HJam72

HJam72

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Only way this is going to work is if the Services for Spyware Doctor are turned off basically all the time. I did a little search on the Internet and it seems to me that Stardock/Object Desktop/whatever knows that their software does not work with MANY (probably most) protection software. I have to say that's just crap. We're sure as heck not told that BEFORE we pay for it. I'm not going to just run this computer with no security like some teenie bopper without a clue. You're trialwar

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Alright, I found two Services for Spyware Doctor, set them to disabled also and....long story short, WB started working. Only problem now is that every time I turn those Services back on, WB will not start again upon restart. I have tried to set Spyware Doctor to allow various executables, such as wb, wbload, activate, etc. That hasn't helped so far. I guess this is becoming a PC Tools problem.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I tried uninstalling WB, cleaning the registry with CCleaner, and installing it one more time, but I did not restart (I'm just tired of that). This was the first time I installed WB after "adding registration" under the key in Impulse. Still no go. I really am going to bed now. I won't be back tonight. Thanx for sticking with me all this time. I do appreciate the effort.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote who="yrag" reply="15" id="1898391"]Ok....food for thought later: Well, when I try to run WB from inside Impulse, I get the registration box Are you 'Registering" whatever you bought (under the key tab in Impulse Toolbar) before installing anything? Again, someone else will have to answer what happens if you install first and let it ask for the Reg info, because I've never tried it that way, but my guess would be something akin to the problems you'

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I'm guessing I'd have to have an nVidia GPU for that, and I have an ATI Radeon. I don't see anything like that in Services, either. According to ATI Catalyst Control Center, I am only using one monitor. I needed it to tell me that. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

"Are we talking about the Impulse "box"?" Well, when I try to run WB from inside Impulse, I get the registration box, which always gives me the error message when I try to register. So, then I close it and I get a box asking me to "reboot now", "I'll reboot later", or "use additional process". It looks more like a WB type box, not Impulse--Says Window Blinds at top and has the WB symbol.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Wanna hear something funny? I have no stable bootloader as a result of minor problems with Linux. I am using an old GAG floppy to boot Windows EVERY time, because it won't actually install, but it works manually EVERY time. I'm getting really fast at it, lol. That was adding to my frustrations earlier.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

No luck. Only thing that's changed is that now it keeps asking me to reboot again whenever I give up and exit the registration box. I tried using the "use additional process" box and had no luck with that either.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Along with a lot of other things. I just turned it back on in order to manually turn off everything. That's when I got a certain pop-up windows from Windowblinds for the first time, saying that it must restart after the most recent installation. Maybe this is it. I'm going to restart again.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Only protection still turned on is the "hardware" firewall in the router. I can't bypass that, because it's a Sprint data card that only plugs into the router. I could turn off the firewall through the 168.?.?.? admin. website, but I don't actually see that being the problem.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

OK, I turned off the hosts file protection in Spybot and un-immunized everything. Also made sure that the hosts file can be written to. I uninstalled WB again, restarted, cleaned the registry, and reinstalled it again. Still no go, same error upon registration attempts. Does WB really need access to the hosts file? [e digicons]:omg:[/e]

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

OK, I tried, but no luck. Tried installing free object dock just to get something working, but it didn't help with WB. That taskbar is the coolest thing I've ever seen, though. Still getting the same "Parsing error (2)" and no registration.

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Reply to Unable to activate windowblinds 6.3 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I have a ticket out for this. I've had bad luck with "registration" before with other companies after paying for something. I wouldn't mind "registration" if it always worked, but it seems to not work most of the time, speaking in general. Frankly, I have my doubts about whether or not I will ever get support help that actually works, but that is not from "Stardock" experience, just general experience. Right now, all I can go on is that I paid for something, found that it didn't work, reinsta

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