alternative windowFX

[Medievil]

i'm looking for a program that allows windows to fade in (just like windowFX)

cause i really hate stardock, all their programs screw something up for me... :ninja:

topic title changed -EmuZombie

Edited March 20, 2004 by EmuZombie

[Medievil]

i mean windowFX in the topic title srry

[Banzai]

I dont think theres another program that dose this

[Frogboy Administrators]

When was the last time you used WindowFX? Running it right now here, no problems.

[Medievil]

all stardock products run like **** here

like n,ow it doesnt seem to want to fade the my computer screen, while it does it with all other folders...

[Frogboy Administrators]

That is really odd. Which graphics card are you running? I'll try to reproduce that.

[GrandMaster]

i dont like stardock either.. even if it runs fine it usualy eats hella resources (take objectdock vs yzdock)..

[BananaMan]

WindowFX runs beautifully here. I bet the reason why it's not fading the 'My Computer' screen is because you've set a maximum size for windows to fade in, which means anything that exceeds the defined size will not fade. You can turn it off so that everything fades, but if your PC is low spec then your PC will be chug-city.

I don't understand the whole Stardock products use excessive resources argument. It's flung around everywhere, yet with all of the Stardock products I've used (I have an OD.NET subscription), NONE of them use what I believe to be excessive resources. WindowFX uses abour 2-3% resources when window transitions are being used, 0-1% idle. Same on my girlfriends PC.

[Buzz99]

It's maybe the GPU ressouces that theese progs use.. I used to have WindowFX on a geforce 2 32 Mb, and runs like ****. I may give another try when I'll get my new vid card.

[Nathanael]

Check the performance advise, if your card is to old, it won't use your video cards alpha blending, causing it to slow down a lot.

[Stivoo]

what's windows fx ??? :s i have never heard about it...... :whistle:

[Trust]

there are some substitutes to replace windowfx. Many apps by the same author of Yz'Dock does the job very well... There are more like iEx that does some cool effects... All for free

[BananaMan]

  Trust said:

there are some substitutes to replace windowfx. Many apps by the same author of Yz'Dock does the job very well... There are more like iEx that does some cool effects... All for free

True. Yz Shadow is great. (Y)

[Medievil]

i have a decent pc running xp, so that wont be the problem

i tried everything it doesnt wont to fade my computer :ninja:

oh well, all stardock products run like **** here

like icon packager it changed back the icons to original like my computer, my documents and some other icons after i rebooted

found alternative --> bee icons all fixed now

also windowblinds runs bad here, just patching uxtheme is a better alternative etc...

dont like stardock :ninja:

[kool4]

medievil u must hve turned on ur launch in separate process in folder options../.

uncheck it and see if iconpackager resets back to original windows xp icons

[kool4]

and did u know that wbload.exe or windowblinds take less memory resources than visual styles svchost.exe

[Medievil]

yeah i know, but i have 1024 ram :p

[#Michael]

  Medievil said:

i have a decent pc running xp, so that wont be the problem

i tried everything it doesnt wont to fade my computer :ninja:

oh well, all stardock products run like **** here

like icon packager it changed back the icons to original like my computer, my documents and some other icons after i rebooted

found alternative --> bee icons all fixed now

also windowblinds runs bad here, just patching uxtheme is a better alternative etc...

dont like stardock :ninja:

The iconpackager problem, what graphics card are you running?

If it's an nvidia card, ther is a service that runs at startup that prevent some icons from being changed.

Do start>run>services.msc

Look for the service called "Nvidia Driver Helper Service". Disable that service and reboot.

Then rebuild the icon cache and reapply the theme.

Problem should be solved

Did you also know that everytime you update windows, it replaces the uxtheme.dll file to the correct version. In order to continue using custom themes, you have to keep replacing the file or use the hack of a program StyleXP.

Resources for either windowblinds or msstyles all depend on the theme being used. Very simple or minimlistic themes like Watercolor or a OS X theme use every little memory, while a theme like Last Cobalt tends to use more memory

[Medievil]

bump

is there really no software that can just add fading in to all windows? (thats the only thing i want, not the freaking morphing effects etc) :ninja: