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WindowBlinds 7.01 won't load Aero

February 27, 2010 7:09:39 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Thanks in advance for your kind attention. I'm running Vista Home Premium SP2. Oh, and by the way, love your beautiful and functional program and skins. The problem is that when I decided to load Aero again, all WB gave me, with dificulty, apparently, was Windows Classic. It won't load Aero. But I want it to. Any suggestions?

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 2.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 2.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.01 (build 235 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(ACER AL1916W ) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon X1250

Wblind.dll      2009/12/17 19:32:20
Wbsrv.dll      2009/12/03 12:44:30
SevenConfig.exe      2009/12/17 19:32:09
Wbload.exe      2009/12/03 12:43:12
Wbhelp.dll      2009/10/07 14:35:07
Tray.dll           2009/10/21 08:13:19
Wbload.dll           2009/09/25 07:41:28
Screen.exe      2009/12/03 12:43:26

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Reply #1 February 27, 2010 7:16:24 PM
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try a reboot after selecting aero

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Reply #2 February 27, 2010 8:52:43 PM
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I thank you, Lantec. It worked. Is this a known issue, was that a hunch, or do I maybe need to errr, reconfigure, umm something, do you know?

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Reply #3 February 27, 2010 8:55:15 PM
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Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 2.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 2.9

What Graphic card are you running?

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Reply #4 February 27, 2010 10:00:07 PM
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ATI Radeon X1250?

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Reply #5 February 28, 2010 12:46:51 AM
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If rebooting after selecting aero does not work, check your video card settings as aero can be turned on and off there sometimes.

I asked about the video card because your experience score seemed low. You may want to check all of the cards settings and adjust for a better experience score.

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Reply #6 February 28, 2010 1:03:44 PM
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I asked about the video card because your experience score seemed low. You may want to check all of the cards settings and adjust for a better experience score.

Well, would increasing my experience score increase my success at using WB? I am a new, rank amateur consumer (hopefully future producer) of these incredible skins. I wouldn't recognize good card settings if I stepped into a pile of them. Without knowing my system, would you or someone be able to suggest in general terms what a good configuration might look like, or to point me in the direction of an online knowledge scource I might find helpfull?

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Reply #7 February 28, 2010 3:25:50 PM
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I know nothing about ATI cards but I know the nVidia card in my laptop has it's own control panel. Basically, a program that allows me to fine-tune the various 3D and resolution settings.

 

The low Experience Score could just be because it's an older card. In which case, there probably isn't much you can do to improve it.

 

I have a pretty good card though, it plays Fallout 3 at relatively high settings with a stable framerate. And sometimes, I also have the problem of WindowBlinds refusing to load Aero or custom skins. It just loads Windows Classic. Rebooting has always fixed it for me though.

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Reply #8 February 28, 2010 4:09:59 PM
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Skillet98, your answer suggests a possible direction for me. As WB is graphics intensive, perhaps I should check to see if I can locate some documentation for my card and then configure it as if I wanted to play games on it. I appreciate your input and that of the other community members. This is a new direction for me in several ways, and it's beggining to seem as if this is going to become a more rewarding and enjoyable association than I had assumed.

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Reply #9 February 28, 2010 8:28:57 PM
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Without knowing my system, would you or someone be able to suggest in general terms what a good configuration might look like, or to point me in the direction of an online knowledge scource I might find helpfull?

I Only just installed my first ATI card. It has it's own menu for settings. I'm not sure about yours as it is intagrated.

You can download current drivers and the Catalyst Suite here - LINK at the bottom of the page. (They have lumped a bunch of XP and Vista drives together)

Then - control panel>system maintenance> Performance Information and Tools to update your WIndows Exxperience.

 

When you right click on your desktop, the Catalyst control center should be your first choice in the right click menu. You can use the Basic Interface or Advanced. You can always set everything back to default.

Your card is supposed to be fine with aero and 3D in Vista. Your drivers may just be out of date. I haven't done much with laptops, but have replaced quite a few video cards in desktops. Most recently a very hard to find PCI express low-profile for a slimcase desktop. You can find decent cards at affordable prices on and off line. You might want to look into a new one for your laptop just to brighten things up.

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Reply #10 March 1, 2010 11:22:17 AM
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I downloaded those drivers and installed them. It raised my experience level to 3. It also has a menu for settings, and the 3-d settings seem especially configurable. It seems to me that I should just use the defaults, since the skins all look great and I'm not experiencing system slowdowns. I thank you for the link and instructions.

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Reply #11 March 1, 2010 9:35:17 PM
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I thank you for the link and instructions.

I'm very happy it helped!

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