LittleBearJason

LittleBearJason

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Back awhile ago.. Somewhere on Wincustomize, there was an article where the developer compared cpu usage.. It was Windows XP using the boring old Luna Interface... VS Windows XP using Windowblinds. It showed in their test that Windows XP using WB used lesser cpu cycles then using xp with the plain luna interface. Go figure! Think Stardocks apps can also help offset cpu load on Vista like it did on XP in their tests?

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Since then, I bought a new machine to do what I want. I upgraded the video card to a Geforce 7100 GS and it has 700mhz of DDR2 ram installed on the card. Its 128mb local memory with up to 512 via TurboCache. Works very very nice on all my apps. No choppy games or DVD Movies here.

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I too notice that sometimes when I switch to another skin, it just sits there for quite a long time. Im able to exit out sometimes with Control Alt and Delete but that makes everything corrupt. WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 84 x86)) WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC You have one monitor in total. (Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS Wblind.dll

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It turns out its not a Stardock issue, but a Dell issue. It turns out some ATI Radeons have strange performance issues on Nvidia type motherboards with PCI-E in Dell Dimension E 5xx series computers. I bought a Gigabyte Geforce 7100 GS from Newegg with a Memory clock of 700 mhz DDR2 Ram Windows FX Runs really smooth. Oh well. Another dell problem solved... Heh

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Using the latest build of this application produces black All Programs area, No transparency when dragging the Window around (sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesnt) In addition, transitions are very choppy depending on the size of the window. I did get a message about something wasnt enabled concering hardware whatever.... So I enabled it and it told me the changes would not take affect until the next reboot. Okay so I reboot and I still get this same behavior. I can pr

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