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Zargon
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Reply #276 December 1, 2008 3:27:35 PM
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DX9 is installed, and I have a number of codecs installed using that Decoder Checkup Utility. My perfered codec is the Intervideo Video Decoder. After selecting that and restarting my PC, still nothing.

Is there anything else I can try? Thank you for the help!

La Forge,

Please try selecting the Microsoft MPEG Decoder instead of your Intervideo.

 

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Reply #277 December 1, 2008 3:28:59 PM
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So any news as to when Bootskin will work for those who dont live in usa

We are working on this today and will hopefully have a fix soon.

 

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Reply #278 December 1, 2008 3:30:25 PM
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ohh i see now blahhh that sucks thanks anyways i was really hoping it was going to be a free version too

There will be a Bootskin (non-Pro, i.e. Free version) out in the near future.  Currently it is available to our Object Desktop customers.

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Reply #279 December 1, 2008 3:31:38 PM
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And on a sidenote, why is the icon for email the same as the one for the controlpanel in the aero midnight iconset? Doesn't really make sense.

We know about this and will update it in the future.

 

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Reply #280 December 1, 2008 3:39:20 PM
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So no word on when those of us who do not live in the centre of the universe called the us, are going to be able to use Bootskin?

Mind you what can you expect when we have been waiting 18mths plus for a fix for an purchased app. that has yet to materialise, why do we even bother giving you our money.

What fix are you referring to?

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Reply #281 December 1, 2008 3:39:48 PM
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Desktop Collage dream, which has been sort of updated now, but fails in most areas, including stopping working after 10mins

This has been fixed now.  Please redownload from WinCustomize.

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Reply #282 December 1, 2008 3:41:13 PM
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It was mentioned earlier in another comment that you were getting direct support for ATI AGP cards in XP. Are you doing the same with nVidida AGP in XP?

Good question!  We have observed adequate performance with NVIDIA out of the gate, but are still asking them to tune their drivers.  Stay tuned.

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Reply #283 December 1, 2008 3:43:37 PM
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What codecs do I need? Where do I get them? The Dynamic dreams work fine, the others tell me I need a codec. HELP!!!!

Please see this page for answers to your codec question.

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Reply #284 December 1, 2008 3:44:16 PM
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release driver(s) sometime in Decemeber of 2009. Stardock will post a link to the driver on this page once the update(s) are available.

Is this date accurate? This thread would lead one to believe it to be released this December. 2008

You are right, this should read December of 2008.  I updated the page.

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Reply #285 December 1, 2008 3:50:45 PM
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I've done some testing (together with ZubaZ) regarding the problem I ran into.
Adding the IP manually in the Winstyles.ini worked out fine. (As soon as I finally added the right bits in the right places..... )

Here's how I set up the suite:
CursorFX, Wallpaper and WindowBlind were added with the Theme Manager 'editor'.
No matter what I did I kept getting the error message I mention earlier when trying to add the Iconpackager.
This has to be added manually.

Then everything gets downloaded AND installed properly, but the WB for some reason did not get applied. Everything else did.

Will keep on testing.

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Reply #286 December 1, 2008 6:49:27 PM
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This is just a minor problem. When I open WindowBlinds, the names of skins no longer appear. They just say unknown. This started after the last update to WindowBlinds.

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Reply #287 December 1, 2008 7:11:35 PM
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Quoting jag4710,
reply 11
This is just a minor problem. When I open WindowBlinds, the names of skins no longer appear. They just say unknown. This started after the last update to WindowBlinds.
Can you post your WB system info here?

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Reply #288 December 1, 2008 7:30:45 PM
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I have Windows Vista Home Premium and here is the rest of my info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.7
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.3 (build 112 x86 - Vista 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 8500 GT

Wblind.dll      2008/11/03 13:07:20
Wbsrv.dll      2008/09/22 15:59:22
Wbconfig.exe      2008/11/18 14:02:54
Wbload.exe      2008/04/28 10:35:14
Wbhelp.dll      2008/04/28 10:35:07
Tray.dll           2008/04/28 10:35:21
Wbload.dll           2008/04/28 10:34:28
Screen.exe      2008/07/22 09:10:09

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Reply #289 December 2, 2008 12:30:20 AM
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December 1, 2008 15:43:37

What codecs do I need? Where do I get them? The Dynamic dreams work fine, the others tell me I need a codec. HELP!!!!

Please see this page for answers to your codec question.

I use XP.

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Reply #290 December 3, 2008 1:40:51 PM
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Bootskin has just updated itself, but is now asking for registration

1.01[b].021

 

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Reply #291 December 3, 2008 3:31:50 PM
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I just looked at the bootskin page (https://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/screenshots.asp)

It displays the loading bar on the screenshots, does that mean it's actually "animated" now?

I don't know if the newly released beta is supposed to fix the international issue with bootskin pro, but here's a brief report on how it works for me...

It loads, but I can't apply any bootskins. It just brings up an error stating it failed. This is actually progress though, as the previous version said successful when it actually failed to apply it.

 

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Reply #292 December 3, 2008 3:41:04 PM
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there has been another release since my last post, current version is 1.01.[b].022 which doesnt ask for registration. There is no animation on the bootscreen (using Vista) and the skin only appears for around 5 seconds, there is a period before that of blackness for around 10 seconds and afterwards of around 15 seconds before the login prompt appears. Not great but definitely a step in the right direction.

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Reply #293 December 4, 2008 10:29:04 AM
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I fixed my problem by uninstalling WindowBlinds and then reinstalling it.  Hope I don't have to do this everytime a new skin is added.

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Reply #294 December 5, 2008 1:39:14 AM
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I went back to Vista. Does Aero have to be running in order to run dreams? I keep getting a DWM error.

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Reply #295 December 5, 2008 3:51:38 AM
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Quoting BeLGaRaTh67,
reply 17
there has been another release since my last post, current version is 1.01.[b].022 which doesnt ask for registration. There is no animation on the bootscreen (using Vista) and the skin only appears for around 5 seconds, there is a period before that of blackness for around 10 seconds and afterwards of around 15 seconds before the login prompt appears. Not great but definitely a step in the right direction.

The bootskin won't display any longer than the regular boot animation does, so that's about how "useful" a bootskin will ever be.

No animation though... Which means Stardock straight out lies on the bootskin product screenshots. That's not good PR guys...

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Reply #296 December 5, 2008 4:17:07 AM
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Quoting PuterDudeJim,
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I went back to Vista.

I believe Microsoft would like you to call it an *upgrade*.

Does Aero have to be running in order to run dreams? I keep getting a DWM error.

You need the "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager"-service running as far as I know... I think Vista disables it when you turn off aero.

It could very well not be needed anymore though, unless they actually made a windows XP version of it.

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Reply #297 December 5, 2008 8:51:40 AM
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No animation though... Which means Stardock straight out lies on the bootskin product screenshots. That's not good PR guys...
Perhaps you are confusing the old, unsupported,  XP bootskin app for the new Vista one.  Can you post a link where the claim is made so it can be adjusted?

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Reply #298 December 5, 2008 2:36:07 PM
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Quoting Zubaz,
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No animation though... Which means Stardock straight out lies on the bootskin product screenshots. That's not good PR guys...Perhaps you are confusing the old, unsupported,  XP bootskin app for the new Vista one.  Can you post a link where the claim is made so it can be adjusted?

http://www.bootskin.com ... Look at the screenshots. No confusion there.

System requirements claim Vista, so the screenshots really *should* be for Vista, right?

 

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Reply #299 December 5, 2008 2:46:58 PM
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Hmmm . . that's an XP screenie.  Consider it on the list of things to update.  Thanks for pointing it out! 

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Reply #300 December 7, 2008 2:06:25 PM
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I went back to Vista.

I believe Microsoft would like you to call it an *upgrade*.

You misunderstand. I have a laptop which came with Vista Home Premium. I downgraded to XP. Now I have gone BACK to Vista.

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