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    windowblinds.........

    Anyone familiar with stardock and windowblinds in particular?

    I took a fancy to some of the skins, but I noticed some comments that the interface was poor and caused lots of problems for some folks, sometimes resulting in the "format C" option.

    Does it chew up system resources? Should I stay away from it?

    Thanks
    P4 2.8/533 on MSI 865PE Neo2 Platinum, 1G Crucial, ATI 9600 XT, 5.1 catalyst drivers, TB Santa Cruz, 80G WD 7200 ATA 100, 350W PS Win XP SP2
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    I personally have had very good experiences with it. I also recommend looking at WindowFX 2. (Due out shortly)

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      The program is known to cause problems. Just be careful of some of the skins available to download. I have had problems before, but nothing that caused me to reformat my HD, and I was able to work the probs out.
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      • #4
        Personally the only time i really thought it was any good was when it was running the updated version on Windows XP... on Windows 98 or even Windows 2000 i thought it affected GUI speed wayy too much...
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        • #5
          I think Technoid is really big on them. See what he says.
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          • #6
            I like Stardock.

            They go through phases.

            Sometimes, you get a nice stable resource-friendly version of WB that doesn't kill your GUI too much (actually on WinXP it's pretty transparent since it uses the WinXP GUI acceleration).

            But sometimes, you get a version that makes your machine run like mud. I've yet to find a Stardock product that made me reinstall though.

            I run CursorXP all the time, I just love some of the very simple-and-clean yet stylish cursors they have for that.

            I own an Object Desktop membership, and I find that over the years it HAS been worth the money... as opposed to some software which has not.

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            • #7
              Thanks for the input. I will give it a shot. If I get in a jam, I know where to come for help!!
              P4 2.8/533 on MSI 865PE Neo2 Platinum, 1G Crucial, ATI 9600 XT, 5.1 catalyst drivers, TB Santa Cruz, 80G WD 7200 ATA 100, 350W PS Win XP SP2

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Wombat
                I think Technoid is really big on them. See what he says.
                I'm really big on the alternative shells...
                ex litestep etc etc...

                Tried WB some times but it generally makes my machine feel like mud

                One version I tried Worked great on W2k and puked on w98

                Have still not seen any release that is completely stable on anything else than XP
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                • #9
                  Luckily I waited. Thanks Technoid. I don't like the skins that much!!
                  P4 2.8/533 on MSI 865PE Neo2 Platinum, 1G Crucial, ATI 9600 XT, 5.1 catalyst drivers, TB Santa Cruz, 80G WD 7200 ATA 100, 350W PS Win XP SP2

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