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I've got a newbie question, if you will, so please bear with me. I am using WindowBlinds 4.3 By disabling Microsoft's Theme Service will I notice any speed increase on my computer?

It depends on your system.

If you have a lower end system...say sub 1.5 Ghz with around 256 ram and 32 mb gfx card...then yes you will see a noticeable difference.

But if you have a high end machine...say >2 Ghz and over 512 MB and 64 MB gfx card....then it won't be so noticeable.

It depends on your system.

If you have a lower end system...say sub 1.5 Ghz with around 256 ram and 32 mb gfx card...then yes you will see a noticeable difference.

But if you have a high end machine...say >2 Ghz and over 512 MB and 64 MB gfx card....then it won't be so noticeable.

exactly (Y)

turn it off!

The only problem I have had when turning the Themes service off was that everytime I went into Display properties to make changes for the 3d settings etc in the ATI control panel, any WB theme I had applied would revert back to windows classic, I also could not apply any WB themes when the service was disabled unless I used WindowBlinds its :(

It was a right pain in the a**e so I just turned it back on again, I did contact Stardock, but all I kept getting back were automated mails saying to resend the problem if the basic guidelines given in the mail was no help, it was just an endless circle :(

There seemed to be a few people in the stardock irc channel who had the same problem too frease, but the only solution they said was contact support via email, which I gave up on after about 5 resends/forwards of the same mail :(

Don't talk about email.. I can't even access the stardock newgroups :( I hope they do something about their products cos' so many people paid for it. At least, they should improve their support service.

I am on the newsgroups right now....no problem at all.

Did you configure the news reader right. It is news.stardock.com

Thanks AthleticTrainer1981, I forgot about the newsgroups, mainly as I use Agent instead of OE (eek, horrible software) and could never get it to connect to the stardock servers, it never occured to me to remove the news:\\ part, which is now working, after making a stardock folder of course :)

Thanks again, I have now posted my message on there ...

it usually slows down mah system , so i use msstyles instead .

excellent contribution to a thread about windowblinds and the theme service...

sheesh... no wonder i drink

If you use WB... disable the theme service, there's no need for it as WB takes over from where the uxtheme.dll takes off

I have an "old" machine... just a slummy P4 3.06ghz with HT, with a gig of ram, a 265mb nvidia FX card, and believe me... it does make a difference if you disable the service... not enough to be "instantly" noticeable"... but you will notice it when it counts...

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