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Object Desktop 2009 Official Support Thread

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Object Desktop 2009 Official Support Thread

Post your thoughts, questions, issues with Object Desktop 2009 here.

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When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted.  Please post your findings here as well.  Thank you!

Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time)

Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am)

  • Aero Midnight theme included as a .suite file for Object Desktop customers.
  • My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do apply when saved as part of a suite.  Please apply through the Applications tab as a workaround at this time.
  • Applications / Cursors: Sometimes cursors take two applies before applying.
  • My Desktop / Create New Theme: The Download URL function is not working at this time.
  • Please update SoundPackager before applying sounds through Theme Manager 3.0.
  • Users will need to open SoundPackager one time to have sound packages show up in Theme Manager 3.0.
  • Fixed - On systems that do not have MyColors installed, an error about the StardockWeather.ocx file not being registered will display when applying weather gadgets.
  • The Aero Midnight skin does not extract and apply 100% of the time on faster hardware.

Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)

  • With a Dream file applied dragging and dropping icons from the desktop to a folder does not work at this time.
  • Please visit this web site to review video card requirement details.  In short, AGP Video cards are not supported at this time.  Future driver updates from NVIDIA/ATI will add support later this year.  At that time only AGP 8x will be supported (4x/2x/1x bus speeds are not adequate to support dream functionality at low CPU).
  • The Watercolor Dream may exhibit some distortion on Windows XP.

Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)

  • There is a new WinCustomize gallery for Windows Vista bootskins.  Boot skins created for XP will not work with Bootskin Pro.
  • Bootskin Pro allows users to create boot skins for Windows Vista, so boot skins created for XP can be re-generated and uploaded to WinCustomize.
  • Bootskin Pro Create boot skin tab will attempt to read your Object Desktop Ultimate serial from the registry.  If the serial number field is blank, paste in your Object Desktop Ultimate serial number to create a boot skin.
  • There may be an issue with .bootskin file associations on some systems.

WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)

  • Windows Vista 64-bit users may need to reboot after install if skins do not apply correctly.
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Reply #301 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Still frustrated with it. I added IP manually, and it still gave me the error message. In fact, I had to add everything manually. It seems that it couldn't find what I was looking for, even if I put in the artists name. Maybe I am doing something wrong, especially since Zu took a look at it, and my suite was just messed up.

Reply #302 from Stardock Forums Top

ere has been another release since my last post, current version is 1.01.[b].022 which doesnt ask for registration. There is no animation on the bootscreen (using Vista) and the skin only appears for around 5 seconds, there is a period before that of blackness for around 10 seconds and afterwards of around 15 seconds before the login prompt appears. Not great but definitely a step in the right direction.

From your description it sounds like it is working correctly.  We currently do not know how to support animations with a custom Bootskin.

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Reply #303 from Stardock Forums Top

No animation though... Which means Stardock straight out lies on the bootskin product screenshots. That's not good PR guys...

We thought it would support animation, we are still working on supporting it.

Reply #304 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Now for some happier news:

I just want to drop a note of thanks to the devs and all of support.Since getting my rig back online 15 days ago,I've  updated everything,including DeskScapes,which had a problem updating previously. I'm beyond happy to report that with the exception of TM not applying WB's correctly absolutely everything else is working great,including CFX .Even my e-mail address change went smoothly.I am very satisfied with OD2009. :inlove:

In my book you all are the cream of the crop and I look forward to being a Stardock customer for a very long time. :thumbsup:

(At the risk of sounding even cheesier to PDJ)

Reply #305 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ok having odd problem with bootskin pro, after finally downloading the beta version i now don't get an error when it applies a skin :grin: however what does happen is that instead of the dragon bootskin i applied i get the default Hibination screen instead :( I am running it on a laptop, vista home premium 32 bit and the version of bootskin is 1.01[b].025

Reply #306 from Stardock Forums Top

I get the default Hibination screen instead

Same here. Also using home premium

 

Maca

Reply #307 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a question for the wise people here. Which of these would run better with Deskscapes on a Vista rig?

The Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430  128MB , PCI,sm4.0 that came with my new PC   or

nvidia GeForce 5200 agp 256MB

Reply #308 from Stardock Forums Top

If it's a new PC you won't be able to use the AGP card. But disregarding from that fact, AGP is limited in bandwidth, so I would think any PCI-E card would be better.

Reply #309 from Stardock Forums Top

I have a question for the wise people here. Which of these would run better with Deskscapes on a Vista rig?
The Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 128MB , PCI,sm4.0 that came with my new PC or
nvidia GeForce 5200 agp 256MB

I am sorry to say that you will not be happy with the performance of Deskscapes with either of those video cards.  The GeForce 5200 (in my experience) is not AGP8x which is required.

PCI (not to be confused with PCIe a.k.a. PCIexpress) does not have fast enough bandwidth.

 

 

 

Reply #311 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a question for the wise people here. Which of these would run better with Deskscapes on a Vista rig?

The Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 128MB , PCI,sm4.0 that came with my new PC or

nvidia GeForce 5200 agp 256MB

Both of these are insufficient (re: crap) for your needs.  The 6150SE is just an integrated graphics on the motherboard chip and the 5200 is ANCIENT by contemporary standards.  Neither of these will be good for games OR deskscapes, etc.

Since you said your PC is new, you can get a very decent PCIx graphics card for $100 or less these days.  The ONE nice thing about the 6150SE on board is that it supports hybrid SLI if you add another nVidia card.  You can google these terms to find out more.

I hope that helps. :)

Reply #312 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The GeForce 5200 (in my experience) is not AGP8x

Mine says that it is AGP X8, But with vista, since the drawing engine is better, it wouldn't work?  Ok, well, the video card that came with the PC seems to do a so~so job. Asteroids runs fairly well with it. Asteroids is a heavy dream.

Reply #313 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It may also depend on the codec.  MPEG2 dreams should play on anything and everything, since the built in hardware acceleration has been around for a long time.  MPEG4 is hi-def and takes up a lot more CPU, even on more modern cards.  I'm just speculating, though, so I will leave the real answer to the experts.  :)

Reply #314 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just renewed object desktop.  Deskscapes crashes my computer and theme manager won't apply any themes.

Reply #315 from Stardock Forums Top

Deskscapes crashes my computer
theme manager won't apply any themes.
Version inf on tehapps are useful.  As are the specs of the PC you are running on.  So to are the themes you are trying to apply.  More information = more likleyhood of resolution.

Reply #316 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey guys, what about some updates ? What happens to DesktopX for example ? Rightclick ? ObjectDock ? Apogee II (giggles) ?

Reply #317 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting c242, reply 17
Hey guys, what about some updates ? What happens to DesktopX for example ? Rightclick ? ObjectDock ? Apogee II (giggles) ?

They will be released as they get made I would assume...

Reply #318 from Stardock Forums Top

i am new to the whole docking thing. downloaded it and think its great. but one thing im missing:

when im browsing with firefox for example and i minimize firefox... do i have to alt+tab it to ge it up again?

can i make a new dock for minimized programs or something?

thanks

Reply #319 from Stardock Forums Top

Depending on how the dock is set up you should just be able to click on the firefox icon in the dock to bring back the window.  If you have ObjectDock Plus, you can create a separate dock for your taskbar items that will do this.

Reply #320 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ObjectDock Plus 1.90

Vista 64bit

Recently installed Iconpackager

 

Problem: Objeckdock used to work fine (besides the tray but I'm not using it)

now some of the icons in my tabbed docks are missing after installing IconPackager, I think all the missing ones are LowRes icons, I tried disabling HiRes on ObjectDock (relaunch) and nothing changed.

If I try to change the icon using the "Dock Entry Properties" dialog when I browse for an specific app and choose it, the icon remains blank.

For instance I tried to change the icon from Yousendit, and even if that executable has an icon it doesn't show up and remains blank.

Even tried to rebuld icons in Vista system, and tried setting icons on Iconpackager back to the original ones...no help.

 

any ideas? can I force ObjectDock to rebuild icons?

Reply #321 from Stardock Forums Top

I just purchased WindowBlinds 6.4. I just installed Theme Manager 3.09 and CursorFX 2.01. I can't get TM to apply the wallpaper or cursors of the theme I just created using "save my desktop". I need this to work or it's worthless to me. I don't care about any other themes/suites but the ones I create. I want to got to be able to go to suites and load everything at once. I don't want to have to load a skin, then load a wallpaper, then load a cursor. So, is this still broken?

Reply #323 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Did you purchase JUST windowblinds or did you purchase Object Desktop? Windowblinds & Thememanager are 2 different things and while Windowblinds is a part of a theme there are several other programs involved with thememanager. If you purchased Object Desktop all should work once installed. Make sure tp set Thememanager to "I want to see advanced options when applying suites"

Reply #324 from Stardock Forums Top

I only purchased windowblinds. You don't even buy theme manager, it's free. Unless you get a different version in Object Destop. Which has programs I don't want or need. The same with Desktop Ultimate.

And yes, I tried the obvious "advanced options" tab. There is obviously a problem, there is a bullet on the top of this page concerning "my desktop/save my desktop" along with cursors having to be applied twice before it applies in cursorfx. The workaround was to apply things through the applications tab. Seperately. One at a time. That sux. The purpose of creating a "theme", is to have all apps load at the same time. If theme manager does not do that, it worthless. You don't need theme manager to apply a wallpaper, icons or cursors. They sell other programs that do that. Which I have. Theme manager, I thought, would do it all for you at the same time, hence a "theme". 

  My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do not apply when saved as part of a suite.  Please apply through the Applications tab as a workaround at this time.

So, my question still stands: Is it still broken?

Reply #325 from Stardock Forums Top

When will you be coming out with a WinXP 64bit addition cause I do not want to downgrade to vista when my system run 10x faster then vista ?¿?