Trouble with two latest WB 7 updates

Black parts appeared

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Both version WB 7.09a beta 116 and WB 7.09a beta 117 are corrupting IE toolbar with black parts:

2 examples of what happen on 1 one "old" skin Omega and 1 recent, Organic

(click on the image, then click on "voir la taille réelle to see the real sized image)

 

 

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 87 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      2010/04/22 11:20:20
Wbsrv.dll      2010/02/03 16:11:56
SevenConfig.exe      2010/02/15 14:09:57
Wbload.exe      2010/02/02 14:33:18
Wbhelp.dll      2009/02/10 17:28:07
Wbui.dll      2009/02/10 17:28:05
Tray.dll           2009/10/21 16:13:19
Screen.exe      2009/12/03 13:43:26

But trouble is exactly similar on others PC's (with different graphic cards - in all cases with latest drivers avaible) with XP SP3 (french) + IE7

N.B.1: checking (or unchecking) "Enable if you have corrupted titlebar buttons & text backgrounds" in "XP specific" settings has no influence at all

N.B.2: this trouble doesn't exist with WB 7.09 beta 112 or 113

N.B.3: the black parts are going away when mouse goes on it and / or if window is resized

 

Should be great to fix it because it's a little uggly :S

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

BUMP

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

B U M P

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

B U M P

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Moved to support.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Please update to the WB 7.09c build that went up today and see if this helps or not.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 5
Please update to the WB 7.09c build that went up today and see if this helps or not.
End of Neil's quote

Not....

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 267 - Windows 7 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 GT 220

Wblind.dll      2010/04/29 10:07:20
Wbsrv.dll      2010/04/01 11:43:30
SevenConfig.exe      2010/04/27 11:10:02
Wbload.exe      2010/02/02 15:33:18
Wbhelp.dll      2009/10/07 16:35:07
Tray.dll           2009/10/21 10:13:19
Wbload.dll           2010/04/27 11:10:25
Screen.exe      2009/12/03 14:43:26

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I didn't have this problem until I installed today's update. 

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

RedneckDude: Your issue is unrelated to this thread.

The issue with black was specific to Windows XP only.

I suspect the problem you are having is a skin related issue.  Please try another skin.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not only did I not have this problem until I installed the latest update, I can fix it by maximizing and restoring the window. But it shouldn't be happening to begin with.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

RND if your talking about the toolbar 'missing', which I think you are not sure why it would be, its a flat plain , normal toolbar, same sized image I always use, are you getting that in other skins? Then again with the state 1E8 is in, not only do i not attempt to check it, I wont even open it. If your a WB user, better stick to FF or alternative browser atm. IE7 is fully skinned though.

 

Neil, I emailed you Venom a day or two ago, perhaps you can take a look.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

IE7 is fully skinned though.
End of quote

Can I use IE7 on Win 7? And I haven't seen it again, or on any other WB. I never saw it at all until I installed todays WB update.

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 5
Please update to the WB 7.09c build that went up today and see if this helps or not.
End of Neil's quote

1°) Well, for me things are different that for RedneckDude and are giving a nice improvment (not complete as you'll see :-" )

IE 7 toolbars lines are no more blacked but "only" the part which is called (i think) rebargripper

Significant example to see the trouble, is with LK WB (by Duopixart): (but other skins are doing the same)

  (same as in post #1, click on the image, then click on "voir la taille réelle to see the real sized image)

BUT, as the previous "black" trouble was systematic, now the blacked rebargripper are appearing or not when launching IE 7 o_O and N.B.1, N.B.2 & N.B.3 mentionned in post #1 are still relevant .

2°) That was the news for the "black" trouble, BUT i found out another trouble now with StartMenu (which was already existing with both WB 7.09a betas but not with WB 7.09) and relative to the UserIcon image for skins allowing one

Here are two examples of what's going on (first still with LK WB, 2nd with Buuf OS WB:

 &

As far as i could check (but i can be wrong) it seems to me this trouble comes when a UserIcon background image is not defined and / or the margins not correctly set in the skin (but with same skins, UserIcon is correctly displayed with WB 7.09 :D )

N.B: using or not Blur on Startmenu doesn't change anything

 

Hope you'll get enough elements to correct those troubles

 

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Revert to 7.1 build 247. No problems....except that v makes stunning skins and hasn't enough hands to do it as fast as we'd all like.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Then again with the state 1E8 is in, not only do i not attempt to check it, I wont even open it. If your a WB user, better stick to FF or alternative browser atm. IE7 is fully skinned though.
End of quote

Do i understand correctly ? I better stay with IE7 under XP than updating to IE8 (i mean skinning concerned ...) ?

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do i understand correctly
End of quote

 

I have never ran IE8 on XP, not ran 7 for that matter either, I still use IE6 on XP. I use IE7 on vista, again, so I can skin it..

..and on Win 7 ...IE8 and as far as I'm concerned, it can just KMA. :thumbsdown:

Maybe someone else can answer but I'd be shocked if it skinned on XP any better than other OS's. It may be 'usable' on light themes, dark ones, forget it.

 

 

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 15
Revert to 7.1 build 247. No problems....except that v makes stunning skins and hasn't enough hands to do it as fast as we'd all like.
End of DrJBHL's quote

got the same number of hands as everyone else unfortunately, diff is mine don't work as well as they used to. X|

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 15
Revert to 7.1 build 247. No problems....except that v makes stunning skins and hasn't enough hands to do it as fast as we'd all like.
End of DrJBHL's quote

What problems are you having with todays build?

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What problems are you having with todays build?
End of quote

I've been using it all day and so far none of the wonkyness exibited by the previous build. (Config crashing,hanging when changing skins)

So far,so good.:thumbsup:

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 19
Quoting DrJBHL, reply 15Revert to 7.1 build 247. No problems....except that v makes stunning skins and hasn't enough hands to do it as fast as we'd all like.


What problems are you having with todays build?
End of Neil's quote

Haven't updated it, Neil. I decided not to go with the alphas after the prior update...too much angst. I'm just getting old.

* edit. OK, installed it. It initially screwed up the Svelte taskbar. Gave it a 'Krome' type taskbar. Switched it to Aero and back, but it left the right end of the Svelte taskbar rounded (sort of).

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Should the latest one fix the Svelte crashing problem Neil?

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting vStyler, reply 22
Should the latest one fix the Svelte crashing problem Neil?
End of vStyler's quote

Yes.

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thankyou mate.

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 23
Quoting vStyler, reply 22Should the latest one fix the Svelte crashing problem Neil?


Yes.
End of Neil's quote

Sorry, but not on my machine.