I finally decided to try to make per pixel window borders. I got all the images done, including the titlebar buttons, loaded into SKS 5, and then I lost all the skinning to the menubar and toolbar...they came up with the classic color I had set in the classic colors section. (Fortunately, I had saved my blind before attemtping this, so I didn't lose everything.) I already had the regular window frame borders done. I have no clue what I did wrong!

I'm running WB 6 and SKS 5.

Any ideas?

I think I am in trouble here...
My computer started making strange noises yesterday... The computer can be idle, and I will hear a single beep every now and then. When I am doing something like typing like I am doing now, it will beep several times sporadically...they are almost always single beeps. They sound like the beep you get when you first turn on your pc...the post beep.

The only hardware I have added recently is a new 19 inch wide LCD monitor on the 2nd. I did install the drivers...

I have been working on a complex skin. The main skin has full and compact substyles. The second skin also has compact and full substyles. I had to make the second skin a separate skin, because of the major differences in it from the main skin. I gave it a different name from the main skin. Anyway, I was able to import the compact substyle of the second skin into the main skin without problems. But, I can't import the full substyle....it has the extension of .ssd on it. Do I need to rename ...

I'm working on another blind. I have run across a problem with the shutdown/logoff screens. The cancel button is messed up...in SS it displays properly:
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but, when I apply it, the button is blue with a blue background:
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Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks

I am working on a new blind. Been doing my animation files. They are so dang big! Like 433 kb each! I am using Jasc Animation Shop. How can I get these files reduced in size? When I went through the Optimization wizard, it decreased the file size a lot, but when I went to sae it, it was back to the original sixe!

A friend on mine's computer all of a sudden just keeps restarting. Cannot load windows, gain access to the root directory, etc. Sometimes the boot screen will show up, other times, it won't. Checked the bios and everything looks fine there. I even changed the boot drive to the CD ROM, put the XP disk in, but it still does the restart thing. Once in a while, a BSOD will flash momentarily, but can't read what's on there....too fast.

I put in a new power supply cause his was awfully hot. ...

I am trying to make my first transparent Start Panel. All has gone well up to this point. I decided I didn't want the buttons on there, just a button for the text (Logoff/Turn off Computer, etc.). Well I made a "dummy" transparent image to use as the buttons. However, the transparent image comes up as a black square where the button should be. So then I made an image the same color as the bottom bar, but when I make it transparent, it comes up black as well. If I don't make it transparent...

Hi,

I just uploaded a blind that I ported...Evergreen. Night Train said I could use his toolbar icons (I used them in the preview of the skin) in the skin, and then I would re-upload the blind. I have no idea how to get the toolbar icons into Skin Studio! Can anyone tell me how to do that? I have the toolbar icons in my skin libray.

Thanks for any help!
Mj

I am working on another port, and have hit a snag. The original vs had a compact menu only. When I tried to make a full menu, I couldn't get the bottom bar to stretch. So I physically resized the image in PSP. As you can see, I have some magic ping at the bottom outside edges of the bottom bar...I have tried everything I could think of to get rid of that, but can't do it.

Also, the user name at the top. For the life of me, I can't get it to reposition in either the compact or full start ...

Hi,
I uploaded a blind last night (With Love Series) that actually has 4 blinds in it. I made all of the menus compact, and chose not to do full start menus...mainly because of the size of the download...4mb. Now, I have been asked to include full start menus. I am more than willing to do this, but the consensus is that I should do this as a separate blind, because if I included those in the current skin, the download would approach 10mb! My question is this: How do I copy all the other b...

Hi all,
I found a rainmeter that I liked, and tried to download it...discovered it is a RAR file, not winzip. I only have winzip. Is there anyway I could change the extension to winzip? Barring that, does anyone know if there is a winzip version of it? The rainmeter in question is SJOGRO Rocks.

Running Windows XP SP2

Thanks for any help!

MJ

I have seen a lot of screenshots with really nice icons on the desktop replacing computer, IE, etc. They are not part of an IP theme. For instance, I have seen fans and butterflies. My question is: do I have to use one of OD programs to apply these icons? Or can I just apply them through IP, replacing the those icons with the other ones? I do have OD, so if i need one of those programs, I will install it...just don't know what I need to do.

Thanks for any of your help!
MJ

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Yesterday, I wiped/reinstalled everything on my desktop...upgraded to SP2 and wanted a clean install. That went fine, except for one glitch. I have a wireless network at home, with 3 computers. On the desktop after the SP2 install, whenever I turn on or reboot the computer, a ballon pops up and Windows says it is unable to connect to the network, and to click to have Windows repair the connection. I do that and windows "fixes" it every time. I have a Linksys wireless access point...

I have run into a problem that I never had before. I like compact menus better than the standard size, so when I download a skin and it doesn't have a compact menu, I will make one. I usually get everything lined up right. However, with this skin, the Programs button is hanging way off the left side of the start panel. I have tried adjusting size and content margins, but nothing changes. Can someone enlighten me on what I need to do? I have a shot of the compact menu in question, but I do...

Hi all,

I just started using Firefox, and I love it! So much faster than IE. But, I ran into a glitch.

While I was visiting my favorite online game site...POGO... Firefox said it needed to install the Sun Java extension. I let it do its thing, and when it was done, I closed and reopened Firefox to get the extension to function. Went back to Pogo, pulled up a game, and all of the sounds were gone! And, it took the game a long time to load. So, I opened Pogo with IE to see if it wor...