Won't Load Any Skin - Domain Issue?

Published on March 18, 2011 By Einstein In WindowBlinds

Hey all,

With help from support I was able to get Impulse to restore from archive; however, now it will not load any skin.

I can get the "SevenConfig.exe" to run - that's good. And it even sees my list of about 50 skins - that's nice. It can change the wallpapers, so I know it is functional. BUT BUT when I select a skin and click "Apply" it just sits there. Okay, to be fair, it does unload the "Win XP" theme and switches to the "Windows Classic" theme, but that is it.

I am wondering if it might be some issue with my domain logon. Has anyone heard of issues with domain logon issues interfering with Window Blinds?

I have been stuck with the basic Windows XP theme for the last month. I have gone through withdrawals, but I refuse to give up. Curt and Anthony with Stardock Support have done a great job and have gotten me this far, but I know they are busy. So I wanted to ask the community at large to see if any of you might have some insightful advice.

This is what the "About WindowBlinds" reveals:

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.2 (build 95 x86)

WindowBlinds is not installed correctly on this PC. If you did not reboot after installing WindowBlinds 7 for the first time, then please reboot and try this again.Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
(Default Monitor) 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Wblind.dll         2010/11/29 14:40:20
Wbsrv.dll         2010/02/03 17:11:56
SevenConfig.exe         2010/11/10 17:21:27
Wbload.exe         2010/09/07 17:02:35
Wbhelp.dll         2010/09/07 17:02:34
Wbui.dll         2008/04/28 11:35:05
Tray.dll              2009/10/21 08:13:19
Screen.exe         2010/05/26 11:18:43

I DID reboot (multiple times), so I know that isn't it. I am running Windows XP Pro sp 3. (please don't laugh or roll your eyes)

Thanks
Dave (aka Einstein47)

Comments (Page 2)

Jafo

on Apr 05, 2011

Einstein

reply 15

Hmmm ... I wonder how many other users with ID# lower than 500 are still around?

Not a lot of 'em....it's been a decade, after all...

JcRabbit

on Apr 05, 2011

Jafo

reply 16

Not a lot of 'em....it's been a decade, after all...

I feel old.

Einstein

on Apr 05, 2011

JcRabbit

reply 17

Quoting Jafo,
reply 16
Not a lot of 'em....it's been a decade, after all...

I feel old.

And I look old too - geez.

Einstein

on Apr 05, 2011

Ok - the saga of Einstein's work PC woes continues.

I finally got the sfc command to finish, so I decided to reboot right then.

When my PC came back, I opened SevenConfig.exe and clicked "About WindowBlinds" guess what, NO error message from Windows saying "the applicate encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." But it still said that WindowBlinds wasn't installed correctly. So I went to open Impulse and do the uninstall thing.

BUT ... this is where my story takes an unexpected and frightful turn. Impulse.exe is now giving me the "Stardock Impuse has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." (my foot - Microsoft is sorry like a crazy fox - but I digress)

So I tried to uninstall Impulse and noticed there was a "repair installation" option. Well, after running I am still getting the "We are sorry" bogus message.

So I am going to uninstall Impulse (hopefully I can remember my login info). And try again - hmmm, didn't I say something about 5 steps back for 1/2 step ahead. This is really starting to annoy me.

AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Einstein

on Apr 06, 2011

Well - the saga of poor old Einstein and the PC that wouldn't do squat continues.

I only have IE6 on my PC (because for the longest time that was all our internal web app would support) but it can now handle up to IE8 in compatibility mode. SO I tried to upgrade my IE because that is what Impulse recommends. That won't install correctly because there are some registry entries dealing with local security policy that are missing or corrupt or can't be modified (whatever).

So, even though I couldn't upgrade IE, I tried to install Impulse. It worked until it tried to update to the latest version. Then I kept getting the "Stardock Impulse has encountered a problem and needs to close ..." and it showed up like 4 times in a row. I just don't get it.

Apparently my local security policy is completely "borked" and I don't have a clue what when wrong or how to repair it. Any ideas?

Einy

Einstein

on Apr 08, 2011

Okay - something positive for once this week. I was able to upgrade to IE 8. It took a lot of searching, but I found that the security settings on some of my registry entries were messed up. Specifically those relating to my PC's Group Policy. I found a script on microsoft's site for a tiny utility called "SubInACL.exe" I created a script for it, and it was able to reset my PC security to something useful.

This was very good because several Scheduled Tasks that weren't able to run under my userid can now. This is good. So I did the install of IE 8, and it worked for once. This is also good. So I got brave and did the install of Impulse - initially it worked, but then .....

Impulse updated itself, and immediately crashed with the "We're sorry" message. Oh how frustrating.

Is this something Stardock support could help me with even though my subscription has expired?

Inquiring minds (like me) want to know - Einy

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