring ...
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not sure if I have a solution or not. I went back to the original post and in fact all the replies and realised that I had the similar problem, except it was happening before the last update. It only happened with a couple of skins, wish I could remember which ones.

I have Object Desktop, I use WindowBlinds to change Blinds. Once I select a blind I go to setting and make sure they point to the blind I'm using, than hit apply changes. Usually everthing works okay. For the frist time it didn't, like must folks I made a sad face and tried another blind, everything worked fine. Went back to the one I was having a problem and guess what it didn't work. Taskbar and Start menue were Windows Classic.

Then I decided to try right clicking on the desktop bringing up display propreties, hit appearence than advanced and under XP Overrides it wasn't pointing to the blind that I was trying to use. Guess what it was pointed at? Changed it to the blind, closed the window hit apply and everything was find. Again I wish I could remember the blind that had the problem.

Hope this helps someone. By the way this is on an XP system.  
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Found the way to get rid off this ...
In fact when ugrading to WB6 (and probably during all skins are moved from C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds all .wb4 files are deleted.
If you still have Skinstudio V5 as .uis editor, when editing any .uis file and saving it, it seems to not create all the .wb4 files needed by WB6 version.

Though the solution if you have those kind of troubles with a skin (at least under XP) is to edit the .uis file no more with Skinstudio V5, but with Skinstudio beta 6 and save it this way, and as a magical fairy coming on your PC, everything's go back the right way ...


... and thanks Stardock for your kind effort in resolving this problem ...