WindowBlinds is a one-of-a-kind utility that allows Windows users to completely change the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying a new skin. There are thousands of different skins to choose from that are freely downloadable from the WindowBlinds website.
A WindowBlinds skin can make Windows look like an alternative operating system, like their favorite sports or car brand, or something completely new. Because WindowBlinds uses the latest hardware acceleration features of modern video cards, WindowBlinds won't slow down your computer and uses very little memory.
WindowBlinds is safe and easy to use. It doesn't alter any system files and users can switch between the default Windows look and feel and a custom WindowBlinds skin with the click of a button. In addition, WindowBlinds has been tested to ensure it works with Windows Vista, so you know it is compatible, reliable,, and more secure.
Customize the look & feel of Windows
Tired of your computer having the same old look as every other computer? Want to give your Windows PC its own unique style? Stardock WindowBlinds will let you apply thousands of different skins (visual styles) to change the look and feel of your entire desktop. WindowBlinds is so flexible that users can create skins that mimic the look and feel of other operating systems.
Not Just Eye Candy WindowBlinds doesn't just make Windows look better, it can make it more functional. You can create your own skins that add additional buttons to the title bar that provide additional functionality such as roll-up buttons, link buttons, program short cuts, even media player controls. Moreover, because WindowBlinds uses the latest features of your graphics card, it can make Windows even faster than the default Windows XP or "Aero" style.
You are in control
Even with thousands of different visual styles to choose from, you can customize those visual styles as well. WindowBlinds gives you total control over your graphical user interface. WindowBlinds will let you change the color of your Windows GUI, change your wallpaper, give different windows their own specific look, choose a new Windows taskbar and Start button.
Improve your productivity
WindowBlinds has features that significantly enhance a user's productivity when it comes to interacting with windows. For example, you set WindowBlinds to minimize windows just by right-clicking on the title bar, a great feature for minimizing several windows quickly without having to resort to "minimize all".
Features:
New start menu animation support
Category filtering on skins in wbconfig
Tag filtering on wallpapers in wbconfig
Random skin support
The ability to save a re-coloring of a skin as a preset
Advanced HSL re-coloring where you pick a single color and a range in a skin and you can just change that color instead of the entire skin
Ability to edit the system colors from wbconfig
Ability to change skin fonts from wbconfig
Ability to control transparency and blur on start menu, menus, taskbar & window frames.
Ability to save such changes as a preset
Vista-Ize me function which sets some defaults to have a more vista like look
Ability to skin the sidebar
Ability to edit a sidebar skin from within wbconfig
Improved WB skin install when handling upgrades of skins
Ability to alter the mouse over animation speed
Ability to alter the default button pulsing speed
Support for explorer background bitmaps
Ability to use the Aero frames with the rest of the skin
Blur support in title bars (and menus on vista)
Lots of new sections for new Vista specific parts
Including IE navigation arrows, IE tabs, start menu shutdown/lock buttons
Skins virtually every aspect of the Windows GUI
Clean and easy configuration dialog.
Tons of configuration options for users
Animation supported on titlebars, buttons, and many other elements.
Change the color of any visual style on the fly
Per-application visual styles
Doesn't alter any system files
Safe, reliable way to change the look and feel of Windows
System Requirements:
Windows Vista (32-bit) and Windows XP/2003 (Starting with WindowBlinds 5.5)
Windows 2000, ME, 98 users can use WindowBlinds Classic (v4.6).
1GHz or faster processor recommended
60MB free drive space
256MB RAM
Note: A 16MB DirectX 8 or later compatible video card with appropriate driver support is required for per-pixel alpha-blended skins. Some integrated graphics solutions and lower-end cards from before 2004 may not be able to use per-pixel skins.
Languages Supported:
Azerbaijani, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese - BR, Russian, Spanish, Serbian (Srpski), Swedish, Turkish
Note: The interface has been localized for these languages, but the documentation and help (where available) will be in English.
1024x768 minimum supported display resolution.
For more info
Download(inc crack)
Instructions:
1) Install WindowBlinds
2) Close activation window (twice)
3) Start task-manager and kill:
-> vista: WbVista.exe (and VistaSrv.exe if listed)
-> xp: WBINST~1.exe
4) Start the keyfilemaker and apply the patch to
WbSrv.dll
5) Generate a keyfile and save it in the same folder
NOTE: this is build 32 for XP and 49 for Vista
if 3) doesn't work and it says app open try following(it works):
go to folder where you installed windowblinds and find wbsrv.dll.
Change its name to wbsrv.change.dll and restart computer.
After reboot go to same folder rename the file to wbsrv.dll
Now perform steps 4) & 5).
