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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 #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

zargon, like k10w3, i do not have aero midnight listed on the applications tab of theme manager. also, i have almost all of odnt, including windowblinds, installed.

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I UPDATED Soundpackager as required for use with Theme manager 3 (Windows Defender off and Firewall diasbled) and now it insists that it needs to be activated and gives me "Activation Error (stage 4)" each and every time............I've put my OD ultimate serial in with my email and no go

....took me three hours to fix last night's Windowblinds update......I'm wondering if I've got something borked in ODNT period. The deskscapes update was the the only one that's worked right since Windowblinds 6.3 came out

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning.  8C

 

Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning.
What skin did you try to apply?  What OS? what version of TM or WB?

Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top

When I try and start a dream on Dreamscapes 2.5, my PC thinks for a second and then does nothing.  This happens with any dream I attempt to run.  I just downloaded the latest 2.5 version today using Impulse.

Some specs:

OS: XP SP3

Video Card: nVidia Quadro FX570M. 

Thus far I have tried to remove my current theme with Theme Manager and then try the dream, no joy.  I have also restarted the various OD applications with no joy.  Has anyone seen this before, and if so, what was the resolution?

Reply #56 from Stardock Forums Top

I UPDATED Soundpackager as required for use with Theme manager 3 (Windows Defender off and Firewall diasbled) and now it insists that it needs to be activated and gives me "Activation Error (stage 4)" each and every time............I've put my OD ultimate serial in with my email and no go

We are aware of this issue and looking into it at this time.

Reply #57 from Stardock Forums Top

zargon, like k10w3, i do not have aero midnight listed on the applications tab of theme manager. also, i have almost all of odnt, including windowblinds, installed.

Did you apply Aero Midnight?  It will not show up until you apply it once.

 

Reply #58 from Stardock Forums Top

When I apply the Aero Midnight theme, the wallpaper, icons, and gadgets appear, but the Windowblind doesn't change. If I look under "applications" in Theme Manager, the Aero Midnight windowblind is not listed.

k10w3 - Vista or XP?

Reply #59 from Stardock Forums Top

When I try and start a dream on Dreamscapes 2.5, my PC thinks for a second and then does nothing. This happens with any dream I attempt to run. I just downloaded the latest 2.5 version today using Impulse.

Do you have a video codec installed?  Do you have DirectX9 installed?  You will need both to apply a dream.

See information here about this:

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp

 

Reply #60 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Zargon0225, reply 9

When I try and start a dream on Dreamscapes 2.5, my PC thinks for a second and then does nothing. This happens with any dream I attempt to run. I just downloaded the latest 2.5 version today using Impulse.
Do you have a video codec installed?  Do you have DirectX9 installed?  You will need both to apply a dream.

See information here about this:

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp

 

DX9 is installed, and I have a number of codecs installed using that Decoder Checkup Utility.  My perfered codec is the Intervideo Video Decoder.  After selecting that and restarting my PC, still nothing.

Reply #61 from Stardock Forums Top

We just published Bootskin Pro.  Please see update to first post in this thread for details.

Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

zargon, as i said before, i have tried to apply aero midnight using theme manager 3 in both the suyites area and the appliations area. in neither area does it apply. the wallpaper and icons change but not the windowblinds skin. also, none of the gadgets appeared, either.

Reply #63 from Stardock Forums Top

Bootskin Pro doesn't work for me. If I select a skin I only get the default aurora style picture at boot.

 

iwas; I had the same issue. I switched to the windows classic theme in the standard windows settings, then switched back to aero and all of the sudden midnight popped up in all its glory.

Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 4

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning. What skin did you try to apply?  What OS? what version of TM or WB?

 

MS Office 2007 no longer skins.  Vista Ultimate 64 bit.  The skin is Encounter.  The very latest version of WB, 6.3 build 112 x 86.

Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top

that's not working here, mickeko. thanks for offering the help, tho.

Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zargon0225, reply 8
When I apply the Aero Midnight theme, the wallpaper, icons, and gadgets appear, but the Windowblind doesn't change. If I look under "applications" in Theme Manager, the Aero Midnight windowblind is not listed.

k10w3 - Vista or XP?

 

XP, Media Center Edition, Service pack 3.

Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top

when i try to appy a new bootskin, i get a message telling me an error has occured. no further details shown though. im on vista ultimate 64 bit, uac shut off, logged into admin account. i will also add that i have an issue getting aero midnight to show up, ive applied the theme abd have the wall, gadgets and icons applied but the sjin will not and doesn't show up in the list of skins either

 

Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have re-installed Impulse but I cannot see under the "my desktop" tab where to download OD2009.  Someone please help.

Thanking you in advance

Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sargan, reply 18
I have re-installed Impulse but I cannot see under the "my desktop" tab where to download OD2009.  Someone please help.

Thanking you in advance

 

Fyi there is no single download for OD 2009, the apps that belong to the suite have individually updated. If you download them the will all be of the latest release. Install them and check version numbers. You should have Bootskin Pro v 1.00.027, Windowblinds 6 v6.30.104, IconPackager 4 v4.10.172, Deskscapes v2.50.067, and Theme Manager v3.00.053. I might have forgotten some but those should be the main ones.

Reply #70 from Stardock Forums Top

I just have a question as I don't seem to be having issues as yet. (knock on virtual wood...) Is BootSkin Pro going to be released for XP in the future? I have the alpha of the XP BootSkin so I'm good, just curious. :-)

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Fyi there is no single download for OD 2009, the apps that belong to the suite have individually updated. If you download them the will all be of the latest release. Install them and check version numbers. You should have Bootskin Pro v 1.00.027, Windowblinds 6 v6.30.104, IconPackager 4 v4.10.172, Deskscapes v2.50.067, and Theme Manager v3.00.053.

I'm having the same problem, and the instructions above don't quite make sense. I just renewed my OD subscription and reinstalled Impulse, and I'm still showing the older versions of all applications. Am I supposed to download them again individually?  This is not at all clear from within Impulse - despite the fact that I renewed via Impulse. >:(

 

Reply #72 from Stardock Forums Top

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning.

Did you update WindowBlinds to 6.3?

Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting TheDude20165, reply 14

Quoting Zubaz, reply 4
MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning. What skin did you try to apply?  What OS? what version of TM or WB?
 

MS Office 2007 no longer skins.  Vista Ultimate 64 bit.  The skin is Encounter.  The very latest version of WB, 6.3 build 112 x 86.

 

Rebooted and all is OK now.  :D

 

Reply #74 from Stardock Forums Top

This is not at all clear from within Impulse - despite the fact that I renewed via Impulse.

You don't have to do anything if you already have all of your applications up to date.  Today we updated:

Theme Manager

Bootskin Pro

WindowBlinds

SoundPackager

Deskscapes

You should see updates available for those applications if you were already up to date.

Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bootskin Pro doesn't work. All I get is a message saying "There was an error while applying xxxx"