Zargon

[quote]I UPDATED Soundpackager as required for use with Theme manager 3 (Windows Defender off and Firewall diasbled) and now it insists that it needs to be activated and gives me "Activation Error (stage 4)" each and every time............I've put my OD ultimate serial in with my email and no go[/quote] We are aware of this issue and looking into it at this time.

[quote]They aren't showing up in "My Desktop" tab. Is there anything special I need to do? [/quote] Please contact support@stardock.com to help you out with that. We need to know your private information that I would rather you not post here to resolve that issue.

[quote]I created the other tabs not the My Desktop tab. Is there a problem with that?[/quote] That is not a problem, I just need to know how you created them to help you.

[quote]I have the standard version of Object Desktop and my license expires June of 2009. Do I get OD 2009 or do I have to have the Ultimate or renew my subscription? The reason I am asking is that I got the latest version of Impulse, but my Object Desktop Apps aren't updating to the 2009 version.[/quote] You are entitled to 2009 updates.

[quote]Zargon did you see the screenies above that show tabs in the Impulse beta? With AGP card, when tried to launch a dream from Theme manager nothing happened. When tried to launch theme from desktop properties/deskscapes, I got an error messag about the AGP card and redirected to a page that explained the issue.[/quote] If you click Yes on the dialog that warns you about the AGP card, the dream should apply.

[quote]zargon, when attempting to apply aero midnight via theme manger, everything is applied except for the windowblinds skin. well, let me put it this way: the wallpaper and the icons changed. the windowblinds skin was not applied and the desktop gadgets failed to appear.[/quote] What happens if you go to the Applications tab, click on skins and apply Aero midnight through that mechanism. Do you have WindowBlinds installed or just MyColors?

[quote]Sure does have OD tab, Desktp Extras and My Colors tabs. Also when Theme manager installed a bit later a sys tray icon for SDC popped into my sys tray. Where did that come from? It shows in sreenshot.[/quote] The Object Desktop tab in that screen shot is a custom tab you created. What did you select to create it? It shows up when we create a "category" tab for Object Desktop. <img src="https://www.stardock.com/kirk/impulse.png" alt="Impulse Shot" width

[quote]Theme manager not load aero windowblind theme My OS is windows xp service pack3[/quote] You need to apply the suite once before the skin will show up under the skin tab or under WindowBlinds.

[quote]I'm having a problem with Theme Manager not loading Windowblinds. The Aero Midnight Windowblind doesn't show up in Windowblinds stand alone, either. ANY windowblind with a them will not install. I'm on Windows XP, service pack 3.[/quote] You have to apply Aero Midnight before the skin will show up in WindowBlinds. What happens when you try to apply Aero Midnight?

[quote]Where do I go to download OD 2009. Thank you in advance. I am an Ultimate OD subscriber[/quote] Object Desktop 2009 is available through Impulse. Download and install Impulse to manage your software. http://www.impulsedriven.com/about.asp Use the full installer for best results.

[quote]however DeskScapes does not show up on the Object Desktp tab of Impule at all.[/quote] You say it shows up on the My Desktop tab, but not on the Object Desktop tab. There is no Object Desktop tab. Can you please post a screen shot?

[quote]The icon says installed however DeskScapes does not show up on the Object Desktp tab of Impule at all. Do I need to double click the activate file in Program Files/Stardock/Object Desktop/Deskscapes?[/quote] To apply a dream after installing Deskscapes on XP. Right click on the desktop and choose properties. From the Display Properties menu Deskscapes now has a tab. <img src="https://www.stardock.com/kirk/dk.png" alt="Deskscapes XP" width="493" height="549"

[quote]I have an Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 512Mb 8x AGP card with the latest drivers from Nvidia and Direct x 9 installed and there are still additonal drivers needed?[/quote] Give it a shot on that card with that configuration. You may see acceptable results. Please let us know what CPU utilization you observe.

[quote]I also just read a post in DeskScapes for XP that suppoet for AGP video cards isn't yet available. Is this true?[/quote] Correct, here is the long answer. We have been working with the video card manufacturers to improve performance running dreams with low CPU utilization on AGP cards. At this time we have had success obtaining driver updates that perform very well on AGP 8x. These driver updates have not been released by the manufaturer at this time.&n

[quote]I use XP Home SP2 fully patched. I previously had Deskscapes hidden as it was for Vista. I checked to have hidden programs show and got Deskscapes to show in Impulse but it is partly transparent. It says it's available, and it will go through the install routine, but then just jumps back to Available again. If DeskScapes for XP isn't a standalone then how do I get it to install?[/quote] You caught us publishing Deskscapes! Please try again in about 30 minutes.

[quote]Zargon0225 is Desktop Collage geting updated today too...I'm really looking forward to the sub dir support...it it be posted on the Desktop Collage dream page?[/quote] The dream has been updated by Dreamer to handle the sub-directory support and add randomization. However Dreamer is working on fixing an issue where sometimes if you select a subfolder (randomly) Windows Explorer hangs. He hopes to have a fix today. As soon as he does I will personally update th

[quote]After the upadate to Sound Packager it won't open. It starts, gets part way thought loading sounds and stops. You get the message that it has encountered a problem and has to shut down.[/quote] What sound package? All of them?

[quote]Thanks for the continued updates Zargon0225, as some folks like to say 'You The Man'.[/quote] Thank you Philly0381. We appreciate your kind words; it is a team effort here at Stardock. I have a lot of talented people standing behind me. ;-)

[quote]I hate to be a pain but when Deskscapes for XP is released will it be seperate or will we see Deskscapes go to 2.5 and include XP support?[/quote] Deskscapes 2.5 will include XP support. It will not be seperate download.

[quote]Zargon. With regards to Theme Manager not closing correctly I have tracked the problem down to trying to load Deskscapes. When loading Descapes all I get is the torch searching and Descapes does not load any dreams. After closing Theme Manager the process is still working in the background using about 50% of the CPU. I have Intel E6750 installed. Could this be because I have a lot of dream files installed. They are installed in the default location, Documents\Stardock\Dreams.[/quote]</

[quote]Possibly premature report... Re. Deskscapes in XP Pro (SP3); I'm experiencing what apears to be an incomplete install. The download size of 2.00.058 is initially offered at 54.3MB. When the download is initiated, the progress figures suggests the target is 44.37MB. Impulse shows files extracted and install complete, then returns to showing Deskscapes available. The Deskscapes folder is created, however only DreamMaker has made an appearance. [/quote]</p

We are closing tihs thread with the release of Object Desktop 2009. Please use this thread going forward for feedback on Object Desktop 2009 updates and products. https://forums.stardock.com/330419

We are closing tihs thread with the release of Object Desktop 2009. Please use this thread going forward for feedback on Object Desktop 2009 updates and products. https://forums.stardock.com/330419

We are closing tihs thread with the release of Object Desktop 2009. Please use this thread going forward for feedback on Object Desktop 2009 updates and products. https://forums.stardock.com/330419

When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you! Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time) Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am) Aero Midnight theme included as a .suite file for Object Desktop customers. My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do apply when saved as part of a suite.&nbs