Object Desktop 2009 Official Support Thread

Post your thoughts, questions, issues with Object Desktop 2009 here.

Published on November 18, 2008 By Zargon In Object Desktop

When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you!

Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time)

Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am)

Aero Midnight theme included as a .suite file for Object Desktop customers.
My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do apply when saved as part of a suite. Please apply through the Applications tab as a workaround at this time.
Applications / Cursors: Sometimes cursors take two applies before applying.
My Desktop / Create New Theme: The Download URL function is not working at this time.
Please update SoundPackager before applying sounds through Theme Manager 3.0.
Users will need to open SoundPackager one time to have sound packages show up in Theme Manager 3.0.
Fixed - On systems that do not have MyColors installed, an error about the StardockWeather.ocx file not being registered will display when applying weather gadgets.
The Aero Midnight skin does not extract and apply 100% of the time on faster hardware.

Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)

With a Dream file applied dragging and dropping icons from the desktop to a folder does not work at this time.
Please visit this web site to review video card requirement details. In short, AGP Video cards are not supported at this time. Future driver updates from NVIDIA/ATI will add support later this year. At that time only AGP 8x will be supported (4x/2x/1x bus speeds are not adequate to support dream functionality at low CPU).
The Watercolor Dream may exhibit some distortion on Windows XP.

Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)

There is a new WinCustomize gallery for Windows Vista bootskins. Boot skins created for XP will not work with Bootskin Pro.
Bootskin Pro allows users to create boot skins for Windows Vista, so boot skins created for XP can be re-generated and uploaded to WinCustomize.
Bootskin Pro Create boot skin tab will attempt to read your Object Desktop Ultimate serial from the registry. If the serial number field is blank, paste in your Object Desktop Ultimate serial number to create a boot skin.
There may be an issue with .bootskin file associations on some systems.

WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)

Windows Vista 64-bit users may need to reboot after install if skins do not apply correctly.

Comments (Page 13)

181

MickeyMowse

on Nov 20, 2008

mickeko

reply 4

If you had taken a moment to check through the last 5 or so posts, you'd notice that they are aware and working on it.

I took a few moments and and read through the past 175 posts thank you!

182

mickeko

on Nov 20, 2008

MickeyMowse

reply 6

I took a few moments and and read through the past 175 posts thank you!

Hehe. Enjoy your beer.

@Stardock/Zargon; I don't think we're suppose to have the "Edit Application (Admin)" link in the right click menu are we?

183

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

@Stardock/Zargon; I don't think we're suppose to have the "Edit Application (Admin)" link in the right click menu are we?

We were testing with your account. Nice eyes! You have been demoted.

184

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

I have the same problem with registration being invalid after data refresh. OD Ultimate subscriber on Vista Ultimate x64 here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Peter

Peter,

Please contact support@stardock.com about your issue. We need sensative account information to solve your problem.

Thanks.

185

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

Thanks for all of your help and sorry your are so swamped. I clicked "yes" and dreams that came with DeskScapes work fine, and no high cpu usage.

At least for now my nVidia GeForce 7300GT AGP 8X card with 512Mb and DirectX9.0c seem to be fine. Here is a shot of task manager performance.

That is great news! Thank you very much for providing us with that feedback! Enjoy Deskscapes!

186

pjdark

on Nov 20, 2008

Flawless install. Everything running beautifully here.

187

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

It seems Theme Manager was updated on 11/20 - and that release fixed the issue I had with trying to apply the Windowsblind portion of Suites and Themes - hope it worked for others as well. Thanks for the quick response Stardock!

Glad to hear this worked for you! You are welcome and enjoy Aero Midnight and Object Desktop!

188

BeLGaRaTh67

on Nov 20, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 23

However Bootskin Pro did not show as needing an update so I uninstalled it and then reinstalled I got the same version again 1.00.027
Do you see 1.00.035

After hours of trying I eventually got 1.00.035 however I still cannot apply anything I just get the same error about there being an error when applying

To re-iterate I am now on BSP 1.00.035 with Impulse 3.10.330 (images 3.10.174) (Build 942) an OD '09 subscriber, from the UK using WinVista Ultimate 32bit SP1

189

mickeko

on Nov 20, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 8

We were testing with your account. Nice eyes! You have been demoted.

Agh! I just don't know when to shut up.

BeLGaRaTh67

reply 13

After hours of trying I eventually got 1.00.035 however I still cannot apply anything I just get the same error about there being an error when applying

To re-iterate I am now on BSP 1.00.035 with Impulse 3.10.330 (images 3.10.174) (Build 942) an OD '09 subscriber, from the UK using WinVista Ultimate 32bit SP1

Sorry to say this, but the latest version is 1.00.037, but it probably won't help you as there is a known issue with BootSkin Pro and non US versions of Vista. You may be able to get it to work by setting the default language to US english on your vista ultimate though. I can't try it as I have home premium.

190

Finhbar

on Nov 20, 2008

Many thanks for taking the time to help me out Zargon, my registration issue is now resolved, but I still can't apply a Bootskin. I have contacted support as you requested above.

Once again, thanks to you and all the Stardock/WC team for the help you've given in resolving everyone's issues.

Regards, Peter

191

BeLGaRaTh67

on Nov 20, 2008

mickeko

reply 14

So will this issue be fixed? There is a world outside of the us that buy stardock products too. Setting my language to us just for one app is a big no from my point of view, it should work out of the box, not a fudge to get it to work. This was suppused to be fixed for all English versions ...

Zargon0225

reply 19

Bootskin Pro update.

There is a new version of Bootskin Pro that fixes the problem on English clients. (1.00.035) We had two issues that were confusing the issue, one was an international issue. We are still working on the non-English issue and hope to have resolution shortly.

Also, Bootskin Pro was not showing up for Object Desktop (non-Utlimate) users. It should be showing up shortly.

192

jason4587

on Nov 20, 2008

Hi. I keep reading these threads and I can't find anyone who is having my problem. I am running on XP, and my Impulse says that Deskscapes is available, but when I click it it is not compatible with my operating system. I do have the latest impulse (at least I think I do) and I do have the Theme Manager. Does anyone have any suggestions? Jason

193

skibadee

on Nov 20, 2008

still not working bootskin pro after update uk SP1 VISTA HOME PREM

194

elvee

on Nov 20, 2008

Yeah Bebi I know but i wanted to save as Wba first to keep in another folder

195

Shirley

on Nov 20, 2008

jason4587 - Make sure you check for updates to Impulse. This should also pull down the latest product meta data. What version of DeskScapes does it say is available? If it's 2.50.X then you're on the right track. If you see it's 2.00.X you need an update.

skibadee - what's not working? can you describe what's going on?

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