I too experience this. It's only occasionally but can be very annoying.

Difficult to use how?

Usually a matter of backgrounds on the menus/submenus and font color/shade being too dark/contrast issues. For that reason, I've simply 'excepted' Ps from being skinned by WB... not worth the hassle each time.

Perhaps if SKS were more 'self explanatory' about which settings to change and where to find them, I'd mod the skins to my own 'standard use' specs and do it for the skins I enjoy using. I'm probably going about it all 'incorrectly'. Not an accusation against any specific skin nor program...just wishing SKS were 'easier' or perhaps more 'user friendly'... again, perhaps not phrasing it as well as should be able to. Maybe some 'technical literature' would help... or some practical "how to's"? Sorry, I might be rambling.

One more thing on the Yahoo messenger issue.

When a link is clicked in a Yahoo Messenger window, IE9 opens skinned in classic. Is this a Yahoo bug, or a WB bug?

Tried setting OpenGL to basic, disabling it altogether and reducing memory usage to 50%. No cigar! CS5 32 bit still playing nicely with WB, though it does take longer to open large files (present WIP is over 400 layers now and takes about 15 seconds to open in 32 bit, but maybe half that with 64 bit). I'm still going to upgrade.

1) Windowblinds would not cause this.

2) That's a bit too much.

3) OK

4) Caused by high CPU usage, not by WB.

garbanz0: It sounds like something is leaking GDI resources, but tests here are not showing any problems.

Without more information on what is being leaked and by what we have nothing to go on.  The taskmanager processes tab should be able to show you resource usage of each of the apps (use the view menu to select the columns required, GDI and USER Objects would be useful).  Given the symptoms I would imagine some app is using 7000+.  Knowing what that app is would be very useful.

Once you have found it, the GDIView tool from here : http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/gdi_handles.html should let you see what type of handle the process has.  This information would greatly help us.

Is anyone else having similar problems?

Issue 1:

1)cisco webex

2)Windows 7

3)All of them, including just basic windows Aero

4)If i have windows blinds running, when i maximize a window i do not have access to the share window button

5)I did not report it because it is a nuisance, but something i can work around.

Issue 2:

1)Display Fusion

2)Windows 7

3)All of them

4)An extension of the previous problem. with windows blinds running in a webex meeting, i dont have the switch screens button. Without windows blinds i have both buttons.

5)I did not report it because it is a nuisance, but one i can work around.

Could you post a screenshot showing what you mean.

I am wondering if that vga usb adapter is turning the DWM off in which case office would revert to its own frames.

I have found that I'm having some funtionality issues with one of my most used graphic software program called IcoFX.

It seems that a few of the windowblinds that I have used, don't let me expand the work palette in several directions. I do not know if this is a problem specific to windowblinds in conflict with this software or if it is just the way a few of the blinds were put together. Below is a screen showing the areas of inoperability as far as stretching the work palette. I've had to work around it by simply changing to a different blind that I know it will work with, but this is frustrating because I use it a lot and I can't enjoy some of my favorite blinds because they simply won't work with this software. The blind in the screen shot is the latest called Dragon Master and it also does not work with this software. I would love to get this problem resolved, as it has been a major area of frustration for me. Thank-you.   -- Ace --

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Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9 Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 6.8

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.31 (build 316 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC (HP w2207 Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Wblind.dll      2012/01/25 10:25:20 Wblind64.dll      2012/01/25 10:25:07 Wbsrv.dll      2011/09/26 14:10:56 SevenConfig.exe      2012/01/14 15:21:58 Wbload.exe      2010/10/20 15:08:35 Wbhelp.dll      2011/10/04 09:01:37 Tray.dll           2009/10/23 19:12:19 Wbload.dll           2010/06/07 14:59:25 Screen.exe      2010/06/07 14:59:43

If it is only certain skins causing your issue, then you need to contact the skins author as it would not be Windowblinds causing the issue.

The image does not seem to be working right now, but I should correct something here.

Office 2007/2010 WILL skin the titlebars of the main office window if the DWM is enabled.  This should be enabled on all modern machines unless an app is running that is incompatible or the video hardware is old.

The client controls inside the main office window will use the office skin as thats how the app works, but any child windows will again skin with the WB skin.

On Windows XP it will always use the Office skin on the main window as there is no DWM.

The DWM is the Desktop Window Manager.  I.e. the thing that provides glass on Windows Vista / 7.

Without that functional you would get no animations on opening / closing / min / restore windows plus no thumbnails when you mouseover the taskbar buttons.