Crack, Crack, Moan about paying for it... tgtsoft charges for a crack. Not only is it moronic to pay for a system hack, its unethical to charge for such an item. The only reason you support it is because you found someone else's crack that lets you use the product without paying for it.
I have nothing against msstyles or windowblinds. On my 2000 machine, I use windowblinds (and yes, I have an OB subscription w/ Cursor XP that i paid for). On my XP machine, I use msstyles.
It has nothing to do with speed. Your video drivers might need to be updated (I know there were issues with WindowsFX and certain cards). I have a GeForce 2 Ti, not a high end card. And it uses WB just fine with no issues. The 2000 machine is using some crappy HP onboard video that robs 8MBs from my ram -- WB has no issues.
We all rip Microsoft here (most of us, heh). But if Bill Gates personally posted to the site and offered personal show of kindness by, let's say, offering us beta-chances at Office 11 (or in this case, offering theme information Nintendo surely didn't send out).. I'd still be respectful even if I didn't like the product.
Frog Boy/Stardock, I have the utmost respect for your work (though I still wish CursorXP was part of the OB Subscription